Deploying the mobile app by using Kaspersky Security Center Web Console or Cloud Console
The mobile app is deployed on the mobile devices of users whose user accounts have been added to Kaspersky Security Center. For more information about user accounts in Kaspersky Security Center:
- If you use Kaspersky Security Center Web Console, please refer to Kaspersky Security Center Help.
- If you use Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console, please refer to Kaspersky Security Center Cloud Console Help.
You can use the Kaspersky Security for Mobile (Devices) plug-in to install the app from Kaspersky Security Center Web Console and Cloud Console by sending an installation link to a mobile device.
- On an Android device, the user receives a Google Play link to download the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Android app. The app can be installed by following the standard installation procedure on the Android platform. After the installation of the app, the user must provide the required permissions.
Some Huawei and Honor devices do not have Google services and therefore no access to apps in Google Play. If some users of Huawei and Honor devices cannot install the app from Google Play, they should be instructed to install the app from Huawei App Gallery.
- On an iOS device, the user receives an App Store link to download the Kaspersky Security for iOS app. The app can be installed by following the standard installation procedure on the iOS platform.
Before connecting an iOS device, send the address of Kaspersky Security Center to the device user to improve connection security. The user will see this address during app installation and can cancel the connection if the displayed address doesn't match the address you sent.
The link contains the following data:
- Kaspersky Security Center synchronization settings
- General certificate
To deploy the app on a mobile device:
- Start the Mobile Device Connection Wizard:
- In the main window of Kaspersky Security Center Web Console or Cloud Console, select Devices > Mobile > Devices, and then click Add.
- In the main window of Kaspersky Security Center Web Console or Cloud Console, select Users & roles > Users. Click the name of the user or the user group to whom you want to send the link for connecting a mobile device, and then select Devices. Click Add mobile device. In this case, skip step 3.
Proceed through the Wizard by using the Next button.
- Select the operating system of the devices that you want to add:
- Android
- iOS and iPadOS
- Select users and user groups to whom you want to send the link for connecting a mobile device.
- Select email addresses where to send the link:
- All email addresses
- Main email address
- Alternative email address
- Another email address
If you select this option, specify the email address below.
- The link summary is displayed.
Make sure that all parameters of the link are correct, and then click Send.
- A window opens with a confirmation that the link for adding a mobile device has been sent.
Click OK to finish the Wizard.
When the user installs the Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Android app or the Kaspersky Security for iOS app, the user's device will be displayed on the Devices > Mobile > Devices tab of Web Console or Cloud Console.After installing the app on users' mobile devices, you will be able to configure the settings for devices and apps by using group policies. You will also be able to send commands to mobile devices (for Android only) for data protection in case devices are lost or stolen.
