Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
$25,000.00
Mobile Device Management
FY 2014-15
Summary
The growth of mobile computing has been accelerating - practically since its inception. Since 2012, thisindustry has increased by a factor of 2.5. There is an industry-wide demand for innovation in the mobilecomputing area. Consumers were unequivocally the first to embrace mobile devices and the mobile computingmovement. Companies have started to provide their employees with mobile devices with restrictedfunctionality and custom apps installed in an attempt to control access to sensitive corporate information.Unfortunately, mobile devices have additional problems: they are small, easily broken, lost and stolen.Research has also shown certain devices are relatively easy to penetrate and expose security breaches, leavingconfidential corporate information exposed.The Sheridan team, in collaboration with SOTI, will design and develop the following two prototypes forSOTI's mobile device management system (MobiControl):1) A Lockdown/Kiosk experience on iOS to ensure corporate data remains private and secure. A solution issought on iPhones and iPads to develop a secure working paradigm such that when the user accesses the secureSOTI environment, they are essentially locked into a secure and access-limited session. When the user exits thesecure app, s/he may run any of the existing apps on the device in an unrestricted fashion.2) An exploration into how iBeacon may be used to enhance the services in SOTI's MobiControl. iBeacon isApple's indoor proximity system described by Apple as ""a new class of low-powered, low-cost transmitters thatcan notify nearby iOS devices of their presence."" Sheridan and SOTI will collaboratively build a prototypeusing iBeacon and demonstrate the various capabilities and limitations of this framework in relation to SOTI'sMobiControl app. The overall goal in developing this prototype is to extend MobiControl to includelocation-based awareness and services, and enable features and functionality based on iBeacon events that arecurrently not available.
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
471277-2014
Name nom
Lawless, Darren
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
22156
Institution établissement
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2014
Competition year année de concours
2014
Award amount
25000
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
801
Area of application group en
Information and communication services
Area of application group fr
Services d'information et de télécommunications
Area of application en
Computer software
Area of application fr
Logiciel
Research subject code
2705
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Software and development
Research subject fr
Logiciels et développement
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Mobile Device Management
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
The growth of mobile computing has been accelerating - practically since its inception. Since 2012, thisindustry has increased by a factor of 2.5. There is an industry-wide demand for innovation in the mobilecomputing area. Consumers were unequivocally the first to embrace mobile devices and the mobile computingmovement. Companies have started to provide their employees with mobile devices with restrictedfunctionality and custom apps installed in an attempt to control access to sensitive corporate information.Unfortunately, mobile devices have additional problems: they are small, easily broken, lost and stolen.Research has also shown certain devices are relatively easy to penetrate and expose security breaches, leavingconfidential corporate information exposed.The Sheridan team, in collaboration with SOTI, will design and develop the following two prototypes forSOTI's mobile device management system (MobiControl):1) A Lockdown/Kiosk experience on iOS to ensure corporate data remains private and secure. A solution issought on iPhones and iPads to develop a secure working paradigm such that when the user accesses the secureSOTI environment, they are essentially locked into a secure and access-limited session. When the user exits thesecure app, s/he may run any of the existing apps on the device in an unrestricted fashion.2) An exploration into how iBeacon may be used to enhance the services in SOTI's MobiControl. iBeacon isApple's indoor proximity system described by Apple as ""a new class of low-powered, low-cost transmitters thatcan notify nearby iOS devices of their presence."" Sheridan and SOTI will collaboratively build a prototypeusing iBeacon and demonstrate the various capabilities and limitations of this framework in relation to SOTI'sMobiControl app. The overall goal in developing this prototype is to extend MobiControl to includelocation-based awareness and services, and enable features and functionality based on iBeacon events that arecurrently not available.
