Security for Windows Mobile Devices

Windows Mobile-based Smartphone and Pocket PC provide the flexibility to adapt to an operator's security requirements.

Windows Mobile-based device security restricts the installation and execution of applications and access to system resources. It includes services such as role-based access control, authentication protocols, cryptographic support, certificate management, and, for Windows Mobile-based Smartphone, trustworthy application verification.

In This Section

• Security Overview
  Explains the security models used for Windows Mobile-based devices.
• Security Policies and Roles
  Provides detailed information about the policies used to configure security for Windows Mobile-based devices and defines the security roles that can be assigned to WAP push messages.
• Certificates
  Provides information about how certificates are used to verify the authenticity and integrity of files and applications.
• Application Security
  Discusses the one and two tier security model for Pocket PC and Smartphone, including application trust models.
• Perimeter Security
  Provides information about the methods employed to prevent access to Windows Mobile-based devices by unauthorized users and to the prevent the unauthorized download and/or installation of files.
• Authentication Protocols
  Provides information about the authentication protocols used in Windows Mobile-based devices.
• Cryptography
  Provides information about the cryptographic services provided on Windows Mobile-based devices.

Related Sections

• Application Management Security
  Identifies the important application management security features.
• Metabase Provisioning
  Describes how to create or modify a provisioning XML document to change metabase settings.
• Security Policies and Device Management
  Describes how device management security policies enforce security requirements for all OTA data messages that a mobile device receives, including push messages.

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