Patent Publication Number: US-10762231-B2

Title: Protecting screenshots of applications executing in a protected workspace container provided in a mobile device

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates generally to securely storing screenshots in a mobile device, and more specifically to technology for protecting screenshots of applications that are executing in a protected workspace container that is provided in a mobile device. 
     BACKGROUND 
     As the use of mobile devices to perform a wide variety of tasks has increased, users have often found it convenient or necessary to use the same mobile device to perform both personal and work tasks. Along these lines, the policy of “bring your own device” (“BYOD”) allows an employee to bring their own personal mobile device (e.g. smartphone, laptop, tablet, smart watch, etc.) to the workplace, and to use it both to access proprietary resources of their employer&#39;s enterprise (e.g. applications, databases, etc.), and to also perform personal tasks. 
     To address security needs of the enterprise under such circumstances, Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) technologies have been developed that allow an enterprise to specifically control the deployment and operation of enterprise applications that execute on an employee&#39;s mobile device, typically based on a set of management policies that may be provided to the mobile device from a remote enterprise server. In mobile devices running the Android™ operating system developed by Google LLC, Android Enterprise provides secure support for EMM through software containerization. As it is generally known, software containerization is a lightweight alternative to full machine virtualization, involving the encapsulation of one or more applications in a container together with their own operating environment. An application executing within a container can only see and use the specific resources that are allocated to that container, such as a subset of the mobile device memory and/or storage that is allocated to the container. In Android Enterprise, a protected workspace container is used to securely execute one or more enterprise applications and store enterprise data in isolation from the user&#39;s personal applications and data. The user&#39;s personal applications and data are located outside of the workspace container. The workspace container in Android Enterprise is a secure partition associated with a “work profile” user profile for the device, while the user&#39;s personal space container is another partition associated with a “personal profile” user profile. In this way, the Android operating system may prevent enterprise applications and/or proprietary data located in the workspace container from being accessed by the user&#39;s personal applications. 
     SUMMARY 
     Previous EMM technology in mobile devices has had shortcomings with regard to the management of screenshots that are taken of enterprise applications executing in a protected workspace container. As it is generally known, a screenshot taken on a mobile device is a digital image of the user interface that is currently visible on the display of the mobile device at the time the screenshot is captured. A screenshot may be created by built-in functionality within the operating system, and/or other software running on the device. On some mobile devices, a screenshot may be triggered by simultaneously pressing a specific combination of buttons on the mobile device. 
     In some previous EMM technology, the operating system of the mobile device (e.g. the Android operating system) offered the enterprise system administrator the options of either i) disabling screenshots completely for all applications executing in the protected workspace container of the mobile device, or ii) enabling screenshots for all applications executing in the protected workspace container, with the resulting screenshots then being stored in an unprotected folder that is located outside of the workspace container. In such previous systems, the only way to enable screenshots of enterprise applications executing in the workspace container was to allow the resulting screenshot images to be stored in an unsecure manner, outside of the workspace container, such that the screenshots were accessible to personal applications not executing within the workspace container. This lack of security for screenshot images taken of enterprise application user interfaces discouraged administrators from enabling screenshot capture for enterprise applications. As a result, screenshots were often completely disabled for all enterprise applications executing in the secure workspace container, in order to prevent the potential leaking of proprietary information. However, the inability to take screenshots of enterprise applications prevented the sharing of screenshots even with other employees of the enterprise, as may be useful when debugging enterprise applications. For example, it may be desirable to take a screenshot of an enterprise application user interface at the time that the enterprise application fails (e.g. due to a bug in the application), and then send the screenshot to an administrator or engineer within the enterprise to show exactly how the application is failing, so that the application can be efficiently debugged. 
     To address the above described and other shortcomings of previous technical solutions, new technology is described herein for protecting screenshots of applications executing in a protected workspace container provided in a mobile device. In the disclosed technology, at least one enterprise application executes within a protected workspace container in the mobile device. The protected workspace container is a software container that may, for example, be provided by the operating system of the mobile device. The protected workspace software container isolates one or more enterprise applications and their data from at least one personal application that executes on the mobile device outside of the protected workspace container, e.g. in a personal software container that may also be provided by the operating system of the mobile device. In response to receipt of a screenshot capture request, the screenshot capture request is processed by first determining whether a graphical user interface being displayed on a display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received is being generated at least in part by an enterprise application executing in the protected workspace container (i.e. includes or consists of a user interface generated by one of the enterprise applications executing in the protected workspace container). In response to determining that the user interface displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received is being generated by an enterprise application executing within the protected workspace container in the mobile device, a secure screenshot save operation is performed, e.g. by the operating system of the mobile device. The secure screenshot save operation includes i) storing, within the mobile device, a screenshot image of the graphical user interface being displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received, and ii) preventing the screenshot image from being accessed by any personal application executing on the mobile device outside of the protected workspace container. 
     In some embodiments, the disclosed technology prevents the stored screenshot image from being accessed by any personal application executing on the mobile device outside of the protected workspace container at least in part by selecting, prior to storing the screenshot image, a location in the data storage resources of the mobile device in which the screenshot image is to be stored that is within the protected workspace container. The screenshot image of the graphical user interface displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received is then stored to the selected location in the data storage resources of the mobile device within the protected workspace container. 
     In some embodiments, the disclosed technology prevents the stored screenshot image from being accessed by any personal application executing on the mobile device outside of the protected workspace container at least in part by encrypting the screenshot image using an encryption key having a corresponding decryption key that is only accessible to applications executing within the protected workspace container. 
     In some embodiments, the disclosed technology performs the secure screenshot save operation at least in part by storing the encrypted screenshot image in a location in the data storage resources of the mobile device that is outside the protected workspace container. 
     In some embodiments, the disclosed technology allows the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key used to encrypt the screenshot image to be accessed only by the enterprise application executing within the protected workspace container in the mobile device that generated at least a portion of the graphical user interface being displayed on a display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received. 
     In some embodiments, multiple enterprise applications execute within the protected workspace container, and the disclosed technology allows the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key used to encrypt the screenshot image to be accessed by all of the enterprise applications executing in the protected workspace container in the mobile device. 
     In some embodiments, multiple enterprise applications execute within the protected workspace container, and the disclosed technology allows the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key used to encrypt the screenshot image to be accessed only by a security group of enterprise applications executing in the protected workspace container in the mobile device that includes some but not all of the enterprise applications executing in the protected workspace container. 
     In some embodiments, the security group of enterprise applications executing in the protected workspace container in the mobile device that is allowed to access the decryption key includes the enterprise application executing within the protected workspace container in the mobile device that generated at least a portion of the graphical user interface being displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request was received. 
     In some embodiments, in response to determining that the graphical user interface being displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received is not generated by any enterprise application executing within the protected workspace container in the mobile device, the disclosed technology performs a personal screenshot save operation that includes i) storing, within the mobile device, a screenshot image of the user interface displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received, and ii) permitting the screenshot image to be accessed by the personal application executing on the mobile device outside of the protected workspace container. 
     In some embodiments, receiving the screenshot capture request may include or consist of detecting that multiple buttons on the mobile device are being pressed simultaneously. 
     In some embodiments, the screenshot capture request is received and processed by an operating system of the mobile device. 
     Embodiments of the technology described herein may provide significant improvements over previous solutions. For example, embodiments of the disclosed technology may be provided that allow a screenshot image to be captured of an enterprise application executing within a protected workspace container and then securely stored on the mobile device without exposing the stored screenshot image to access by any personal application executing on the mobile device outside of the protected workspace container. As a result, system administrators responsible for setting EMM policies for the mobile device are able to enable the capture of screenshots that include user interfaces of enterprise applications, so that such screenshots can be shared with other enterprise users, e.g. using secure enterprise communication applications such as secure electronic mail, secure instant messaging, etc. The ability to securely store and then share screenshots that include user interfaces of enterprise applications is a desirable improvement over previous technologies, e.g. during enterprise application debugging and/or other scenarios during which it is desirable that screenshot images of user interfaces from enterprise applications be securely stored and shared. 
    
    
     
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       The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages will be apparent from the following description of particular embodiments, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the different figures. The elements of the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating the principles of the various embodiments. 
         FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing a first example of components in some embodiments of the disclosed technology; 
         FIG. 2  is a block diagram showing a second example of components in some embodiments of the disclosed technology; 
         FIG. 3  is a block diagram showing a third example of components in some embodiments of the disclosed technology; 
         FIG. 4  is a first flow chart illustrating steps performed during operation of some embodiments of the disclosed technology; and 
         FIG. 5  is a second flow chart illustrating steps performed during operation of some embodiments of the disclosed technology. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Embodiments will now be described with reference to the figures. Such embodiments are provided only by way of example and for purposes of illustration. The scope of the claims is not limited to the examples of specific embodiments shown in the figures and/or otherwise described herein. 
     The individual features of the particular embodiments, examples, and implementations described herein can be combined in any manner that makes technological sense. Such features are hereby combined to form all possible combinations, permutations and/or variations except to the extent that such combinations, permutations and/or variations have been expressly excluded herein and/or are technically impractical. Support for all such combinations, permutations and/or variations is considered to exist in this document. 
     As described herein, at least one enterprise application executes within a protected workspace container in the mobile device. The protected workspace container is a software container that may be provided by the operating system of the mobile device, and that defines the resources of the mobile device that are accessible to the enterprise applications that execute within the workspace container. The protected workspace software container isolates one or more enterprise applications executing in the mobile device and their associated data from at least one personal application that also executes on the mobile device, albeit outside of the protected workspace container, e.g. in a personal software container that may also be provided by the operating system of the mobile device. When a screenshot capture request is received, in response to receipt of the screenshot capture request, the screenshot capture request is processed by first determining whether a graphical user interface being displayed on a display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received is being generated at least in part by an enterprise application executing in the protected workspace container. In response to determining that the graphical user interface displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received is being generated at least in part by an enterprise application executing within the protected workspace container in the mobile device, a secure screenshot save operation is performed, e.g. by the operating system of the mobile device. The secure screenshot save operation stores a screenshot image of the graphical user interface being displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received and prevents that screenshot image from being accessed by any personal application executing on the mobile device outside of the protected workspace container. 
       FIG. 1  is a block diagram showing a first example of components in some embodiments of the disclosed technology. As shown in  FIG. 1 , a Mobile Device  100  includes a Display Device  102 , Processing Circuitry  104 , Communication Interfaces  106 , Memory  108 , and Device Buttons  109 . Mobile Device  100  may, for example, be a smart phone, tablet computer, e-book reader, or some other type of mobile computing device. 
     Display Device  102  may include or consist of an electronic visual display. A touch screen input device may be layered on top of the Display Device  102 . A Graphical User Interface  134  for Mobile Device  100  that includes or consists of one or more user interfaces generated by one or more corresponding applications executing in the Mobile Device  100  may be displayed by Display Device  102 . 
     Processing Circuitry  104  may include or consist of one or more Central Processing Units (CPUs) and associated hardware circuitry operable to execute program code stored in Memory  108 . 
     Communication Interfaces  106  may include or consist of one more antennas and transmitter and receiver circuitry, and is operable to transmit and receive data over one or more wireless communication networks, including but not limited to one or more cellular networks, and other types of wireless communication networks, such as wireless Local Area Networks (LANs) or the like. 
     Memory  108  may include or consist of some combination of Random Access Memory (RAM) and Read Only Memory (ROM). Memory  108  may further include non-volatile solid state flash memory, which may be used to persistently store some or all of the Operating System  110 , and/or program code of applications that are executable on the Processing Circuitry  104 , and/or data generated and/or accessed by such program code. 
     Device Buttons  109  may include or consist of various buttons of the Mobile Device  100 . Device Buttons  109  may include a set of one or more buttons that when pressed simultaneously, trigger Screenshot Capture Request  146  to be passed to Operating System  110 . Each of the Device Buttons  109  may be a mechanical button, having mechanical parts that physically move when the button is pressed, and/or may be a capacitive button that reacts to the users touch. In some embodiments (e.g. mobile devices executing the Google Android operating system), the Device Buttons  109  may include buttons referred to as the Power button, Home button, Back button, Menu button, and Search button. In other embodiments (e.g. mobile devices executing the Apple iOS operating system), the Device Buttons  109  may include buttons referred to as the Home button, Ring/Silent button, Volume Up/Volume Down button(s), and Top or Side button. 
     Those skilled in the art will recognize that Mobile Device  100  may further include other hardware components or devices and associated circuitry, such as a camera, microphone, speaker, etc. 
     Memory  108  stores program code components (e.g. instructions) that execute on Processing Circuitry  102 . Such executable program code is shown for purposes of illustration by Operating System  110 , Enterprise Applications  114 , and Personal Applications  124 . Enterprise Applications  114  include one or more mobile applications that are used by the user of Mobile Device  100  to perform work tasks for a business enterprise, e.g. for a business enterprise that is an employer of the user of Mobile Device  100 . The Enterprise Applications  114  may be managed by and under the control of that business enterprise. Enterprise Applications  114  are shown including Enterprise Application  1   116 , Enterprise Application  2   118 , through Enterprise Application N  120 . Enterprise Applications  114  may include any specific type of mobile application, including but not limited to a secure electronic mail application that is operable to securely send and receive electronic mail messages, e.g. by encrypting the electronic mail messages to be sent prior to sending, using secure communication channels belonging to the enterprise to convey the electronic mail messages, and/or by limiting the destinations to which electronic mail messages can be sent to secure accounts that are controlled by the enterprise. The electronic mail messages sent by such a secure electronic mail application executing in the Protected Workspace Container  112  may be used to securely send screenshot images that are securely stored by the disclosed technology, e.g. in Workspace Screenshot Folder  136  as further described below. The Enterprise Applications  114  may also include a secure instant messaging application that securely sends and receives instant messages, e.g. by encrypting the instant messages to be sent prior to sending, using secure communication channels belonging to the enterprise to convey the instant messages, and/or by limiting the destinations to which instant messages can be sent to secure accounts that are controlled by the enterprise. The instant messages sent by such a secure instant messaging application executing in the Protected Workspace Container  112  may also be used to securely send screenshot images that are securely stored by the disclosed technology, e.g. in Workspace Screenshot Folder  136  as further described below. The Enterprise Applications  114  may further include various other specific types of mobile enterprise applications that access and display proprietary enterprise data within their user interfaces, including proprietary enterprise data that may be stored on Mobile Device  100 , and/or proprietary enterprise data that may be stored in a remote enterprise database that is located on one or more server computer systems that are within and/or under the control of and managed by the enterprise. 
     Personal Applications  124  include or consist of one or more applications that are used by the user of Mobile Device  100  to perform personal tasks. For purposes of illustration, Personal Applications  124  are shown including Personal Application  1   126 , Personal Application  2   128 , through Personal Application N  130 . Personal Applications  124  may include any specific type of application, including but not limited to an electronic mail application that enables the user of Mobile Device  100  to send and receive personal electronic mail messages using Mobile Device  100 , an instant messaging application that enables the user of Mobile Device  100  to send and receive personal instant messages using Mobile Device  100 , and/or various other specific types of mobile applications that enable the user of Mobile Device  100  to perform personal tasks, such as social networking, etc. 
     Enterprise Applications  114  are securely executed by Operating System  112  within the Protected Workspace Container  112 . Protected Workspace Container  112  isolates Enterprise Applications  114  and any data stored within Protected Workspace Container  112  from any application that executes outside of Protected Workspace Container  112 . Accordingly, Protected Workspace Container  112  protects Enterprise Applications  114 , and any data stored in Protected Workspace Container  112  (e.g. the contents of Workspace Screenshot Folder  136  and Workspace Cryptographic Key Store  144 ), from any access by Personal Applications  124 . Protected Workspace Container  112  is a software container that may be provided by Operating System  110  and/or some other software and/or hardware circuitry of Mobile Device  100 . Protected Workspace Container  112  encapsulates Enterprise Applications  114  together with resources that are allocated to Protected Workspace Container  112  and that may be used to execute Enterprise Applications  114 . During execution, Enterprise Applications  114  can only see and use the resources that are allocated to Protected Workspace Container  112 . For example, a subset of the memory and/or persistent data storage resources of Mobile Device  100  (e.g. a unique subset of Memory  108 ) may be allocated to Protected Workspace Container  112 . The memory and/or persistent storage that is allocated to Protected Workspace Container  112  is the only memory and/or persistent data storage that can be used to store Enterprise Applications  114 , Workspace Screenshot Folder  136 , and/or Workspace Cryptographic Key Store  144 , e.g. memory used during execution of Enterprise Applications  114  to store program code and/or the contents of Workspace Screenshot Folder  136  and Workspace Cryptographic Key Store  144 , and/or persistent storage used to persistently store Enterprise Applications  114  and/or the contents of Workspace Screenshot Folder  136  and Workspace Cryptographic Key Store  144 . 
     Personal Applications  124  execute outside of Protected Workspace Container  112 . In some embodiments, Personal Applications  124  may execute within a Personal Container  122 . Personal Container  122  is a software container that may also be provided by Operating System  110  and/or some other software and/or hardware circuitry of Mobile Device  100 . Personal Container  122  encapsulates Personal Applications  124  together with the resources that are allocated to Personal Container  122 . Resources allocated to Personal Container  122  may include a subset of the memory and/or persistent data storage resources of Mobile Device  100  (e.g. a unique subset of Memory  108 ) that is the only memory and/or persistent data storage that can be used to store Personal Applications  124  and/or Screenshot Folder  150 , e.g. memory used during execution of Personal Applications  124  to store program code and/or the contents of Screenshot Folder  150 , and/or persistent storage used to persistently store Personal Applications  124  and/or the contents of Screenshot Folder  150 . 
     In some embodiments, the entire contents of Protected Workspace Container  112 , e.g. all program code and data stored in the subset of Memory  108  that is allocated to Protected Workspace Container  112 , may be independently encrypted. For example, the contents of Protected Workspace Container  112  may be encrypted using an encryption key or keys with a corresponding decryption key or keys that are unavailable to Personal Applications  124 . Any such encryption key or keys that are used to encrypt the contents of Protected Workspace Container  112  are accordingly different from any encryption key or keys that are used to perform any encryption that may be performed on the contents of Personal Container  122 . The decryption key or keys needed to decrypt the contents of Protected Workspace Container  112  may be privately stored in Protected Workspace Container  112 , e.g. in Workspace Cryptographic Key Store  144 , which cannot be accessed from outside of Protected Workspace Container  112 . In this way, the contents of the Protected Workspace Container  112  may be protected from being accessed by the Personal Applications  124 . 
     In some embodiments, the contents of Protected Workspace Container  112  is viewable and managed by the enterprise, e.g. by a system administrator, at least in part through management policies stored to Mobile Application Management Policies  132  from a remote enterprise server. In contrast, Personal Applications  124  and data that is located outside of Protected Workspace Container  112  (e.g. the contents of Screenshot Folder  150 ) cannot be accessed by the enterprise, is not managed by the enterprise, and is not be subject to the policies stored in Mobile Application Management Policies  132 . 
     In some embodiments, the Operating System  110  may, for example, be embodied as a modified version of the Android™ operating system developed by Google LLC. 
     When the user of Mobile Device  100  simultaneously presses a combination of the buttons in Device Buttons  109  that triggers Screenshot Capture Request  146 , Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received by Operating System  110 . In response to receiving Screenshot Capture Request  146 , Operating System  110  processes Screenshot Capture Request  146  by first determining whether the Graphical User Interface  134  being displayed on Display Device  102  at the time that Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received is being generated at least in part by one or more of the Enterprise Applications  114  executing in Protected Workspace Container  112 . To determine whether Graphical User Interface  134  is being generated at least in part by one or more of the Enterprise Applications  114  at the time that Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received, Operating System  110  determines whether Graphical User Interface  134  includes at least one user interface of any one of the Enterprise Applications  114  at the time that Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received. 
     In response to determining that the Graphical User Interface  134  being displayed on the Display Device  102  at the time the Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received is being generated at least in part by one of the Enterprise Applications  114  executing within Protected Workspace Container  112 , a secure screenshot save operation is performed, e.g. by Operating System  110 . For example, in response to determining that at the time Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received Graphical User Interface  134  includes an Application User Interface  132  that is the user interface generated by Enterprise Application  116 , Operating System  110  performs a secure screenshot save operation. The secure screenshot save operation includes storing a screenshot image of the Graphical User Interface  134  at the time the Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received, and preventing that screenshot image from being accessed by any of the Personal Applications  124  that execute outside of the Protected Workspace Container  112 . 
     In some embodiments, the Operating System  110  may prevent the stored screenshot image from being accessed by any of the Personal Applications  124  executing outside of the Protected Workspace Container  112  at least in part by selecting, prior to storing the screenshot image, a location in Protected Workspace Container  112  into which the screenshot is to be stored. For example, a location within the subset of Memory  108  that is allocated to Protected Workspace Container  112  may be selected into which the screenshot image is to be stored. For example, Operating System  110  may select a location into which the screenshot image is to be stored that is within the Workspace Screenshot Folder  136 . The screenshot image of Graphical User Interface  134  at the time the Screenshot Capture Request  146  may then be stored as one of the screenshot images in the Workspace Screenshot Folder  136 , e.g. as one of Screenshot  1   138 , Screenshot  2   140 , through Screenshot N  142  that are stored in Workspace Screenshot Folder  136 , and that cannot be accessed by any of Personal Applications  124 . 
     In some embodiments, Operating System  110  may prevent a stored screenshot image from being accessed by of the Personal Applications  124  executing outside of the Protected Workspace Container  112  at least in part by encrypting the screenshot image using an encryption key having a corresponding decryption key that is only accessible to one or more of the Enterprise Applications  114  executing within the Protected Workspace Container  112 . For example, prior to storing the Screenshot  1   138  into Workspace Screenshot Folder  136 , Operating System  110  may encrypt Screenshot  1   138  using an encryption key that has a corresponding decryption key that is stored only within the Workspace Cryptographic Key Store  144 . The contents of Workspace Cryptographic Key Store  136  are only accessible within Protected Workspace Container  112 , and accordingly only Enterprise Applications  114  can decrypt Screenshot  1   138 . The resulting encrypted Screenshot  1   138  may then be safely stored, e.g. within the Workspace Screenshot Folder  136 . 
     In some embodiments, the Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key that was used to encrypt a screenshot image to be accessed only by the enterprise application within Enterprise Applications  114  that generated at least part of the Graphical User Interface  134  at the time Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received. For example, in the case where Graphical User Interface  134  included or consisted of the Application User Interface  132  of Enterprise Application  1   116  at the time Screenshot Capture Request  146  was received, and where no other ones of the Enterprise Applications  114  generated any part of the Graphical User Interface  134  at the time Screenshot Capture  146  was received, Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key that was used to encrypt the resulting screenshot image (e.g. Screenshot  1   138 ) to be accessed only by Enterprise Application  1   116 . As a result, only Enterprise Application  1   116  can decrypt that screenshot image (e.g. Screenshot  1   138 ). 
     In some embodiments, the disclosed technology may allow the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key used to encrypt a screenshot image to be accessed by all of the enterprise applications within Enterprise Applications  114 . For example, Operating System  110  may allow the decryption keys corresponding to the encryption keys that were used to encrypt Screenshot  1   138 , Screenshot  2   140 , through Screenshot N  142  to be accessed by any one of the Enterprise Applications  114 , with the result being that any one of Enterprise Applications  114  can decrypt any one of Screenshot  1   138 , Screenshot  2   140 , through Screenshot N  142 . 
     In some embodiments, the Enterprise Applications  114  may be segregated into multiple security groups. In such embodiments, the Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to an encryption key that was used to encrypt a given screenshot image to be accessed by only one of the security groups. For example, in the case where a first security group includes Enterprise Application  1   116  and Enterprise Application  2   118 , and a second security group includes all of the remaining enterprise applications in Enterprise Applications  114 , Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to an encryption key used to encrypt Screenshot  1   138  to be accessed only by the enterprise applications within the first security group, with the result being that only Enterprise Application  1   116  and Enterprise Application  2   118  can decrypt Screenshot  1   138 . 
     In some embodiments, the security group of enterprise applications within Enterprise Applications  114  that is allowed to access the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key used to encrypt a given screenshot image may be the security group that includes the enterprise application within Enterprise Applications  114  that generated at least part of the Graphical User Interface  134  at the time Screenshot Capture Request  146  was received. For example, in the case where Graphical User Interface  134  included or consisted of the Application User Interface  132  of Enterprise Application  1   116  at the time Screenshot Capture Request  146  was received, and where no other ones of the Enterprise Applications  114  generated any part of the Graphical User Interface  134  at the time Screenshot Capture  146  was received, Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key that was used to encrypt the resulting screenshot image (e.g. Screenshot  1   138 ) to be accessed only by the aforementioned first security group, which includes both Enterprise Application  1   116  and Enterprise Application  2   118 , with the result being that only the enterprise applications in the first security group (i.e. Enterprise Application  1   116  and Enterprise Application  2   118 ) can decrypt that screenshot image (e.g. Screenshot  1   138 ). 
       FIG. 2  is a block diagram showing a second example of components in some embodiments of the disclosed technology. In some embodiments illustrated by the components shown in  FIG. 2 , a secure screenshot save operation may be performed at least in part by storing the encrypted screenshot image into a location in Memory  108  that is outside of the Protected Workspace Container  112 . For example, such a location outside of the Protected Workspace Container  112  may be a location that is not within the subset of Memory  108  that is allocated to Protected Workspace Container  112 . In some embodiments, prior to storing a screenshot image into Screenshot Folder  150 , Operating System  110  may first encrypt the screenshot image using an encryption key that has a corresponding decryption key that is stored only within Workspace Cryptographic Key Store  144 , which is only accessible to one or more of the Enterprise Applications  114 . The encrypted screenshot image may then be stored outside of Protected Workspace Container  112  in the Screenshot Folder  150 , e.g. as one of Encrypted Screenshot  1   238 , Encrypted Screenshot  2   240 , through Encrypted Screenshot N  242 . In this way the disclosed technology may use encryption to prevent the stored screenshot from being accessed by any of the Personal Applications  124  even while the screenshot image is stored outside of the Protected Workspace Container  112 . 
     In some embodiments, the Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key that was used to encrypt a screenshot image to be accessed only by the enterprise application within Enterprise Applications  114  that generated at least part of the Graphical User Interface  134  at the time Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received. For example, in the case where Graphical User Interface  134  includes or consists of the Application User Interface  132  of Enterprise Application  1   116  at the time Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received, and where no other ones of the Enterprise Applications  114  generate any part of the Graphical User Interface  134  at the time Screenshot Capture  146  is received, Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key used to encrypt the resulting screenshot image (e.g. Encrypted Screenshot  1   238 ) to be accessed only by Enterprise Application  1   116 , with the result being that only Enterprise Application  1   116  can decrypt that screenshot image (e.g. Encrypted Screenshot  1   238 ). 
     In some embodiments, the Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key used to encrypt a screenshot image to be accessed by all of the enterprise applications within Enterprise Applications  114 . For example, Operating System  110  may allow the decryption keys corresponding to the encryption keys that were used to encrypt any of Encrypted Screenshot  1   238 , Encrypted Screenshot  2   240 , through Encrypted Screenshot N  242  to be accessed by any one of the Enterprise Applications  114 , with the result being that any one of Enterprise Applications  114  can decrypt any one of Encrypted Screenshot  1   238 , Encrypted Screenshot  2   240 , through Encrypted Screenshot N  242 . 
     In some embodiments, the Enterprise Applications  114  may be segregated into multiple security groups. In such embodiments, the Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to an encryption key that was used to encrypt a given screenshot image to be accessed by only one of the security groups. For example, in the case where a first security group includes Enterprise Application  1   116  and Enterprise Application  2   118 , and a second security group includes all the remaining enterprise applications in Enterprise Applications  114 , Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to an encryption key used to encrypt Encrypted Screenshot  1   238  to be accessed only by the enterprise applications within the first security group, with the result being that only Enterprise Application  1   116  and Enterprise Application  2   118  can decrypt Encrypted Screenshot  1   238 . 
     In some embodiments, the security group of enterprise applications within Enterprise Applications  114  that is allowed to access the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key used to encrypt a given screenshot image may be the security group that includes the enterprise application within Enterprise Applications  114  that generated at least part of the Graphical User Interface  134  at the time Screenshot Capture Request  146  was received. For example, in the case where Graphical User Interface  134  includes or consists of the Application User Interface  132  of Enterprise Application  1   116  at the time Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received, and where no other ones of the Enterprise Applications  114  generate any part of the Graphical User Interface  134  at the time Screenshot Capture  146  is received, Operating System  110  may allow the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key that was used to encrypt the resulting screenshot image (e.g. Encrypted Screenshot  1   238 ) to be accessed only by the aforementioned first security group, which includes both Enterprise Application  1   116  and Enterprise Application  2   118 . As a result, only the enterprise applications in the first security group (i.e. Enterprise Application  1   116  and Enterprise Application  2   118 ) can decrypt that screenshot image (e.g. Encrypted Screenshot  1   238 ). 
     In some embodiments, Screenshot Folder  150  may additionally or alternatively be used to store one or more unencrypted screenshot images that are captured at times when the Screenshot Capture Request  146  is received and the Graphical User Interface  134  includes only one or more user interfaces of Personal Applications  124 . 
       FIG. 3  is a block diagram showing a third example of components in some embodiments of the disclosed technology. In some embodiments illustrated by the components shown in  FIG. 3 , the Operating System  110  may determine that the Graphical User Interface  134  being displayed on the Display Device  102  of the Mobile Device  100  at the time a Screenshot Capture Request  346  is received is not generated in part by any one of the Enterprise Applications  114 , and is instead generated by one or more personal applications executing outside the protected workspace container in the mobile device, e.g. includes or consists of an Application User Interface  332  that is generated by Personal Application  1   126 . In response to determining that the Graphical User Interface  134  being displaced on Display Device  102  at the time Screenshot Capture Request  346  is received is not generated by any of the Enterprise Applications  114 , and instead consists of or includes Application User Interface  332  generated by Personal Application  1   126 , Operating System  110  performs a personal screenshot save operation. The personal screenshot operation may include storing an unencrypted screenshot image of the Graphical User Interface  134  that is displayed at the time Screenshot Capture Request  346  is received, e.g. as one of the unencrypted screenshots stored in Screenshot Folder  150 . Because Screenshot Folder  150  is outside of Protected Workspace Container  112 , the screenshot images stored in Screenshot Folder  150  that are not encrypted such that they must be decrypted using decryption keys stored in the Protected Workspace Container  112  (e.g. in Workspace Cryptographic Key Store  144 ), such as Unencrypted Screenshot  1   338 , Unencrypted Screenshot  2   340 , and so on through Unencrypted Screenshot N  342 , can be accessed by Personal Applications  124 . In this way, Personal Applications  124  are permitted to access any of the unencrypted screenshot images stored in Screenshots Folder  150 . 
       FIG. 4  is a first flow chart illustrating steps performed during operation of some embodiments of the disclosed technology. The steps of  FIG. 4  may be performed by an operating system and/or other program code executing in a mobile device, and/or hardware circuitry of the mobile device. As shown in  FIG. 4 , at step  400 , at least one enterprise application is executed within a protected workspace container in the mobile device. The protected workspace container isolates the enterprise application from at least one personal application that is simultaneously executing on the mobile device outside of the protected workspace container. 
     At step  402 , a screenshot capture request is received, e.g. in response to the user simultaneously pressing a combination of buttons on the mobile device. 
     At step  404 , the received screenshot capture request is processed. The processing of the screenshot capture request includes, at step  406 , determining whether a graphical user interface being displayed on a display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received is generated at least in part by one of the enterprise applications executing in the protected workspace container. The processing of the screenshot capture request further includes, at step  408 , in response to determining that the graphical user interface displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received is being generated at least in part by an enterprise application executing within the protected workspace container in the mobile device, performing a secure screenshot save operation that includes i) storing, within the mobile device, a screenshot image of the user interface displayed on the display device of the mobile device at the time the screenshot capture request is received, and ii) preventing the screenshot image from being accessed by the personal application executing on the mobile device outside of the protected workspace container. 
       FIG. 5  is a second flow chart illustrating steps performed during operation of some embodiments of the disclosed technology. The steps of  FIG. 5  may be performed by an operating system and/or other program code executing in a mobile device, and/or hardware circuitry of the mobile device. 
     At step  500  an enterprise application is executed in a protected workspace container. 
     At step  502  a screenshot request is received while the user interface of the enterprise application is being displayed. 
     At step  504 , a screenshot image of the display is stored, and access to the stored screenshot image by personal applications executing outside of the protected workspace container is prevented. 
     While the above description provides examples of embodiments using various specific terms to indicate specific systems, devices, and/or components, such terms are illustrative only, and are used only for purposes of convenience and concise explanation. The disclosed system is not limited to embodiments including or involving systems, devices and/or components identified by the terms used above. 
     Aspects of the technologies disclosed herein may be embodied as a system, method or computer program product. Accordingly, elements described herein may be embodied using hardware, software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.) or a combination of software and hardware. Furthermore, functions of the embodiments illustrated herein may take the form of a computer program product embodied at least in part in one or more non-transitory computer readable storage medium(s) having computer readable program code stored thereon for causing one or more processors to carry out those functions. 
     Any combination of one or more non-transitory computer readable storage medium(s) may be utilized. Examples of a non-transitory computer readable storage medium include, but are not limited to, an optical disc (e.g. CD or DVD), an optical storage device, a magnetic disk, a magnetic storage device, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), and/or any suitable combination of the foregoing. In the context of this document, a computer readable storage medium may be any non-transitory tangible medium that can contain, or store a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. 
     The figures include block diagram and flowchart illustrations of methods, apparatus(s) and computer program products according to one or more embodiments. It will be understood that one or more of the block in such figures, and combinations of the blocks, can be implemented by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be executed on processing circuitry to form specialized hardware. The computer program instructions may further be loaded onto a mobile computing device to produce a machine, such that the instructions which execute on the mobile computing device create means for implementing the functions specified in the block or blocks. The computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-readable memory that can direct a mobile computing device to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the block or blocks. The computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a mobile computing device to cause a series of operational steps to be performed to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the mobile computing device provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the block or blocks. 
     It will also be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that modification to and variation of the illustrated embodiments may be made without departing from the inventive concepts described herein.