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Glossary
3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project
Advanced Security
SD card
An Advanced Security SD card is a media card that complies with the Advanced Security SD
Extension Specification that the SD Association developed. BlackBerry devices support only
microSD cards that use the MCEX security system.
AES Advanced Encryption Standard
AES-CCMP Advanced Encryption Standard Counter Mode CBCMAC Protocol
ANSI American National Standards Institute
API application programming interface
ARC4 Alleged Rivest's Cipher 4
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
BlackBerry device
key
The BlackBerry device key is a randomly generated key that a BlackBerry device uses to encrypt
data on media cards.
BlackBerry device
key store
The BlackBerry device key store stores certificates, key pairs, and PGP keys that a BlackBerry
device can use to help protect messages, access web sites, and connect to an enterprise Wi-Fi
network. To access the items in the key store, the user must type a key store password.
BlackBerry device
memory
The BlackBerry device memory consists of the NV store, flash memory, RAM, on-board device
memory, and BlackBerry device key store.
BlackBerry inter-
process protocol
The BlackBerry inter-process protocol is a BlackBerry proprietary protocol that generates the
session key that BlackBerry Enterprise Solution components, such as the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server and BlackBerry Mobile Voice System, can use to communicate in a highly securely
manner with each other. The BlackBerry inter-process protocol generates the session key based
on the communication password.
BlackBerry inter-
process protocol
encryption
BlackBerry inter-process protocol encryption encrypts communication between BlackBerry
Enterprise Solution components to prevent other parties from viewing the data that the
components send between each other.
BlackBerry MDS BlackBerry Mobile Data System
BlackBerry MDS
security protocol
The BlackBerry MDS security protocol is a BlackBerry proprietary protocol that helps protect the
data that a BlackBerry device and the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service send between each
other.
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