How the BlackBerry Enterprise Server uses a Triple DES encryption algorithm
The BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution uses a two-key Triple DES encryption algorithm to create message keys and master
encryption keys. In each of three iterations of the DES algorithm, the first of two 56-bit keys in outer CBC mode encrypts the
data, the second key decrypts the data, and then the first key encrypts the data again. For more information, see Federal
Information Processing Standard - FIPS PUB 81 [3].
The BlackBerry Enterprise Solution stores the message keys and master encryption keys as 128-bit long binary strings, with each
parity bit in the least significant bit of each of the 8 bytes of key data. The message keys and master encryption keys have overall
key lengths of 112 bits and include 16 bits of parity data.
How the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution uses an AES encryption algorithm
The BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution uses an AES algorithm in CBC mode to create message keys and master encryption keys
that contain 256 bits of key data.
The way that BlackBerry devices implement AES is designed to protect user data and encryption keys on BlackBerry devices from
traditional attacks and side-channel attacks. Side-channel attacks can occur in the form of power analysis readings or
electromagnetic radiation emissions.
BlackBerry devices implement AES in a way that uses countermeasures (for example, masking operations, table splitting, and
applications of random masks) to hide the true operations taking place on the BlackBerry device. These countermeasures are
designed to help protect the cryptographic keys and plain-text data against potential side-channel attacks at all points during
the AES encryption and decryption operations so that the attacks do not reveal data that can expose the encryption key.
Options for extending messaging security
When a user sends a message from the BlackBerry® device, by default, the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server does not encrypt the
message when it forwards the message to the message recipient. To extend the messaging security that standard BlackBerry
encryption provides, the user must install additional secure messaging technology on the BlackBerry device, and you must set
the BlackBerry device to use that secure messaging technology.
To offer an additional layer of messaging security between the sender and recipient of an email message or PIN message, you
can turn on S/MIME technology or PGP® technology for BlackBerry devices. When you use either one of these technologies, you
allow sender-to-recipient authentication and confidentiality. These technologies also help to maintain the integrity and privacy
of the data from the time that a BlackBerry device user sends a message from the BlackBerry device to when the message recipient
decrypts and opens the message.
Options for encrypting stored data
You can configure the BlackBerry® Enterprise Solution to encrypt the user data and encryption keys on locked BlackBerry devices.
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