Specifications

What happens when a user updates or
creates files on a BlackBerry PlayBook
tablet
The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet helps protect data when a user performs the following actions:
Action Description
Open a file to view or update it When the user opens a file that belongs to one space, the tablet starts the app in
the space mode that the file belongs to. For example, if the user opens a work
file, the tablet starts the File Manager app in work mode.
Copy and paste data to a file The tablet does not permit the user to move data from the work space to the
personal space. For example, the user cannot cut, copy, or paste data from a
work file to a personal file.
The tablet does permit a user to move data from the personal space to the work
space. For example, the user can cut, copy, or paste personal data into a work
file. The user can also attach a personal file to a work email message or work
calendar entry.
How a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet controls
whether an app is a work or personal app
Apps on a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet can run in work mode or personal mode. By default, all apps on a tablet run in
personal mode.
When you use the BlackBerry Device Service to install and manage apps on tablets, the apps are considered work apps.
The tablet automatically installs required apps in the work space after the tablet downloads them. A user can download
and install optional apps from the Work tab in the BlackBerry World storefront. The required and optional apps are installed
in the work space on tablets. Work apps can only access work data and interact with other work apps that are also located
in the work space.
The work apps have read-only access to the personal apps and personal data that are located in the personal space.
Security Technical
Overview
Using BlackBerry Balance to secure BlackBerry PlayBook tablets in your organization’s environment
for work use
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