Device Only policy group
Allow SMS IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a BlackBerry® device user can send SMS text messages.
Default value
The default value is Yes.
Usage
Change this rule to No to prevent a user from sending SMS text messages.
Changing this rule to No does not prevent a user from receiving SMS text messages.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry® device
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0
- BlackBerry®
Device Software 3.6
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
Maximum Password Age IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies the number of days before a BlackBerry® device password expires and a user must set a new password. The permitted range is 0 through 65,535 days.
Default values
The default value in the Default IT policy is a null value.
Usage
If you configure this rule to 0, the BlackBerry device password does not expire.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
Minimum requirements
- C++-based
BlackBerry device
that is running
BlackBerry®
Device Software
2.5
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
Maximum Security Timeout IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies the maximum time (in minutes) that a BlackBerry® device user can specify as the security timeout value. The security timeout value is the number of minutes of inactivity before the BlackBerry
device locks. The permitted range is 10 through 480 minutes.
Default values
The default value in the Default IT policy is a null value.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
A BlackBerry device user can specify any timeout value that is lower than the maximum value, unless you configure the User Can Change Timeout rule to No.
To configure a timeout value, in the Password policy group, configure the Set Password Timeout rule.
Minimum requirements
- C++ based
BlackBerry device
that is running
BlackBerry®
Device Software
2.5
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express 5.0 SP1
Minimum Password Length IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies the minimum number of characters that are required for a BlackBerry® device password.
The permitted range is 4 through 14 characters. The maximum password length, which this rule does not control, is 32 characters.
Default value
The default value is a null value.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
Minimum requirements
- C++ based
BlackBerry device
that is running
BlackBerry®
Device Software
2.5
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 1.2, 2.0, 2.1 or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
Password Pattern Checks IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether to verify that a BlackBerry® device password matches specific character pattern requirements.
Default values
The default value in the Default security IT policy is No restriction.
Usage
Change this rule to At least 1 alpha and 1 numeric character to require that a BlackBerry
device user type at least 1 alphabetic character and 1 numeric character.
Change this rule to At least 1 alpha, 1 numeric, and 1 special character to require that a BlackBerry
device user type
at least 1 alphabetic character, 1 numeric character, and 1 special character.
Change this rule to At least 1 upper-case alpha, one lower-case alpha, 1 numeric, and 1 special character to require that a BlackBerry
device user type at least 1 upper-case alphabetic, one lower-case alphabetic, 1 numeric, and 1 special character.
If you select option 2 or 3, password pattern checking is not available for C++ based BlackBerry devices.
By default, a BlackBerry device prevents setting passwords that use a natural sequence of characters or numbers. If a user inserts a symbol into a natural sequence, a BlackBerry device can use the password.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry
device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
Minimum requirements
- C++ based
BlackBerry device
that is running
BlackBerry®
Device Software
2.5
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
Password Required IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a BlackBerry® device user must configure a password on a BlackBerry device.
Default values
The default value in the Default IT policy is
No.
Minimum requirements
- C++ based
BlackBerry device
that is running
BlackBerry®
Device Software
2.5
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software 3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 1.2, 2.0, 2.1 or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
User Can Change Timeout IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a BlackBerry® device user can override the security timeout value.
Default value
The default value is Yes.
Minimum requirements
- Java® based
BlackBerry device
- BlackBerry® Application Suite 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, 4.0
- BlackBerry®
Device Software 3.6
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express
5.0 SP1
User Can Disable Password IT policy rule
Description
This rule specifies whether a BlackBerry® device user can turn off the requirement for a BlackBerry device
security password.
Default values
The default value in the Default IT policy is Yes.
Dependencies
A BlackBerry device uses this rule only if the Password Required rule is configured to Yes.
This rule is obsolete for Java® based BlackBerry devices
that are running BlackBerry®
Device Software
version 4.0 or later and C++ based BlackBerry devices that are running BlackBerry Device Software
version 2.7.
Minimum requirements
- C++ based
BlackBerry device
that is running
BlackBerry Device Software
2.5
- Java
based
BlackBerry device
that is running BlackBerry Device Software
3.6
- BlackBerry® Application Suite 1.0
- BlackBerry® Connect™ 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, or 4.0
- BlackBerry® Enterprise Server Express 5.0 SP1
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