Security Technical Overview
Security feature
Use of the discoverable mode option
Control the Bluetooth wireless
transceiver
Protect data over a Bluetooth
connection
Using IT policy rules to manage Bluetooth technology on
smartphones
You can use the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to set IT policy rules that are designed to control the behaviour of
Bluetooth enabled BlackBerry smartphones. For example, you can configure the following IT policy rules in the
Bluetooth policy group to manage Bluetooth settings on smartphones.
For more information about the IT policy rules, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Policy Reference Guide. For
more information about configuring IT policy rules, see the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Administration Guide.
Action
Opening a Bluetooth connection with a BlackBerry
PlayBook tablet
Turning on the discoverable mode option
Using IT policy rules to manage Bluetooth technology on smartphones
Description
tablet before the user reset the tablet, the tablet restores the backed-
up Bluetooth encryption key for the Bluetooth connection and opens
the Bluetooth connection to the smartphone automatically.
By default, the discoverable mode option on a smartphone and tablet is
turned off. The smartphones are not visible to other Bluetooth enabled
smartphones. The tablet or smartphone does not enter into discoverable
mode unless the user turns on the discoverable mode option. Potentially
malicious users cannot locate tablets or smartphones easily and
compromise them.
You can also set the Limit Discoverable Time IT policy rule to True to
allow the user to turn on the discoverable mode option on the
smartphone for 2 minutes only. The smartphone is discoverable for a
very limited time to allow pairing with another Bluetooth enabled device.
By default, the Bluetooth wireless transceiver on tablets and
smartphones is turned off. When the Bluetooth wireless transceiver is
turned off, Bluetooth technology is not operational on the tablet or
smartphone, and the tablet or smartphone are not open to potentially
malicious users using the Bluetooth technology.
You can also use the Disable Bluetooth IT policy rule to control the
Bluetooth wireless transceiver on smartphones.
The tablet and smartphone use AES-256 encryption to encrypt and
decrypt data that is sent between each other. The tablet and smartphone
use SHA-256 to authenticate the connection between each other.
IT policy rule
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Disable Bluetooth
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Disable Pairing
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Disable Discoverable Mode
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