Blackberry ENTERPRISE SOLUTION SECURITY ENFORCING ENCRYPTION OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FILE SYSTEMS ON DEVICES User Manual

Enforcing encryption of internal and external file systems on BlackBerry devices

Technical Overview

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Enforcing encryption of internal and external file systems on BlackBerry devices
Contents
Data that BlackBerry devices encrypt by default ................................................................................................	1
System requirements for file encryption on BlackBerry devices.......................................................................	1
Using encryption to protect stored files on BlackBerry devices .......................................................................	1
IT policy requirements for encryption of stored files on BlackBerry devices .................................................	3
Data that the BlackBerry device can encrypt in internal memory...................................................................	3
Protecting user data stored on a locked BlackBerry device..............................................................................	4
Turning on protected storage of BlackBerry device data in internal memory...........................................	4
Guidelines for setting the internal memory encryption level.......................................................................	4
Protecting files stored in external memory on the BlackBerry device ............................................................	4
Setting the external memory encryption level................................................................................................	5
Turning on external memory encryption..........................................................................................................	5
Transferring encrypted media files ...................................................................................................................	5
Moving the media card to a different BlackBerry device..............................................................................	5
Controlling access to objects in external memory .........................................................................................	6
Protecting master encryption keys on a locked BlackBerry device.................................................................	6

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