LogMeOnce adds features to track and wipe mobile devices

The increasing use of mobile devices and spread of BYOD means that there’s a risk of data falling into the wrong hands if a device is lost or stolen.

Mobile identity and password management company LogMeOnce is adding new features to its app making it simpler to manage, track and wipe personal and business data from devices.

LogMeOnce's Kill-Pill and Mobile Device Management (MDM) features enable individuals, businesses and IT administrators to easily enroll and manage devices, verify compliance and wipe data stored in LogMeOnce if necessary. Additionally, LogMeOnce BYOD enhances office productivity and security of sensitive data by giving employees the ability to use their personal devices at work while keeping LogMeOnce data for personal and business use in separate vaults.

"70 million smartphones are lost each year according to a study from Kensington, so it's important you’re protected in case it happens to you," says Kevin Shahbazi, CEO of LogMeOnce. "Losing your phone gives hackers free range to any data you store on the phone, from banking information to sensitive company documents. This not only has implications on you personally, but it puts your company at risk for a hack too. LogMeOnce PhotoLogin already provides several options for secure login and by adding the new Kill-Pill feature, we are making it easy to protect LogMeOnce data on a lost or stolen device".

The Kill-Pill feature allows users to log into their LogMeOnce account on a desktop and send a Kill-Pill to the lost device to wipe the vault and access to the LogMeOnce app itself. Initiating Kill-Pill on a lost device ensures that a hacker or thief who may have your device is unable to login and access your data.

MDM lets users see the device name, the last time it was accessed, geolocation information, and comprehensive status about its operation, update status, CPU and device identifiers. They can also initiate remote commands including sounding a ring tone to hear if the device is nearby. Individuals and businesses can add or retire devices, for other users or for themselves. Users can remotely locate lost or stolen devices from their LogMeOnce account.

Using the BYOD feature employees can keep LogMeOnce personal and business data separate by creating two different 'vaults'. The personal vault holds the employee’s personal data, and business administrators can accept an outside device on the company network and create a separate business vault to store company-related data only. For greater privacy employers have no knowledge of what an employee does on their personal device or in their personal vault.

You can find more information about the latest features on the LogMeOnce website.

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