BlackBerry has announced that SecuSUITE® for Government 5.0 has met the highest security requirements not only for the US Government but also for the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.
SecuSUITE®, a multi-platform technology that protects governments globally against eavesdropping threats to national security communications, was recently awarded an updated NIAP Certifications and listed as a Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) compliant product, further strengthening BlackBerry’s portfolio of certified security solutions for the government sector.
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The updated NIAP certification comes amidst increased national security concerns tied to the recent influx of suspected spying operations other countries have undertaken using fleets of high-altitude surveillance balloons across the globe.
“From Ukrainian and Russian forces intercepting each other’s phone calls to gain an upper hand in the conflict, to the recent public awareness of State-sponsored, high-altitude monitoring platforms, over the past year there has been no shortage of reminders of the susceptibility of mobile communications to interception,” BlackBerry SVP Secusmart Christoph Erdmann said.
“Today, communications – whether phone calls, messages or file sharing — are being compromised and intercepted at rates never before seen, putting both regular business people and national security-driven missions at extreme risk. It doesn’t have to be this way and our renewed NIAP certifications should provide peace of mind to those looking for watertight communications security that guards against adversarial surveillance efforts from both traditional ‘bugs’ and brazen spy balloons.”
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In response to the recent spate of high-profile suspected surveillance incidents, the company is also rolling out a new version of SecuSUITE designed to protect the sensitive business communications of executives.
For businesses or governments, the new software uses end-to-end encryption to secure one-to-one and group voice calls, messages, file exchange and group chats across international networks. SecuSUITE can also ensure calls from foreign networks to any home country number are protected.
Deployed as a secure app, the software eliminates the need to carry another device as it can be easily rolled out to existing devices.
“Most enterprises spend a great deal of effort securing their data, but very few businesses and governments expend any significant effort to protect their staff’s everyday mobile calling and messaging from interception, spoofing and metadata mining,” J.Gold Associates President Jack Gold said.
“This is a major failing as protecting communications is a critical part of an organisation’s overall cybersecurity readiness posture. Solutions like BlackBerry SecuSUITE that provide a proven way to do so for both the public and private sector should be an organisational imperative to guard against things like IP theft or blackmail that is quite often the goal of financially or geo-politically motivated eavesdropping efforts.”
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BlackBerry SecuSUITE’s updated NIAP certification and new enterprise offering closely follow the news of the NATO Communications and Information Agency awarding security accreditation to SecuSUITE® for Government for global use in official NATO secure communications.