Connecting A Tablet To An Enterprise Wi-Fi Network; It Policy Rules That Apply To A Tablet - Blackberry PlayBook Security Technical Overview

Security Technical Overview
Personal data and personal applications are not affected by the actions that the tablet performs to prevent the
user from accessing work data and work applications.
When the tablet reconnects to the smartphone, the tablet restores the user's access to the work data and work
applications.

Connecting a tablet to an enterprise Wi-Fi network

The first time that a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet and a BlackBerry smartphone connect to each other, the tablet
retrieves the Wi-Fi profiles that the BlackBerry smartphone user configured on the smartphone, but the tablet
does not retrieve the Wi-Fi profiles that administrators assigned to the smartphone. The tablet also does not
retrieve any client certificates that the Wi-Fi profiles require; however, the tablet can retrieve root certificates
when the tablet and smartphone connect for the first time.
The tablet retrieves Wi-Fi profiles using the encrypted and authenticated connection between the tablet and the
smartphone. While the tablet and the smartphone are connected, the tablet can use the Wi-Fi profiles to access
BlackBerry services over a Wi-Fi network. The tablet uses the same method and security to access the Wi-Fi
network that the smartphone uses.
If the user wants to use a Wi-Fi profile on the tablet and the Wi-Fi profile requires a client certificate, the user
must connect the tablet to a computer and import the certificate on the tablet.
If your organization's environment includes VPNs, you can configure the tablet to authenticate with a VPN
connector so that the tablet can access a Wi-Fi network.
For more information about how Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry smartphones connect to an enterprise Wi-Fi network,
see "Wi-Fi enabled BlackBerry smartphones" in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Security Technical Overview.

IT policy rules that apply to a tablet

The following IT policy rules apply to a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet:
IT policy group
Companion devices
BlackBerry Bridge
A BlackBerry smartphone that is running specific bundles of BlackBerry 6 can distinguish between work data and
personal data after you configure specific IT policy rules. The IT policy rules that you can configure for the
smartphone do not apply to the tablet. The tablet can automatically distinguish between work data and personal
data if a smartphone that is activated on a BlackBerry Enterprise Server connects to the tablet and treats all data
that the smartphone sends as work data. For more information about configuring a smartphone to distinguish
what is work data and personal data, see the Securing Devices for Personal Use and Work Use Security Note.
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Connecting a tablet to an enterprise Wi-Fi network
IT policy rule
• BlackBerry PlayBook Log Submission
• Enable BlackBerry Bridge