Using IT policies to manage security

You can use IT policies to control and manage BlackBerry devices in your organization's environment. An IT policy consists of multiple IT policy rules that manage the security and behavior of BlackBerry Business Cloud Services. For example, you can use IT policy rules to manage the following device behaviors and security features:

Use of a password or pass phrase
Protection of user data on the device
Control of device resources, such as the camera
Control personal devices using BlackBerry Balance

BlackBerry Business Cloud Services includes preconfigured IT policies that you can use. The Default IT policy includes IT policy rules that are configured to indicate the default behavior of the device.

After a user activates a device, BlackBerry Business Cloud Services automatically sends the IT policy that you assigned to the user account or group to the device. By default, if you do not assign an IT policy to the user account or group, BlackBerry Business Cloud Services sends the Default IT policy. If you delete an IT policy that you assigned to the user account or group, BlackBerry Business Cloud Services automatically re-assigns the Default IT policy to the user account and resends the Default IT policy to the device.

For more information, see the BlackBerry Business Cloud Services Policy Reference Guide.

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Using IT policies to manage security