When testing a mobile app, a tester often wants to see all of the apps traffic not just the HTTP traffic. This is generally done with a VPN connection using a tool like Mallory. Unfortunately, Windows Phone 8 does not support VPN. There is no where to configure a VPN connection! Thankfully there are other ways to see all of the Windows Phone 8 traffic and I will cover that in a future post.
Windows Phone 8 has no ability to manage digital certificates that have been installed on a device. In a previous post I explained how to install a certificate on a WP8. Unfortunately, there is no way to remove the certificate.
I identified all three of these missing security feature of Windows Phone 8 because I was testing WP8 apps. These features come standard in iOS and Android and it is strange they are not included in Windows Phone 8 by Microsoft. All three of these features have valid business uses to ensure security for the device, especially if it is owned by an organization and will be used on a corporate network.