What Happens When A User Updates Or Creates Work Files On A Tablet; How A Tablet Controls Whether An Application Is A Work Application Or A Personal Application; Determining Which Applications Are Work Applications Or Personal Applications - Blackberry PlayBook Security Technical Overview

Security Technical Overview

What happens when a user updates or creates work files on a tablet

The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet helps protect work data when a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet user performs the
following actions:
Action
Open a file to view or update it
Copy and paste data to a work file
How a tablet controls whether an application is a work
application or a personal application
Applications on a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can run in work mode, personal mode, or both, depending on the
metadata that is associated with them. By default, all applications on the tablet run in personal mode. After a
BlackBerry PlayBook tablet user connects a tablet to a BlackBerry smartphone that is activated on a BlackBerry
Enterprise Server, an application can run in work mode.
Some applications such as Documents To Go can run in work mode and personal mode. If the user opens an
attachment in a work email message or work calendar entry, Documents To Go runs in work mode. You cannot
add applications to a tablet and classify them as work applications.
When applications are running, work applications and personal applications cannot share files or memory, or
synchronize objects with each other.
Determining which applications are work applications or personal
applications
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet permits the following applications to run in work mode only:
• BlackBerry Messenger
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How a tablet controls whether an application is a work application or a personal application

Description
When the user opens a work file such as an email message or an attachment,
the tablet starts the application in work mode.
When the user updates a work file using Documents To Go, the tablet
automatically saves the changes that the user makes. The tablet queues any
work file updates for back up to the media card that is inserted in the
BlackBerry smartphone and sends the updates to the smartphone
frequently.
The tablet does not permit the user to move data from the work file system
to the personal file system. The user cannot cut, copy, or paste data from
a work file to a personal file.
The tablet does permit a user to move data from the personal file system
to the work file system. The user cannot cut, copy, or paste personal data
into a work file. The user can attach a personal file to a work email message
or work calendar entry.