As some of the most popular consumer devices, the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch present a significant risk of misuse and theft, and a common problem with most mobile devices, that they can easily be lost or misplaced.
Therefore, ActiveSync security policies have a critical purpose in helping ensure that not only can devices be restricted to conform with company policies but also be secured so that password and lockout policies are enforced.
For example, many e-mail messages contain confidential information or sensitive messages containing data covered by various legislation, such as EU Data Protection regulations, and the organization may have a duty to ensure that the data is held securely. Policies are therefore very important to ensure that information on devices is protected by security measures such as, at a minimum, numeric passcodes and having rules in place to ensure the device cannot be broken into through trial and error.
In other scenarios...