Remote Wipe
What is Remote Wipe?
The capability to remotely delete all data from a lost or stolen mobile device to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Terms that appear alongside remote wipe
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as remote wipe. The number is how many controls name both.
- encryption 4 shared controls
- policy 2 shared controls
- mobile device management 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern remote wipe
What the standards actually require on remote wipe
Requirements naming remote wipe across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Be able to wipe enterprise data remotely from portable end-user devices the enterprise owns, and do so when judged necessary, for example when a device is lost or stolen or when its user stops supporting the enterprise.
CIS-4.11 · Enforce Remote Wipe Capability on Portable End-User Devices →Be able to wipe enterprise data remotely from enterprise-owned portable devices when appropriate, for example after loss or theft or when the user leaves. Implementation Groups: IG2 and IG3 (not in the IG1 baseline; applies from IG2 upward). Asset type: Data.
cis-controls-v8-1::4.11 · Enforce Remote Wipe Capability on Portable End-User Devices →Be able to delete company data remotely from a managed endpoint, through a defined and evaluated process.
CCM-UEM-13 · Remote Wipe →The organisation sets up, operates and evaluates processes, procedures and technical measures that let it erase company data remotely from managed endpoint devices.
cloud-security-alliance-cloud-controls-matrix-ccm-v4-1::UEM-13 · Remote Wipe →Enable remote wipe for managed devices. Configure selective wipe for BYOD to remove only enterprise data. Test wipe capabilities regularly.
MD124-CTL-03 · Remote Wipe Capability →The bank uses measures such as encrypted, separated containerised apps for business use on mobile devices, as applicable, and can remotely wipe them.
rbi-cybersecurity-framework-for-banks::87 · Para 87: containerised business apps on mobile devices with remote wipe →Questions people ask about remote wipe
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