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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