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<p>The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using personal mobile devices for Naval e-Learning
(NeL). Another objective was to find out which mobile device and which method of authentication offers the most
practical and secure form of essentially bring your own device (BYOD). The use of personal mobile devices to
access NeL is a form of BYOD. Finally, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) was examined in this study as
another secured means to access NeL from BYOD.
This study tested the various mobile devices that were Department of Defense (DOD) approved for network
use. The study also tested the Common Access Card (CAC) readers that are approved by DOD for CAC
authentication against the approved mobile devices. Then the mobile devices and CAC readers’ functionality were
tested in a VDI environment to examine the various layers of security that could be implemented when using
BYOD on DOD networks to maintain the necessary level of information protection.
The results of this study show the iOS devices were capable of accessing NeL training site via the approved
CAC readers. However, the iOS devices could only access and enroll, they were unable to launch training due to
Flash not being supported by the native browser, the language used to develop NeL training. The results also
revealed attempts to use the iOS device and CAC in a VDI to be unsuccessful as a work around to the Flash issue
with the iOS browser.
The principal conclusion is that through the use of multi-layer security BYOD could be used to access NeL—
making it truly available “whenever and wherever.” There is also a need to look into ways authentication can be
done without the use of hardware readers. Finally, there is also the need to develop training to support multiple
browsers.
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<br>Subjects: personal mobile devices; bring your own device (BYOB); Common Access Card; iOS devices; Naval e-Learning (NeL) training; multi-layer security; Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)</div>
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Mitchell, Keystella R.</div>
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