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220-1202 Practice Question: Implementing a remote access solution for…
A company is implementing a remote access solution for employees using personal smartphones. They need to ensure that corporate email and documents are accessible but that no corporate data remains on the device if it is lost or wiped. Which technology should they use?
⚠ Common exam trap
CompTIA often tests the distinction between remote access technologies that only provide connectivity (VPN, RDP) versus those that enforce data separation and selective wipe (MDM containerization), leading candidates to mistakenly choose VPN or RDP for data protection requirements.
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Mobile Device Management (MDM) with a containerized work profile.
Mobile Device Management (MDM) with a containerized work profile creates a separate, encrypted sandbox on the smartphone that stores corporate email and documents. This container can be remotely wiped by the administrator without affecting the user's personal data, ensuring no corporate data remains on a lost or wiped device.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Virtual Private Network (VPN) with split tunneling.
Why it's wrong here
A Virtual Private Network (VPN) primarily establishes an encrypted tunnel for network traffic, securing communication between the device and the corporate network. However, it does not provide granular management capabilities over the device itself, nor does it segregate corporate data from personal data on the endpoint. Split tunneling further compromises security by allowing non-corporate traffic to bypass the VPN, potentially exposing corporate data to unsecure networks without IT oversight or the ability to perform a selective wipe.
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Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to a virtual desktop.
Why it's wrong here
While Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to a virtual desktop centralizes corporate data on the server, preventing it from residing directly on the smartphone, it is not a comprehensive mobile device management solution. This approach does not manage the smartphone itself, enforce device-level security policies, or provide a unified experience for all corporate applications. Users would still likely access other corporate resources, such as email, directly on their mobile device, bypassing the virtual desktop and leaving corporate data unmanaged on the phone.
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Mobile Device Management (MDM) with a containerized work profile.
Why this is correct
Mobile Device Management (MDM) is the ideal solution as it allows IT to centrally manage, secure, and monitor mobile devices used for corporate access. A containerized work profile creates a separate, encrypted partition on the device for corporate applications and data, isolating it from personal content. This enables IT to enforce specific security policies, manage corporate applications, and perform a selective wipe of only the corporate data in the event of loss or employee departure, without affecting personal information.
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Third-party remote access software like LogMeIn.
Why it's wrong here
Third-party remote access software, such as LogMeIn, is designed primarily for remotely controlling a desktop computer from another device, not for managing or securing corporate data on a mobile device itself. These tools lack the essential features of an MDM solution, including device enrollment, granular policy enforcement, application management, data containerization, or the ability to perform a selective wipe of corporate data on the mobile endpoint. They offer no control over the mobile device's security posture or the segregation of data.
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