An organization issues smartphones to employees and manages them with a mobile device management (MDM) platform. Which MDM policy BEST minimizes the risk that sensitive corporate data on the phone can be read if the device is lost or stolen?
Restrict the device to connect only to approved Wi-Fi networks.
Requiring full-device encryption ensures that data on the smartphone's internal storage is unreadable without the user's passcode. Even if an attacker removes the storage medium or uses forensic tools, the encrypted data cannot be accessed. Settings such as short screen-lock timeouts, camera restrictions, or Wi-Fi whitelisting provide security benefits but do not protect data at rest when the device is physically out of the company's control.
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