cartsucks t1_jc209x2 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 1:48 PM

Do government devices have absolutely zero MDM solutions or other safeguards that these laws have to be passed?

Corporate owned/government owned devices should have specific policies that only allow certain items on said devices. It’s amazing that they require these laws as this SHOULD be a common requirement from the get go

landwomble t1_jc27qdz wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:43 PM

<shrugs> Pretty much every company does exactly that. It's neither hard nor expensive (and is probably a significant saver of money from not having to clear up after security incidents). UK Gov uses M365, they have access to InTune. Turn it on.

Personally I'd ban whatsapp/signal/telegram from them as well to enforce integrity in communications via Teams (which they are also using and licenced for) to avoid the "oops I lost my phone, sorry" responses to FOIA requests.

Thraes t1_jc22jfq wrote on March 13, 2023 at 2:06 PM

I assure you that corporate owned hardware generally does have these safeguards. Only the government could be so incompetent

greatdrams23 t1_jc3m4sx wrote on March 13, 2023 at 8:10 PM

I know of many private companies that do not have these safeguards.