[meierjn]

Good day everyone... We are currently running BES 5.0.3 MR6 (Bundle 163) and manage approximately 100 various BB devices. We have had an �incident� in one of our departments in which one of our BB users managed to wipe his BB prior to being terminated and escorted from the building. We have had a request to add a restriction to this departments BES policy that would prevent the local user from wiping his or her device. Is this possible? I�ve looked through the various IT policy settings available and cannot seem to find anything specific for this request. Thanks in advance for your responses�

[BigBadWulf]

Seems to me, if such a policy were possible, the risk from a phone stolen/misplaced then giving the person in possession infinite chances to crack the password, more troublesome than your current scenario.

[meierjn]

Seems to me, if such a policy were possible, the risk from a phone stolen/misplaced then giving the person in possession infinite chances to crack the password, more troublesome than your current scenario.

Thanks for the reply but I asked if there was a policy to prevent a local security wipe, not a remote wipe. If a phone was lost or missplaced we would still be able to initiate a remote wipe via BES. We need to prevent the user from performing a local security wipe.

[BigBadWulf]

Understood

One never knows the time frame involved, before it's reported missing. You would have to disable the password entry limit, if you ever wanted to prevent a local wipe.

[meierjn]

Understood

One never knows the time frame involved, before it's reported missing. You would have to disable the password entry limit, if you ever wanted to prevent a local wipe.

I'm not as concerned about disabling that as I am the ability to perform a security wipe within the security options in the Blackberry itself. It takes a longer time for someone to enter the PW incorrectly several times than it does to navigate to and initiate a local wipe directly.

[BigBadWulf]

I hope someone comes along, and provides you what you're looking for.

[meierjn]

I hope someone comes along, and provides you what you're looking for.

So do I. I'd hate to have to open up a suport case with RIM. Thanks...

[silly_walk]

So I'm going to ask a weird question; what does it matter if he wiped the phone?

[meierjn]

So I'm going to ask a weird question; what does it matter if he wiped the phone?

Not a weird question at all but I cannot discuss the details at this time.