Use your Business Account credentials to log in to WithSecure™ Elements Security Center ↗.

Mobile device settings and device management are found under Environment > Devices > Mobile devices in the sidebar.

Add iOS devices for management by sending an email invitation to each user. The invitation contains a personalized download link and an activation link for the app.

1. In Elements Security Center, under Environment, select Devices > Mobile devices.
2. Select the three-dots icon next to Devices, then select Add new device.
3. Select the subscription to use and select Next.
4. Follow the steps in the wizard and send an email invitation to one or more users with a download link to the installer.

End users complete the installation on their own iOS device. They will receive an email from you with two links: one to install the app from the App Store, and one to activate the license.

1. Open the invitation email on the iOS device.
2. Tap the link next to iOS. You are redirected to the App Store where you can download and install the WithSecure™ Mobile Protection app.
3. After the app has installed, go back to the invitation email and tap Activate for iOS to activate the subscription.
4. When prompted, tap Allow to grant the app the permissions it needs. The app requires permission to send notifications about important security events.

Important — activation link behavior: The activation link is valid for 29 days and can only be used once. If you have already logged in to the app with the username and password from the email but have not yet activated the license, you can still use the activation link. However, if you tap the activation link first and it fails for any reason, you will no longer be able to manually enter the credentials. If this happens, contact your administrator for a new invitation.

Note: The portal displays devices using the first and last names provided in the invitation. If no names were provided, it falls back to the email address, alias, or UUID.

After the app is installed and activated, the following protections are available. Network protection must be turned on first — it is required for reputation-based browsing.

Network protection

Network protection evaluates the reputation of URLs before websites are loaded, using WithSecure™ Security Cloud. To turn it on, open the app, and on the main view under Network Protection, tap Turn on protection.

Reputation-based browsing

Reputation-based browsing blocks websites that are suspicious or known to be malicious. It works at the network level across all browsers — including third-party browsers — and integrates with existing VPN setups via a Safari extension.

To turn it on:

1. In the app, tap the menu icon (☰) to open the Menu view.
2. Tap Settings > Network protection.
3. Turn on Reputation-based browsing.

Once on, you can optionally enable individual blocking categories: harmful sites, suspicious sites, prohibited sites, trackers, and recently created domains.

SMS protection

SMS protection scans incoming SMS messages for unsafe links and malicious QR codes. Messages identified as unsafe are moved to the Junk folder automatically. Before activating it in the app, you first need to register Mobile Protection as a message filter in iOS Settings.

1. Open Settings on the device.
2. Tap Apps > Messages.
3. Under Unknown Senders, turn on Screen Unknown Senders, then select Mobile Protection as the text message filter.
4. Return to the Mobile Protection app. On the main view under SMS protection, tap Protection: OFF to activate it.