After you download and open the latest SAP mobile apps downloaded from itunes store, you will be prompted to set a vault password for the first time you get your device on boarding. This is the solution of Sybase Unwired Platform to secure your data on your mobile device.

DataVault uses APIs to encrypt and unlock local data store by passing the password. The mobile user must set up the password during application initialization and must remember it forever. They will be asked to re-enter the password each time they restart the application. The connection information of backend Sybase Unwired Platform as well as the certificate and user credentials for authentication are also stored and can only be opened by inputing the vault password.

DataVault is a powerful because it can set retry limit of password input, expiration time before last login and mandatory password change period.  DataVault is located in somewhere specific to device. On iPhone it is stored as and encrypted blog in the keychain. The local store cannot be accessed by other applications as sandboxing rules of device prevent that. Retry limit control of password secures lost mobile devices and it is not possible to decrypt the underlying data store unless the vault password is retrieved.