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COPE

Corporate Owned, Personally Enabled

In plain language

A policy where the company buys the phone or laptop, and staff may also use it for personal things.

The metaphor

Like a company car that employees may also drive on weekends, with the company keeping the keys and the rules.

Going deeper

How it works

  • The business owns and manages the device.
  • Staff may use it personally within limits.
  • The company can lock or wipe it.
  • Compare with bring-your-own and choose-your-own.

What can go wrong (example scenario)

An employee lost a company phone on a train. Because the company managed it, it was locked and wiped remotely the same day.

How WILDCARD handles it

Mobile Management is a planned card for managing company phones and tablets.

In practice
  • A company provides every salesperson a phone.
  • A policy allows personal calls and apps.
  • A lost phone is wiped remotely.

A question owners ask

Can the company see my personal data?

It depends on the policy. Ask what is monitored before you agree.

Where WILDCARD handles this
Mobile
Management
Coming soon
Related terms
CYODChoose Your Own DeviceESNElectronic Serial NumberOTAOver the AirUEMUnified Endpoint Management

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