Password Security Settings Parent topic

When Mobile Device Agent is installed, each mobile device is associated with a user. The user must type the correct power-on password to log on to the mobile device. When a user has forgotten the power-on password, you can type the administrator password to unlock a mobile device.
The following table describes the power-on password policies you can configure:
Option
Description
Password type
Passwords must contain only numbers or alphanumeric characters.
Minimum password length
Passwords must be longer than the number of characters specified.
Password complexity
For alphanumeric passwords, users must configure passwords that contain upper case, lower case, special characters, or numbers to make passwords harder to guess.
Initial Mobile Device Agent password
Password that allows users to log on to their Windows Mobile devices after installing the Mobile Device Agent and the Encryption Module. The default is "123456".
Admin password
Password used by an administrator to unlock a mobile Device.
Expiry period
The number of days a logon password is valid. After the password expires, the user must configure a new password to log on.
Inactivity timeout
The number of minutes of no user activity before the mobile device automatically goes into secure mode and display the logon screen.
Limit logon attempts
Limit the number of logon attempts to prevent brute force password attack. Possible actions when the limit is reached:
  • Soft reset—restarts the mobile device.
  • Admin access only—requires logon using the administrator password.
  • Hard reset—resets the mobile device back to the factory default policies.
  • Clear all data—resets the mobile device back to the factory default policies and deletes all the data on the mobile device and the inserted memory card.
WARNING
WARNING
After a "Clear all data" action, users need to reformat the memory card to use it again for storing data.
Change initial power-on password
Request users to change the initial password after the first logon.
Forgotten password questions
If a user has forgotten the power-on password, this feature allows the user to unlock mobile devices and configure a new password by answering the selected question.
Note
Note
When specifying the characters for the initial or admin password, keep in mind the input method used by mobile devices. Otherwise, the device user may not be able to unlock the device after encryption is enabled.