BB10 Gets Security Nod for Government Use
RIM is ready for active duty.
Photo: Roberto Baldwin/Wired
While the iPhone has the app market wrapped up, and Android touts its customization bona fides, BlackBerry has traditionally been the security phone of choice for businesses and super spies. RIM can continue to ride the security wave with news that its unreleased platform is ready for government duty.
On Thursday RIM announced that BlackBerry 10 smartphones and enterprise servers had received FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard Publication) 140-2 certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In order to pass, a device must have certified encryption algorithms when data is transmitted or the phone is at rest.
One of the features RIM has been most proud of is its security. Thursday’s announcement is good news for a company that has been struggling to remain relevantin the post-iPhone era. This is the first time a RIM product was certified before its release. Government agencies can start using the devices as soon as they become available on the market.
RIM is expected to release new BB10 phones during the first quarter of 2013.
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