System and method for advanced control tools for administrators in a cloud-based service

A system of a cloud-based collaboration environment which provides enhanced configurable mobile security settings, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, causes the system to:
• receive a policy authorized by an administrator of an enterprise account on a cloud-based collaboration environment, the policy associated with mobile security settings on a mobile device of a user of the enterprise account, the policy including a policy type, a condition, and an action to perform if the condition is satisfied;
• concatenate one or more workflows associated with the policy type, the condition, and the action into an automation process;
• wherein the one or more workflows include tasks performed by the server in response to the policy type, the condition, and the action,
• wherein the policy type is selected from at least one of:
• download of content from the enterprise account, upload of content to the enterprise account, or sharing of content associated with the enterprise account,
• wherein the condition is based on at least one of:
• a number of downloaded files from the enterprise account, a time period over which the files are downloaded, uploading a file to a particular folder of the enterprise account, commenting on a file in the enterprise account, sharing a folder between users in the enterprise account, completion of the tasks;
• upon detecting that the condition for the automation process is satisfied, receive a selection for the action;
• transmit the policy to a mobile device application running on at the mobile device, wherein the policy includes instructions for the mobile device application to configure security settings on the mobile device, and wherein the mobile device application associated with the enterprise account;
• and
• in response to detecting that the action is a quarantine action, execute the action of moving one or more files in the enterprise account to a quarantine location, the one or more files in the quarantine location viewable to the administrator.