AudioCodes C455HD Series - Android-Level Security Hardening; Google Play Services; Running Android in Kiosk Mode

CHAPTER1 Overview
C455HD | Users & Administrator's Manual
Android-Level Security Hardening
Major  Android- level  system- level  developments  have  been  incorporated  into  AudioCodes' 
NativeTeamsdevicestoimprovesecurity:
■ SeeGooglePlayServicesbelow
■ SeeRunningAndroidinKioskModebelow
■ SeeScreenLockonthenextpage
■ SeeAudioCodesPrivateKeyonthenextpage
■ SeeAndroidDebugBridge(ADB)onthenextpage
■ SeeAppSigningonthenextpage
■ SeeWebBrowseronthenextpage
■ SeeRemoteConfigurationManagementonthenextpage
■ SeeAudioCodesDeviceManagerValidationonpage8
■ SeeSandboxingonpage8
■ SeeDeviceFileSystemonpage8
■ SeeKeystoreonpage8
■ SeeDeviceCertificateonpage8
■ SeeDataProtectiononpage9
■ SeeDebuggingInterfaceonpage9
■ SeeAndroidSecurityUpdatesonpage9
Google Play Services
GogglePlayserviceswereremovedfromtheAudioCodesNativeTeamsdevicesoftware.Access
toanyGooglestoreorPlayserviceisnotallowed.
■ UpdatingtheAudioCodesNativeTeamsdevice'sAndroidsoftwareandapplicationis
performedviaspecialsoftwarecomponentsthateitherconnecttotheTeamsAdmin
CenterortoAudioCodes'DeviceManageroverasecuredchannel.
Running Android in Kiosk Mode
AndroidKioskLockdownsoftware'locksdown'Androiddevicestoonlyallowessentialappsby
disablingaccessto theHome/Launcher.UsingAndroidKiosk Lockdownsoftware,Android
devicescanbeconvertedintopublickioskterminalsorsecuredworkdevices.
■ OnlyspecificMicrosoftappsandAudioCodes-signedappsthatwerecertifiedandapproved
inthecertificationprocesscanruninKioskmode;evenifamalicioususermanagesto
installanewunauthorizedapponthefilesystem,thelauncherontheAudioCodesNative
Teamsdevicewillonlyrunthosespecificapprovedappsandthiscannotbechangedinrun
time(onlywithanewsoftwarecodeprovidedbyAudioCodes).
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