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With over 200 published IT policies, the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution provides administrators with complete and precise control over their wireless solution — through intuitive, comprehensive IT policy management tools.
- Group IT Policies
- Default IT Policy
- Over the Air Enforcement
- Malware Control
- Comprehensive Control over the Entire BlackBerry Enterprise Solution
Group IT Policies
Different wireless users within an organization have different requirements for security and access to information. One size no longer fits all. To meet this challenge, the BlackBerry solution enables administrators to deploy group policies that reflect the needs of the various users and teams within an organization.
Default IT Policy
Each BlackBerry smartphone, on activation, is added to a customizable base IT policy to ensure a minimum level of security. From this starting point, administrators can create user groups and easily modify policies to meet the security needs of the organization.
Over the Air Enforcement
All policy settings are synchronized and assigned to the BlackBerry smartphone over the air. As a result, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server administrators who need to facilitate large deployments can easily change IT policies on a corporate level without requiring users to cradle their BlackBerry smartphones.
With the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution, IT policies are one-way, server-initiated outbound communications. This ensures that administrators can control each BlackBerry smartphone reliably, with complete confidence that the device is compliant — users can't intervene or prevent a policy from being applied once the administrator has initiated it. As well, IT policies carry unique digital signatures to ensure that only the designated BlackBerry Enterprise Server can send updates to a BlackBerry smartphone.
Malware Control
In the PC world, preventing viruses, trojans, worms and spyware (collectively referred to as "malware") consists of two strategies: detection and containment. Detecting malware requires a huge, frequently updated local database or a constant connection to an online database. This approach works for desktop computers, but not for mobile devices.
The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution focuses on containing malicious programs. The BlackBerry Enterprise Server comes with 19 Application Control IT policies that allow the administrator to limit the resources and user data available to a given application. For example, restrictions can be imposed on internal or external domains, the phone, Bluetooth®, USB and user data such as email and PIM. And because limitations can all be specified on a per application basis, administrators can grant elevated permissions to trusted applications.
Comprehensive Control over the Entire BlackBerry Enterprise Solution
The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution gives administrators tight control over every aspect of the solution. With over 200 published IT policies, administrators can enforce specific capabilities around:
- Forcing password use, password complexity and timeouts
- Application availability
- Functions that can be performed within each application
- Bluetooth peripherals and how they connect to the BlackBerry smartphone
- The BlackBerry® Smart Card Reader, for two-factor authentication to the BlackBerry smartphone
- Internet browser availability and capabilities
- IT policy change notifications
- Owner information settings
- Attachment viewing and supported formats
- Backup and synchronization requirements and frequency
- SMS, MMS and PIN-to-PIN message capabilities
- S/MIME and PGP® requirements
- Private key storage level for encrypted messages
- Content protection strength
- Encryption settings and certificate use
- SIM card control over location-related information and call capabilities
For a complete listing of all BlackBerry IT policies, review the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Policy Reference Guide (PDF).