RSA SecurID Token for BlackBerry Smartphones
More and more organizations are relying on PDAs and smart phones as day-to-day productivity tools.
The availability of RSA SecurID® two-factor authentication operating on a wide range of personal devices allows IT administrators to make strong authentication a convenient part of doing business. RSA SecurID software authenticators reduce the number of items a user has to manage for safe and secure access to corporate assets.
*Note: Pricing is shown per user. Minimum order quantity is 10 licenses. Quantity must be equal or greater than the lowest user count for price level. RSA Token Seeds are sold in groups of five (5), ex: 250 or 255 but not 251. When ordering online please identify Token Type: 1)AES or 2)Phone in the comments section during checkout. If you require Phone Token Seeds, please specify Nokia or Ericsson.
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Features:
- Strong two-factor authentication to protected services.
- Provision applications and software tokens through the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
- Support for Dynamic Seed Provisioning (CT-KIP).
- Back up and restore software tokens to/from the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
- BlackBerry Enterprise Server IT Policies to centrally manage application policies.
- Local language support for English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, and Japanese
- Support for software tokens that emulate the authentication experience of users with RSA hardware fobs.
Note:
- Requires 128-bit (AES) software tokens. No support for 64-bit (SID) software tokens.
| Technical Specifications: | |
|---|---|
| Currently Shipping Version: | RSA SecurID® Token 3.5.1 for BlackBerry Smartphones |
| Storage requirements: | 460 KB of available memory on BlackBerry device |
| Required Components: | Devices are supported based on the version of RIM BlackBerry OS. |
| RSA® Authentication Manager (6.1 or 7.1) | |
| Optional Components: | BlackBerry Enterprise Server 4.1.7 or 5.0 |
| BlackBerry Desktop Software version 4.5 or later | |
| Ordering Options: | AES (128-bit) token seeds available in six-month, 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 10-year lifetime configurations. |
| Pricing and Availability: | RSA SecurID Token for BlackBerry® is available free of charge through RSA. Token seeds are available through RSA sales channels. |
RIM BlackBerry OS Supported Versions
Product Version: RSA SecurID Software Token 3.5 for BlackBerry Smartphones
Users with devices running RIM OS 4.7.0.151 may experience e-mail display problems on the device with the RSA SecurID application. If this occurs, uninstall the RSA SecurID application.
| RIM OS Version | Supported Versions | Comments |
| 4.1 | All | N/A |
| 4.2 | All 4.2.0 versions | N/A |
| 4.2.1.96 and previous 4.2.1 versions | Known issues with RIM OS 4.2.1.110 andRIM OS 4.2.1.119. | |
| All 4.2.2 versions | N/A | |
| 4.3 | RIM OS 4.3.0.127 and later versions | RIM OS 4.3 before RIM OS 4.3.0.127 (including
4.3.0.60): Known issues with the standard version of
the application when using PushToken and Seed
Provisioning Helper (SPH). Other token provisioning
methods are supported.
The VPN version is not supported due to known issue with RIM OS 4.3. For more information about the standard and VPN applications, see the Administrator’s Guide. Users may be able to upgrade RIM OS 4.3 to a supported version of RIM OS 4.5. |
| 4.5 | GSM devices: 4.5.0.52 or higher | RIM OS 4.5 before 4.5.0.86 (including 4.5.0.77): Provisioning tokens through email is not possible due to a known RIM OS issue. Other token provisioning methods are supported and users may be able to upgrade their devices to a supported version of RIM OS 4.5. |
| CDMA devices: 4.5.0.86 or higher | ||
| 4.6 | All 4.6.0 and 4.6.1 versions | Tested on 4.6.0.294 (9000), 4.6.0.304 (9000), 4.6.1.309 (8230) and 4.6.1.319 (8900). |
| 4.7 | All 4.7.0 versions up to 4.7.0.151 | Users with devices running RIM OS 4.7.0.151 may experience e-mail display problems on the device with version 3.0.2 of the RSA SecurID application. If this occurs, uninstall version 3.0.2.
Tested on 4.7.0.148 (9530) |
| 4.7.1.61 and higher | Previous versions of 4.7.1 are not supported. On those versions, users experienced issues with email after installation of our application. | |
| 5.0 | All 5.0 versions | Tested on 5.0.0.405 (9700), 5.0.0.508 (8530), 5.0.0.591 (9630) and 5.0.0.607 (9550) |
| 6.0 | All 6.0 versions | Tested on 6.0.0.141 (9800) |
| RIM OS Version | Supported Token Provisioning Methods | ||||
| Dynamic Seed Provisioning (CT-KIP) | PushToken | Seed Provisioning Helper (SPH) | BES BlackBerry Manager (requires VPN version) | ||
| 4.1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N1 |
| 4.2 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 4.32 | Y | N3 | N3 | Y | N4 |
| 4.5 | Y | Y | Y | N5 | Y |
| 4.6 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 4.7 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| 5.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Notes:
1. Not supported by RIM.
2. Known issues with RIM OS 4.2.1.110 and RIM OS 4.2.1.119.
3. RIM OS 4.3 before RIM OS 4.3.0.127 (including 4.3.0.60): Known issues with the standard version of the application when using PushToken and Seed Provisioning Helper (SPH). Other token provisioning methods are supported.
4. The VPN version is not supported due to known issue with RIM OS 4.3. Users may be able to upgrade RIM OS 4.3 to a supported version of RIM OS 4.5. For more information about the standard and VPN applications, see the Administrator’s Guide
5. Provisioning tokens through email is not possible with versions of RIM OS 4.5 before 4.5.0.52 (GSM) or 4.5.0.86 (CDMA) due to a known RIM OS issue.

