13 Facts About Samsung Knox

Samsung Knox is a proprietary security and management framework pre-installed on most Samsung mobile devices.

Samsung Knox provides web-based services for organizations to manage their devices.

Samsung Knox provides hardware and software security features that allow business and personal content to coexist on the same device.

When Samsung Knox debuted with the Galaxy S3 in 2013, it included a proprietary container feature that stored security-sensitive applications and data inside a protected execution environment.

The proprietary container, later called the Samsung Knox Workspace, was managed by organizations through a UEM system.

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Samsung Knox then spun off consumer versions of the container feature, which did not require a UEM system to manage.

In 2018, Samsung partnered with Google to use its Android work profile to secure applications and data, and in 2019 deprecated the Knox Workspace container.

Samsung Knox continues to pre-install the Secure Folder on most flagship mobile devices, but consumers must enable it for use.

Several other features that facilitate enterprise use are incorporated in Samsung Knox, including Samsung KMS for eSE NFC services, Mobile device management, Knox Certificate Management, Single Sign-On, One Time Password, SIM PIN Management, Firmware-Over-The-Air and Virtual Private Network.

Samsung Knox has patched the kernel to prevent root access from being granted to apps even after rooting was successful since the release of Android Oreo.

Samsung Knox includes built-in hardware security features ARM TrustZone and a bootloader ROM.

The e-fuse will be set if the device boots with a non-Samsung Knox signed bootloader, kernel, kernel initialization script, or data.

In December 2017, Samsung Knox received "strong" ratings in 25 of 28 categories in a Gartner publication comparing device security strength of various platforms.