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Policy Reference Guide
Examples of security policy goals
You can use IT policies and application control policies to meet your organization's security policy goals.
Example goal
Define permitted use of passwords for
authentication on BlackBerry® devices.
Define the encryption strength that
BlackBerry devices use to protect data.
Control application installation and use
on BlackBerry devices.
Block viruses and malicious user actions
on BlackBerry devices.
Control Bluetooth® technology use on
BlackBerry devices.
Description
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Require a password on the BlackBerry device.
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Configure features such as password duration, length, and strength.
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Require password patterns.
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Forbid specific passwords.
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Extend encryption of data that is in transit between the sender and recipient
of an email message or PIN message.
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Require the BlackBerry device to generate and use the content protection key
to encrypt user data while the BlackBerry device is locked.
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Require the BlackBerry device to generate and use the principal encryption
key to encrypt the device transport key while the BlackBerry device is locked.
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To require a specific standard of encryption strength, specify the level of FIPS
compliance for the embedded cryptographic module that is required for basic
operation of the BlackBerry device.
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Prevent BlackBerry device users from downloading third-party applications
over the wireless network.
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Specify whether applications on the BlackBerry device can establish specific
types of connections.
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Specify the resources (for example, email, phone, and BlackBerry device key
store) that a third-party application can access on the BlackBerry device.
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Specify the types of connections (for example, local, internal, and external)
that a third-party application that is running on the BlackBerry device can
open.
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Specify whether an application can access the user authenticator framework
API, which permits the registration of drivers to provide two-factor
authentication to unlock the BlackBerry device.
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Manage Bluetooth technology on BlackBerry devices.
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Prevent the use of Bluetooth technology on BlackBerry devices.
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