Security Test Methodology for an Agent of a Mobile Device Management System

In this paper, we propose test items and methods for security functions of Mobile Device Management agent. Recently, many enterprises are adopting Mobile Device Management system to manage smart phones and tablet PCs used in business. However, there is no criteria to test whether such Mobile Device Management system correctly provide required security functions and whether such functions are secure. Especially, no criteria have been established as yet to test an agent which is installed on the mobile devices and directly controls the mobile devices. Therefore, we propose the first test methodology to test the Mobile Device Management agent by identifying security requirements and drawing test items and methods. The proposed items and methods are practical since we illustrate the test items, their processes, and real world test methods for Android devices.