how do i setup encryption on my iphone 5s?

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how do i setup encryption on my iphone 5s?

I am looking for steps to setup encryption on my iphone 5s. My company compliance officer says that the device needs to be NIST FIPS encryption compliant. I believe that includes the entire disk.

Thanks in advance.

Rod

Posted on Jan 21, 2014 11:16 AM

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KiltedTim

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Jan 21, 2014 12:32 PM in response to rod5

iOS has been NIST FIPS compliant since iOS 6. If you set a lock screen passcode, the data on the phone is encrypted. That does not mean that data will not be transmitted to/from cloud services that may not be compliant.

Talk to your compliance officer if you're in doubt.

http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/140val-all.htm

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rod5 Author

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Jan 21, 2014 2:52 PM in response to KiltedTim

So this means that I don't need to do anything other than make sure that I am using a lock screen passcode and all data on the phone will be encrypted? Nothing more to do?

Thanks, KiltedTim. I really appreciate the answer so fast.

Rod

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