BlackBerry Unveils BlackBerry Secure For IoT Mobile Security
BlackBerry on Thursday unveiled a mobile-security platform for Internet of Things devices connected to enterprises - the result of the company's recent acquisitions.
BlackBerry Secure will combine key technologies from recent BlackBerry acquisitions including Good Technology, WatchDox, AtHoc and Encription.
BlackBerry is trying to will simplify management and security for smartphones, tablets, sensors and industrial devices, among other objects, that it calls the "Enterprise of Things."
"Blackberry is no longer about the smartphone, but about the smart in the phone and in cars and containers and medical devices and wearables and industrial devices," said BlackBerry Chief Operating Officer Marty Beard .
BlackBerry Secure customers will be able to access device management and security from a single back-end and a single front-end. They will also be able to pick and choose capabilities under a set of five different suites revolving around the BlackBerry BES12 software that meets their needs. Payment will be made using an annual subscription model.
BlackBerry Secure will be available in the first 10 days of January.
One benefit will allow an enterprise to distribute BlackBerry Secure management and security capabilities across an entire enterprise without the need for a VPN.