BlackBerry on Thursday announced a new partnership
with Samsung that will provide the Korean company
with greater security on its Android devices. The
move, as you may have guessed, is designed to help
push Samsung devices into the enterprise market,
where Android might not necessarily have the
strongest reputation. BlackBerry’s end-to-end
encryption system will be used in conjunction with
Samsung’s Knox software.
Google’s latest Android update, Android 5.0 Lollipop,
already provides encryption turned on by default, with
SELinux enforcing for all apps to protect against
vulnerabilities and malware. Today’s partnership will
bring a similar level of security to devices like the
Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S5 to protect against threats
posed by flawed applications, while also separating
business and personal data.
Today’s announcement was part of a broader push by
BlackBerry to further solidify its enterprise solutions,
which focuses on security, productivity,
communication and collaboration. Over the past
several months, the company has shifted focus almost
entirely over to its enterprise business, moving away
from the consumer-side where BlackBerry has
struggled to compete with competitors.
Another part of BlackBerry’s announcement included a
long-anticipated BES12 server software, which is a
cross-platform Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM)
solution to help businesses control access, data and
applications “across all mission-critical endpoints and
devices.” Enterprise is a big part of what made
BlackBerry such a household name, and today’s news
is a step toward recapturing past success.
Samsung said it decided to partner with BlackBerry
because it strives to be the “most secure in mobility.”
Via : techno buffalo
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