Symantec Data Loss Prevention Mobile Email Monitor provides you with the ability to monitor your company's confidential information when it is ownloaded from your corporate network to the native email client on supported iOS devices. You can create reports outlining sensitive information from emails that are downloaded to the mobile devices. You can also schedule these reports to be sent and received regularly. The reports continuously create a record of sensitive information that is downloaded to mobile devices. If the devices are lost or stolen, you can identify what downloaded emails left your corporation with the devices. You can use the information that Mobile Email Monitor provides you about downloaded content to define mobile security policies for your corporation. Mobile Email Monitor can support your company's Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy because it does not require nstallation of any applications or components on personal mobile devices. In addition, Mobile Email Monitor does not inspect information generated by personal applications installed on mobile devices. The following figure provides an overview of how an email downloaded to a mobile device is monitored when Symantec Data Loss Prevention Mobile Email Monitor is installed in a corporate environment.
Above Figure shows Mobile Email Monitor Overview
Requirements:
A] Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Server
B] Reverse Web proxy - Mobile Email Monitor and Mobile Prevent are both included in the Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Mobile license.
Symantec Data Loss Prevention Mobile Email Monitor compatibility and information :
Symantec Data Loss Prevention Mobile Email Monitor and Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync compatibility
The following lists the Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync versions that are compatible with Symantec Data Loss Prevention Mobile Email Monitor on various devices.
ActiveSync Versions Devices Mail Applications
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync iPad iOS native email
2007 and 2010
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync iPhone iOS native email
2007 and 2010
Above details describe Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync versions compatible with by Mobile Email Monitor
Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Mobile device and operating system compatibility
The following table lists the devices and Operating systems that are compatible with Symantec Data Loss Prevention Mobile Email Monitor.
Device Operating Systems
iPhone iOS
iPad iOS
Above details describe Mobile devices and Operating systems and compatible with Mobile Email Monitor
Symantec Data Loss Prevention Mobile Prevent Compatibility and Information :
Symantec Data Loss Prevention for Mobile compatibility
The following table lists the iOS applications and response rules that are supported by Mobile Prevent. See the Symantec Data Loss revention Administration Guide for more information on creating policies and response rules.
Note: Applications for iOS are frequently updated. The following table lists the application versions that have been verified for functionality with Mobile Prevent.
Application Device Block Response Rule Content Removal Response Rule
Dropbox version 1.5.6 ipad/iphone Yes Yes
Facebook with chat version ipad/iphone Yes Yes
5.0.1
Note: Chat feature is not
supported.
Gmail version 1.1 ipad/iphone No No
Note: Supported only
for monitoring.
Goodreader version 3.18.6 iPad Yes Yes
Note: FTP support only.
ActiveSync (iOS native iPad Yes Yes
email)
Note: Microsoft Exchange
2003, 2007, and 2010
Support
ActiveSync (iOS native iPhone Yes No
email)
Note: Microsoft Exchange
2003, 2007, and 2010
Support
Mobile Prevent supports the following Web applications through the Safari Web browser for iPads and iPhones (for iOS versions 4.3.4, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.1. 6.0, and 6.0.1). This table also lists the supported type of response rules available for each Web application.
Below description shows Web applications and response rules supported by Mobile Prevent
Application Block Response Rule Content Removal Response Rule
AOL Yes Yes
Facebook Yes Yes
Gmail No No
Windows Live Mail Yes Yes
Yahoo! Mail Yes Yes
Twitter Yes No
The following iOS components and applications are not supported in this release of Symantec Data Loss Prevention Mobile Prevent:
i] SMTP and IMAP messaging
ii] iCloud functionality
iii] iTunes wireless synchronization
Note: iTunes synchronization is supported using a USB cable. See the documentation that comes with your mobile device for more information.
iv] Netflix for iPad application
For more reference please refer my previous article https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/how-symantec-data-loss-prevention-mobile-works-how-implement.