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Create compliance policy

  1. On the menu sidebar, under CONFIGURE, click Compliance policies.
  2. On the Compliance policies page, click Create compliance policy, and then select the template the policy will be based on:

    • Default template: A selection of compliance rules, with no actions defined.
    • PCI template, HIPAA template: Compliance rules and actions based on the HIPAA and the PCI DSS security standard, respectively.

    Your choice of template doesn’t restrict your subsequent configuration options.

  3. Enter a name and, optionally, a description for the compliance policy.

  4. Repeat the following steps for all required platforms.
  5. Make sure that the Enable platform check box on each tab is selected.

    If this check box is not selected, devices of that platform are not checked for compliance.

  6. For devices where Sophos Mobile manages the Sophos container instead of the whole device, only a subset of compliance rules is applicable. In Highlight rules, select a management type to highlight the rules that are relevant.

  7. Under Rule, configure the compliance rules for the particular platform.

    For a description of the available rules for each device type, click Help in the page header.

    Each compliance rule has a fixed severity level (high, medium, low) that is depicted by a blue icon. The severity helps you to assess the importance of each rule and the actions you should implement when it is violated.

  8. Under If rule is violated, define the actions that will be taken when a rule is violated:

    Action Description
    Deny email Block email access.

    This action is only available if the super administrator has configured a connection to the internal or to the standalone EAS proxy. See Configure the internal EAS proxy server and Configure the standalone EAS proxy server.

    This action applies to Android devices, iPhones, iPads, and Windows computers.

    Lock container For Android Enterprise devices, this action locks all apps except the following: Sophos Mobile Control, Sophos Intercept X for Mobile, Google Play Store, Contacts, Messages, Phone.

    For devices enrolled in Sophos container management mode, this action locks the Sophos Secure Workspace and Secure Email apps. This blocks access to work documents, work email, and work web sites.

    This action applies to Android devices, iPhones, and iPads.

    Deny network Forbid network access. This action can only be taken if the super administrator has configured Network Access Control. See Configure Network Access Control.

    This action is not available for devices where Sophos Mobile only manages the Sophos container.

    Create alert Sophos Mobile creates an alert.
    Transfer task bundle Transfer a specific task bundle to the device. We recommend that you set this to None at this stage.

    Warning When used incorrectly, task bundles may misconfigure or even wipe devices. To assign the correct task bundles to compliance rules, an in-depth knowledge of the system is required.

  9. When you have made the settings for all required platforms, click Save to save the compliance policy under the name that you specified.

Note

When an Android Enterprise fully managed device becomes non-compliant, all apps are disabled.

To make use of a compliance policy, you assign it to a device group. This is described in the next section.