This section provides information for Windows Mobile powered device security model, Authentication Services, Credential Manager, Cryptography, and LASS application development and programming elements.

Windows Mobile Powered Device Security Model

Provides information on the structure of one-tier and two-tier security models, acquiring and using digital certificates to sign code and .cab files, and implementing security policies on Windows Mobile powered devices.

Security Policy Settings

Describes the security policies in Windows Mobile powered devices.

Supported Authentication Protocols

Contains information on the different authentication protocols used to provide security for network communications.

Authentication Services

Describes the application programming interfaces supporting authentication services.

Credential Manager

Describes the application programming interfaces supporting credential manager. Credential Manager provides storage for cached credentials, and enables the sharing of common credentials.

Certificates

Describes how you can use certificates to provide enhanced security in communications and how to use the certificates programming elements to use and manage those certificates.

Cryptography

Provides information about how you can use the cryptography functionality to enable application developers to encrypt and decrypt sensitive data.

Smart Card

Provides information about how you can use the smart card dynamic-link libraries (DLLs), smart card resource manager application programming interface (API), and the smart card reader hardware device drivers that make up the smart card functionality.

Local Authentication Subsystem (LASS)

Describes the application programming interfaces supporting LASS which enable application-independent and authentication mechanism-independent user authentication. Contains information on the different authentication protocols used to provide security for network communications.