Set Password Timeout IT policy rule

Description

This rule specifies the amount of time of inactivity that can occur before a BlackBerry® device user must type the password to unlock a BlackBerry device. This rule defines the default value for the security timeout.

Related rules

The User Can Change Timeout IT policy rule affects this rule. If you set the User Can Change Timeout IT policy rule to No, the device uses the security timeout that you set in this rule.

Possible values

• 0 to 60 minutes

Default value

• 2 minutes for BlackBerry® Device Software 4.6 and earlier
• 30 minutes for BlackBerry Device Software 4.7 and later

Exceptions

• BlackBerry® Enterprise Server for Novell® GroupWise® only with devices running BlackBerry Device Software 4.0 and later

Minimum requirements

• BlackBerry Device Software 3.6

Rule introduction

• BlackBerry® Enterprise Server 3.5