Why businesses choose TinyMDM for Android BYOD management?
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies save company hardware costs, but they open massive security liabilities if unmanaged. TinyMDM acts as an official Android EMM partner to build a secure container on your employees’ personal smartphones.
How the Android Enterprise Work Profile works?
Unmanaged personal devices represent a massive security blind spot. As an official Android Enterprise partner, TinyMDM solves this by deploying a secure Android Work Profile for effortless employee-owned devices management.
- Remote Wipe Capabilities: Isolate your corporate data in dedicated storage. If a device is compromised, IT can wipe the business container instantly without touching personal container.
- Instant Isolation: Business apps are in a secure container, locked behind an independent password, and marked with a clear briefcase icon.
- Malware Prevention: Employees cannot inadvertently share data or download unapproved, malicious applications into the professional part.
Data encryption
As an official Android EMM partner, TinyMDM seamlessly integrates Android Enterprise (AFW) and thus the Android encryption protocol FBE. The FBE encryption method encrypts storage areas with unique, user-dependent recovery keys randomly generated by the AES 256-Bit encryption algorithm. The keys are also protected by a component similar to the Trusted Execution Environment, as in the FDE implementation. The policy is enforced via a DPC application installed in the work profile and controlled by TinyMDM. The separation of personal and business profile data is based on the multi-user logic of Android.
Employee privacy and the right to disconnect
The Android Work Profile draws a definitive line between business data and personal privacy. While IT admins securely manage corporate applications, they have absolutely no access to the user’s personal side.
- Total Control: If an employee leaves the company, they can remove the secure container from their device settings in seconds.
- One-Click Pause: Employees can turn off the professional container instantly, fully respecting the right to disconnect outside of business hours.
- Guaranteed Privacy: Personal apps, browsing history, and private data remain entirely invisible to the company.
Work Profile (BYOD) FAQ
To choose the most suitable management mode for your device fleet, you must determine device ownership and its intended use. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) isolates your corporate data in a secure container on the employee’s personal phone, while WPCO (Work Profile on Company-Owned Device) conversely allows a private space on a company-provided device. For total, strictly professional control, opt for the fully managed COBO (Corporate-Owned, Business-Only) mode. Alternatively, use kiosk mode (COSU – Corporate-Owned, Single-Use) to lock the terminal to a specific business app (such as interactive kiosks, delivery scanners, or point-of-sale systems).
Setup takes just two simple steps: first, the administrator adds the user in the console to send an email invitation, and then the employee downloads the TinyMDM app on their personal smartphone. By scanning the provided QR code, the employee initiates the Work Profile creation, which automatically generates a secure, isolated container. This container houses your corporate apps and a dedicated Play Store, ensuring your business data is completely secure while granting the company zero access to the employee’s personal data.
If an employee leaves the company, you can remotely delete the Work Profile from your TinyMDM console without affecting their private files. From the Devices tab, a single action on the relevant device allows you to instantly wipe the secure container and all enterprise apps.