If I allow Mass Storage Mode from the BES Server using the policy

1) Is there any way of auditing what files are transferred from a Blackberry to a PC using mass storage mode? Does anyone know any snoop software for this audit or is there a way of synching the blackberry event log files altlglg for this? Is there another log on the Blackberry that contains this onfo which can be synched with the BES server?

2) Is there any way of encrypting transfers to a particular PC- Blackberry connection for non media files? So to prevent people sending company info to a private PC or that of another company.

3) Do people know of any USB plug ins to Blackberry usb port which will allow audit or restrictions liek mentioned in 1) and 2)?

4) Is there any server based way of restricting what, where and how files can be transferred to and fro from the Blackberry?

1) No. No. No.
2) Particular PC, meaning not all PCs? No.
3) No.
4) No.

Everything you outlined is nothing BES can provide you other then allowing mass storage mode or not and encrypting the files.

Look into Symantec Endpoint protection and other similar products to lock down usb. We recently went through a whole data leakage project and are using a combination of SEP and Guardian Edge.

What about this software that President Obama is using to secure his device. Is there software which allows data connections to be allowable only to specifed links and to PCs with the required software loaded on it. In this way people would only be able to use the Blackberry as a USB stick with Company PCs for instance where the software had been configured to allow for the link with their device.

Maybe I will just have to wait for more granular policies on the BES. At the moment the setting seems to be on or off as you say.

USB mass storage access is either on or off. How would you - in pratical terms - restrict files that can be transferred? Based on file extension? So, disallow PDFs but allow MP3s? People could easily rename files.

If you don't trust your users, you should disable mass storage on the BB completely. But then, they can take any memory stick and copy files anyway.

Obama's software? Do you really think you will get that off the shelf?!?

I'm sure you can get it Amazon.com. They have everything.