Google’s Mobile Audit Capability Helps Enterprises Manage Mobile Devices

Google has just released a Mobile Audit feature that will help administrators audit a range of user activities on both Android and iOS devices. This feature will be available for businesses that have signed up for the premium business version of Google Apps. Admins will be able to audit activities like OS updates, application installations and removals, and setting changes users may be making.

This will allow IT to be able to correct any mistakes and pin point security gaps from un-updated devices or devices that have been updated too quickly. The Audit capability is available on all enterprise devices running iOS or Android.

Activities that are monitored by Mobile Audit will be available to Google Apps administrators in the administrative console on the accounts activity reports page. Administrators can use the console to run queries against mobile device users and get a detailed report on their activities. Administrators can also use the console to set alerts for specific activities that a user or a set of users might take with their mobile devices.