Losing all the data on my BlackBerry would not be as bad as having my hard drive die on my laptop but I would hate to input all the information again. And since this is an easy process, we have no excuses not to backup our BlackBerries on a regular basis.
And it takes less than a minute:
1. Start the RIM application “Desktop Manager“. If this is not installed on your PC, find the CD that came with your BlackBerry and install the software
2. Double click on the “Backup and Restore” button.
3. A new window will pop up. Select the “Backup” button.
4. Simply choose a directory where to store your backup file. The Desktop Manager conveniently names the backup file with today’s date.
That’s it! Your data is now safe and you can lose you BlackBerry without fear.
The Backup process features an interesting option we recommend you use. You can decide when the backup takes place. With this simple scheduling process, you automatically backup your device data every “n” days. Every 7 days look like a good setting.
To access the “Backup and Restore Options” screen, press “Options” button.
BlackBerry Security Guidelines?
Posted: 16 Jul 2009 10:36 AM PDT
Here are some quotes:
[...] like many other big firms, it has been a work in progress to get the hundreds of employees using such devices as Palm Treos and BlackBerries to also appreciate the security ramifications [...]
and
“I don’t know any company who has a really good written technical policy to be able to control these devices,” says Daniel Hoffman, author of Blackjacking: Security Threats to Blackberry Devices, PDAs and Cell Phones in the Enterprise. “I don’t know a single one.”
So this is some kind of interesting. Especially the part about “written technical policy”. Does anyone of you (yes YOU!) know about some good public technical policy we should take a look to before using our BlackBerry?
Users say they appreciate BlackBerry’s security features. “The worst thing I worry about is email,” says Sharon Finney, information security administrator for Decatur, Ga.-based DeKalb Medical Center, an 800-bed facility. “We require all employees to password-protect their BlackBerry. If that device is reported lost, we remotely wipe it clean.”
Wiping a BlackBerry is a great security feature of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to ensure the BlackBerry’s confidential data is not used by another thrid party. But what happens to BlackBerry users with a normal BlackBerry outside a BES and may be even without BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS)?
For example, I installed the EmergencyWipe on my BlackBerry which I can use to wipe my BlackBerry when someone is about to steal or confiscate my BlackBerry. Who knows! I heard about some guys who just experienced that kind of situation and would have been thankful for such a useful tool.
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