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My company just started requiring Microsoft Intune Company Portal app to use Teams and Outlook. From a friend in IT infosec at another company said the app can push apps, require certain settings, password requirements, or OSs, and can see a lot of stuff on your phone. I don't think this level of intrusion into my personal phone is warranted or ethical. Be warned. I'm just going to uninstall and suffer the internal political consequences.
Yes, if you want company data on a device then the company would be remiss to not want some level of control over that device. This isn't some big brother-esque conspiracy. They want to ensure you're not stealing company information or doing something stupid which might cause company data to be leaked or stolen by a bad actor. This is pretty common cyber security stuff. Now if the company REQUIRES you to have company data on your phone and does not have the option to provide a company phone to you then I can see a reason to be upset.
-someone who works in cybersec for a large company
This is correct.
In order to keep your work data in a company managed container, the Company Portal app is required on Android. Even if the information they can gather is limited (ie simpler App management policies) it does open the door to potential privacy risk.
You don’t own the data in the corporate systems. Your rights to privacy vary by jurisdiction. If you don’t want the app, you may be entitled to remove the company data from your device. It’s unfortunate and a pain in the butt.
~~This situation is the latter, not the former~~ edit: my response was confusing.
My sitch is personal phone/company info
That’s still not clear as there are two versions of that.
If your situation is that you are required to have company data on your personal phone and so requires you to have this app on your phone then that is infuriating.
If the situation is that you are allowed to have company data on your personal phone but you are required to have the app if you choose to have the data then that’s not infuriating IMO.
I’m responsible for the security in our company and we have the second version where people can choose to have the company data on their personal device if they also allow that app. If they choose not to use their personal phone for company work then that’s fine and they don’t need the app.
And when I say choose I mean that you should have a real choice. Not a choice where you are considered not to be a team player or other such BS if you don’t agree.