Now WebWork checks whether your team’s devices meet company security requirements.

Those same devices that hold your files, your client data, and everyone’s logins. WebWork now tells you whether they have a password manager, encryption, antivirus, and automatic updates turned on.

You will find it in a new Compliance tab in your Members section. And if the device belongs to your company, you can turn it into a company asset with one click. 

What device compliance means

Device compliance means a device meets the security requirements your company has set. These can be whether encryption is on, antivirus running, screen locking by itself, and updates installing on their own.

A compliant device is one that passes every check. A non-compliant one fails at least one, and WebWork tells you which.

These requirements are not something new since most companies have certain compliance requirements in place, sometimes only on paper. What tends to be missing is a way to check and implement them. 

Recently, we learned from one of our biggest users that not every company uses a dedicated security platform, including them. That is why we implemented the solution into our platform directly. After all, they already have a time tracker installed on all their devices. Why couldn’t it track device compliance as well?

And now, you have this feature on your tracker, too.

What WebWork checks on each device

Open the Compliance tab in Members and you will see a row for every member, a count of how many of their devices were checked, and a column for each requirement.

  1. Password Manager checks whether a password manager is installed on the device. A password manager keeps every account on its own strong password instead of one password reused across five tools.
  2. Hard Drive Encrypted checks whether the disk is encrypted. If a laptop is lost or left in a taxi, encryption is what stops whoever finds it from opening your files.
  3. Antivirus checks whether antivirus software is installed and running.
  4. Auto Updates checks whether the operating system installs updates on its own. Security fixes reach a device through updates, so a machine with automatic updates turned off stays exposed long after a fix exists.
  5. Screensaver Lock checks whether the screen locks by itself after a period of inactivity. This one matters for anyone working from a café, a coworking space, or an open office.
  6. USB/External checks whether external storage is connected to the device because files copied to a USB drive leave your systems completely.

Each member gets a compliance status based on those checks: Compliant, Non-compliant, No data, or Ignored. Click on a member’s name and you will see their devices listed one by one, with the exact points each device failed and when it was last checked.

No new app to install

Here is the part we are most excited to announce. If you are already using WebWork Desktop Tracker, there is nothing to deploy. 

Your team already runs the desktop app to track time. Now the same app reports the device’s security settings, so you do not set up an MDM, a second agent, or ask anyone to install anything new. Turn on the necessary compliance requirements in settings and the tracker will give you data about each device it registers.

If you want to try out device compliance tracking in your workspace, it is available on the Premium plan and as an add-on at $1 per user on all other plans. 

If you are new to WebWork, device compliance monitoring is available in our 14-day free trial. 

How the compliance rate is calculated

The compliance rate at the top of the page covers devices active in the last 90 days. 

WebWork uses four statuses to measure it: 

  1. Compliant — the device passed every check.
  2. Non-compliant — at least one check failed. The failed points are listed next to the device.
  3. No data — we have not received a check from that member’s device yet.
  4. Ignored — you decided this device does not need to be counted. Personal phones and test machines usually belong here.

Turn a tracked device into a company asset

This is the part that saves the most time. Next to any tracked device, you will see a Convert to asset button.

Click it and the device becomes an entry in your company assets, with everything WebWork already knows about it filled in: brand, model, processor, RAM, storage type and capacity, operating system, hostname, MAC address, and device ID. The asset is assigned to the member using it and marked In Use.

Before this, you had to build the asset register manually by filling it out yourself. But now you can turn any detected device used by your team into an asset and with a single click.

The asset page keeps its own compliance block, so you can see the device’s security status from either direction. You can attach files to it, like a purchase invoice or a warranty document. And every change is recorded in an audit log with the person who made it and the time they made it.

What device compliance does not do

With this feature we only report status.

WebWork only tells you that there is no antivirus installed but it can’t install it. It will not force encryption on, push a setting, lock a screen, or wipe a machine. The Compliance section shows you where your team stands so that you or your IT provider can fix what needs fixing.

Which plans include device compliance

Device compliance is available on the Premium plan, or as an add-on ($1/user/mo) on Pro and Plus.

Try it in your own workspace

While still in beta, you can try it out in Members > Compliance.

We are still building this section out, and we would like your input on what belongs in it. Drop your suggestions in our feedback form. 

Evaluating tools right now? WebWork’s team runs live demos, and it is twenty minutes well spent if device security is on your requirements list. Book a demo