Securus Safeguarding Browser for iPads
- Chris Collins
The Securus Browser app can be deployed via MDM using the provided unique .PLIST file to connect the app to your Securus environment.
The browser application will monitor keystrokes and website content against our proprietary library and sends captures directly to the Securus console for viewing.
Captures generated within the Securus Browser will show with the following capture source icons:
In shared device environments, the username on the capture will be taken from the device's name or hostname within the MDM.
Required Information
Prior to setup, we will require the following information:
Your Apple Organisation ID for each school.
Full Organisation name to match the school ID.
Which MDM do you use.
What iOS version are the iPads running.
How are your iPads filtered.
How many iPads do you want to monitor.
Based on this information, we will provide a pre-configured .PLIST file containing all the necessary settings.
Your MDM system only needs to populate two variables, which will be completed automatically upon deployment.
These values are:
username : Set to $DEVICENAME
stationName : Set to $UDIDPLIST Structure
For reference, the .PLIST structure is shown below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "<http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd>">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>school</key>
<string>[Your Organisation Name]</string>
<key>server</key>
<string>[Your Server URL]</string>
<key>username</key>
<string>$DEVICENAME</string>
<key>stationName</key>
<string>$UDID</string>
<key>mdmGroup</key>
<string>[Your MDM Group]</string>
</dict>
</plist>All other configuration settings, including server details and authentication keys, will be pre-configured in the .PLIST file.
Deployment
We will set up your organisation to have access to our Apple custom application, which is called “Securus Safeguard Browser”.
This is a custom application and is not accessible through the App Store.
Once set up, you can acquire licences at no cost through your Apple Business/Education account. Deploy the custom application via your preferred MDM solution connected to Apple Business/Education.
Once deployed, the application will:
Connect to your designated Securus environment,
Enable monitoring of safeguarding issues within the browser,
Allow tracking of Safeguard Browser usage violations.
If you encounter any issues during deployment, please contact our Customer Support team on support@securus-software.com.
Document number/reference: SEC-KB-INST-004
Classification Level: Public/Internal/Confidential/Secret
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