Blackberry SWD-20120924140022907 manual Extending messaging security to a BlackBerry device

Administration Guide Configuring security options

Permit a user to override the Enterprise Service Policy

Before you begin: Turn on the Enterprise Service Policy.

1.In the BlackBerry Administration Service, on the BlackBerry solution management menu, expand User.

2.Click Manage users.

3.Search for a user account.

4.Click the display name for the user account.

5.Click Edit user.

6.On the Component information tab, in the BlackBerry Enterprise Server information section, in the Enterprise service policy override drop-down list, click Yes.

7.Click Save All.

Extending messaging security to a BlackBerry device

If your organization's messaging environment supports highly secure messaging technology such as PGP encryption or S/ MIME encryption, you can configure the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution to encrypt a message using PGP encryption or S/ MIME encryption so that the message remains encrypted when the BlackBerry Enterprise Server forwards the message to the email applications of recipients. To extend messaging security, the sender and recipient must install highly secure messaging technology on the computers that host the email applications and on their BlackBerry devices, and you must configure the BlackBerry devices to use the highly secure messaging technology.

Extending messaging security using PGP encryption

You can extend messaging security for the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution and permit a BlackBerry device user to send and receive PGP protected email messages and PGP protected PIN messages on a BlackBerry device. The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution supports the OpenPGP format and PGP/MIME format on the BlackBerry device.

To extend messaging security, you must instruct the BlackBerry device user to install the PGP Support Package for BlackBerry smartphones on the BlackBerry device and to transfer the PGP private key of the BlackBerry device user to the BlackBerry device. The BlackBerry device user can use the PGP private key to digitally sign, encrypt, and send PGP protected messages from the BlackBerry device. If a BlackBerry device user does not install the PGP Support Package for BlackBerry smartphones, the BlackBerry device displays an error message when the BlackBerry device user tries to open PGP protected messages.

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