The BlackBerry® Smart Card Reader, the PGP® Support Package for Blackberry® smartphones and the S/MIME Support Package for Blackberry® smartphones have also been assessed by CESG and found to be suitable for use for handling HMG information protectively marked RESTRICTED (Impact Level 3) Advice on the use of these products is given in the CESG security procedures.

Note that some BlackBerry ® smartphones contain features such as digital cameras, media card slots and GPS or WiFi® support. CESG Security Procedures for BlackBerry Enterprise Solution Administrators Issue 1.5, provides guidance on the configuration and deployment of such smartphones, as part of which CESG typically advises disabling features that affect the overall security of the solution.

CESG has assured the security of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution™ , and provided that administrators and users adhere to the CESG security procedures, CESG has assessed that the Blackberry Enterprise Solution™ provides an appropriate level of protection for handling RESTRICTED information.

In line with CESG guidance, the GSM phone functionality on Blackberry should be for NOT PROTECTIVELY MARKED use only.