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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani joined BlackBerry CEO John Chen on Stage Tuesday at the company’s annual BlackBerry Security Summit to give a speech on BlackBerry’s security prowess.
The prevalence of cybercrime is increasing exponentially and threatens both the reputation as well as the financial and economic stability of people, corporations and governments globally. Giuliani reinforced the need to create solutions that combat the growing number of cyber threats emerging around the world, and how these threats are impacting commercial and national security globally.
Giuliani also spoke to the continued importance BlackBerry will have in the security of global information and communications systems as the company’s solutions offer the world the opportunity to surround cyber threat problems.
He recalled his experience with 9/11, and the role BlackBerry played to keep people connected in a time of crisis, saving lives and enabling him to restore command centres to manage the crisis and how this influenced his mission to keep people safe as we move into an increasingly digital and interconnected world.
The former politician is now chair of the cybersecurity, privacy and crisis management practice at the law firm Greenberg Traurig. He was not paid for the speech and has no formal business relationship with BlackBerry.
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In an interview after the speech, Giuliani said the U.S. needs a new government agency to ensure companies are protecting their clients and customers from security threats.
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