User's Guide

Table Of Contents
Prerequisites: Smart password entry
Verify that the correct smart card driver and smart card reader driver are installed on your BlackBerry® device.
Verify that two-factor authentication is turned on.
Turn off smart password entry
You can turn off smart password entry to reduce the chance that someone might guess your BlackBerry® device password or smart card
password based on the smart password filter that your device applies to password fields.
1. In the device options, click Security Options.
2. Click General Settings.
3. Set the Smart Password Entry field to Disabled.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
To turn on smart password entry again, set the Smart Password Entry field to Enabled.
Switch smart password filters
In a blank password field, press the Enter key.
The indicator for the new smart password filter appears beside the password field.
Prerequisites: Authentication certificates
Verify that the correct smart card driver and smart card reader driver are installed on your BlackBerry® device.
Verify that you have imported a certificate from your smart card that you can use for signing and verification. For more information,
see the user guide supplement for the S/MIME Support Package for BlackBerry® devices.
Verify that you have set a device password.
Verify that two-factor authentication is turned on.
Verify that you have the smart card password. You should have received this password when you received your smart card.
Use a certificate to authenticate your smart card
If you use a certificate to authenticate your smart card, the certificate authenticates your smart card whenever you use your smart card
to unlock your BlackBerry® device.
1. In the device options, click Security Options.
2. Click General Settings.
3. Set the Authentication Certificate field.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
To stop using a certificate to authenticate your smart card, set the Authentication Certificate field to None.
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