Vodafone UK and Atos IT Services are among 12 firms suspended for not paying their suppliers in line with the Prompt Payment Code (PPC), under which 95% of supplier invoices are paid within 60 days.
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A new UK / South Korea 5G competition has been launched by Digital Minister Margot James to help prepare the UK for a future 5G rollout. Businesses are now being encouraged to apply for a unique opportunity to trial new content and services on South Korea’s transport networks.
Tech companies in the UK face new rules, sanctions and oversight as the UK government declared to end the “era of self-regulation”. The government will impose a new legal “duty of care” on companies to take steps to tackle illegal and harmful activity on their services, according to plans announced in a white paper.
The UK has one of the world’s leading digital economies, making it more vulnerable to cyber-attacks from hostile countries, criminal gangs and individuals, which continue to increase and evolve as it becomes easier and cheaper to launch attacks.
BlackBerry is setting up a completely separate subsidiary in Washington, D.C., to strengthen the company's ties with critical U.S. federal agencies that require highly secure cloud-based services.
Huawei has filed a lawsuit against the United States government over a provision (Section 889) to the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that effectively bans all US government agencies from using products manufactured by the company (as well as ZTE), over spying concerns.
Armour Communications has announced that its solutions, Armour Mobile and Armour Desktop are now available on Nine23’s certified enterprise management platform, FLEX.
Facebook is a “digital gangster” that violated its users’ privacy for profit, exploited its market power to kill or prefer businesses and has resisted scrutiny by governments around the world, a British parliamentary committee has found. UK MPs stated that Facebook needs far stricter regulation, with tough and urgent action necessary to end the spread of disinformation on its platform.
The Canadian government is adding $40 million in federal money to a $310.5-million pledge from BlackBerry aimed at supporting the development of self-driving car technologies in Kanata.
The US justice department has filed charges against Chinese company Huawei. A 13-count indictment was unsealed in New York charging Huawei, two of its affiliates and a senior executive at the company.
The charges include bank fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
Productivity and password management tool, Cyclonis Password Manager, has earned AppEsteem Certification. In becoming AppEsteem Certified, Cyclonis Password Manager has successfully completed a rigorous and demanding review upholding and complying with AppEsteem's high standard
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The Governments of the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand met in Australia on August 28 and 29, and have told the tech industry that they should be helping intelligence agencies by creating lawful access solutions to encrypted services, and warned that governments can always legislate if they don't.
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BlackBerry is collaborating with the Government of Canada to modernize their operations centers during G7 ministerial meetings and the 2018 G7 Summit. Using BlackBerry AtHoc, a crisis communication platform that includes AtHoc Alert for mass notification and AtHoc Collect for field reports
Mission critical software company Deep3, formerly Deep Sky Blue, announced today its change in name to reflect the increasing level of insight and expertise required by its national security customer base, including the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and MOD's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
BlackBerry's India managing director Narendra Nayak has quit the company, two years after joining. Nayak was responsible for driving BlackBerry's software and services business through all channels in India, direct enterprise customers, network operators, distribution partners and BlackBerry's growing ecosystem of indirect channels in India
Donald Trump has blocked Broadcom's $142bn (£102m) takeover of US rival Qualcomm, killing the biggest technology deal ever under the assertion that it would be a threat to U.S. national security. In an order issued on Monday evening, the US president said there was "credible evidence" that led him to believe that, in buying Qualcomm, Broadcom "might take action that that threatens to impair the national security of the United States".
BlackBerry shares rallied by the most in almost three months on Wednesday after the company posted better-than-expected third quarter results and said it expects full-year revenue at the high end of its range.
BlackBerry Radar continues to partner with many companies. In addition to yesterdays announcement with Pana-Pacific, BlackBerry and Fleet Complete announced today an expansion of their partnership with the purchase of BlackBerry Radar-M devices for BigRoad
At the BlackBerry Security Summit in London today, in addition to launching a new cybersecurity consulting services aimed at enabling the enterprise GDPR compliance,
Chris Greco, Senior Director Solutions Development at BlackBerry, will present “The Intersection of the Connected Worker and the Internet of Things”
BlackBerry announced today it is first to support Purebred across all key platforms used by the Department of Defense (DoD) such as native iOS, Android, Android Enterprise, Samsung Knox, Windows 10 and BlackBerry 10.
BlackBerry announced today it continues to improve its SecuSUITE for Samsung Knox solution which provides highly secure mobile voice and data communication for Samsung smartphones and tablets.
In addition to TCL announcing the BlackBerry Motion at GITEX Technology Week 2017, UAE telco du announced they will be offering various BlackBerry enterprise software solutions and services to customers.
BlackBerry has announced that, for the second year running, the company has achieved the highest score in all six use cases of the Gartner Critical Capabilities for High-Security Mobility Management.
On July 29 Russian president Vladimir Putin formally signed a law prohibiting the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) and other internet proxy services. The law was published on July 30, and will be implemented from November 1.
BlackBerry announced today the company has expanded its cybersecurity offerings for the public sector to now include SecuSUITE® for Government, a multi-platform solution for end-to-end encryption of voice calls and text messages.
BlackBerry today announced Bank of New Zealand (BNZ), one of the country's largest banks, is one of the latest customers in the region to deploy BlackBerry AtHoc, the company's secure crisis communications software.
After the London terrorist attack this week, where Khalid Masood killed four people in Westminster, the home secretary has said that intelligence services must have access to encrypted messaging services.
BlackBerry today announced its crisis communication software-as-a-service, BlackBerry AtHoc, has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Authorization.
IBM has launched the first enterprise-strength Blockchain as a Service, based on The Linux Foundation's open source Hyperledger Fabric version 1.0. IBM Blockchain, which lets developers quickly establish highly secure blockchain networks on the IBM cloud
Secusmart, a BlackBerry subsidiary, today announced the next generation of its SecuSUITE solution, a mobile security solution for voice and data encryption for Samsung smartphones and tablets.
Trustonic has become the first vendor globally to achieve Common Criteria security certification for a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) device security product. The certification of Trustonic’s Kinibi TEE paves the way for mass market delivery of trusted services on connected devices.
VeloCloud Network today announced that it has closed a $35 million Series D round of funding, led by Hermes Growth Partners. Round participants included new investors Telstra Ventures and Khazanah Nasional Berhad...
Google and Microsoft have signed an agreement with the UK Government and the creative industries in a long-running battle over links to pirated films and music online.
At the RSA Conference in the US Monday, Blackberry announced a partnership with ISARA Corporation, a provider of quantum-resistant cryptography. ISARA and InfoSec Global also unveiled the first commercial product offering.
CSRA has announced that it has signed a three-year Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft to enable CSRA to utilize Microsoft's products, such as Microsoft Office365, for the Microsoft Azure cloud platform.
On Friday we reported how Optiemus Infracom had reportedly signed a brand licensing agreement with BlackBerry to make and sell handsets for BlackBerry in India. BlackBerry today officially announced the agreement .
President-elect Donald Trump announced today that former Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be sharing his expertise and insight as a trusted friend concerning private sector cyber security problems and emerging solutions
BlackBerry's developer community in Europe has been pushing the company to hold their Developer Summit closer to home and the company has listened, as they will be hosting the 'BlackBerry Developer Summit Europe' in London.
BlackBerry today posted an adjusted profit that beat expectations, even as revenue dropped sharply. Announcing its Q3 2017 fiscal results, the company reported a $114 million net loss on $289 million in revenue.
BlackBerry has officially announced BlackBerry 10.3.3 for Government Release, targeted at users in government and other highly-regulated industries.
BlackBerry today announced that its AtHoc Software Division has secured a major new customer in France.
BlackBerry announced today that Rear Admiral Robert "Bob" E. Day, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.) will lead the company's forthcoming federal Cybersecurity Operations Center (CSOC) and product FedRAMP initiatives.
BlackBerry has become the first major mobile vendor to receive the new Cyber Essentials Plus (CE+) certification from the UK Government.
New research from Telsyte shows BlackBerry is the leading MDM vendor in Australia and New Zealand; reveals two in three businesses in Australia are concerned about employees storing company data on personal clouds.
John Chen, Executive Chairman & CEO of BlackBerry, said at the Empire Club Monday that he is two-thirds of the way through his company turnaround.
BlackBerry and Zimperium are partnering to deliver enterprise and government customers with comprehensive mobile threat detection, risk analysis and prevention for both iOS and Android devices.
BlackBerry announced today at the IFA Berlin conference that its SecuTABLET is being used by government agencies in Germany to ensure its staff can work on the go without falling victim to espionage.
Misco UK today announced that it has been awarded a place on all four Lots of the government’s latest G-Cloud Framework.
BlackBerry announced today the launch of a software licensing program for its Mobility Solutions business by introducing the BlackBerry Hub+ for Android.
BlackBerry CEO John Chen said he has an internal project to bring Android security up to the level of its BlackBerry 10 platform, which should bear fruit after the release of Android N.
Twitter announced today a new online application process for users wanting to apply for verified status and score their own blue badge of honour.
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BlackBerry has announced that the U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms Office (Sergeant at Arms) has awarded a multi-million dollar order for the BlackBerry AtHoc crisis communications software.
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Entrust Datacard today announced that the company has completed a technology integration between Entrust IdentityGuard Mobile Smart Credential and BlackBerry 10 Smart Card Service Framework.
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Earlier this week, there was a "report" published which basically suggested that BlackBerry phones sales had dried up in the UK and that the "expert" opinion was that BlackBerry were given a year to live,
BlackBerry COO Marty Beard today released a statement via the BlackBerry blogs, in an attempt to clarify the company position on a number of areas including device strategy and their commitment to BlackBerry 10.
According to a CBC News investigation, a specialized BlackBerry unit - Public Safety Operations team - has for years helped intercept user data to help in hundreds of police investigations in dozens of countries.
Vodafone UK has written to Sharon White, the CEO of Ofcom, with a ‘10 Point Plan for a Better Openreach’, a plan which contains a series of proposals aimed at creating a reformed Openreach.
BlackBerry have announced the appointment of Ralph Pini as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager for Devices. Pini will succeed Ron Louks as the device divisions COO, who reportedly left the company last week.
The LG G5 and V10 smartphones are now certified by the U.S. National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) for compliance in meeting international security standards in corporate environments.
The news that BlackBerry's global decryption key has been in the hands of the RCMP since 2010 raised it's ugly head last week, prompting BlackBerry CEO John Chen to (once again) take to the BlackBerry blog.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has officially ended legal action against Apple in the month-long encryption feud between the the tech giant and the FBI.
Secusmart, a BlackBerry subsidiary, has announced that it will be presenting SecuSUITE for Enterprise at the CeBIT IT exhibition in Hannover. SecuSUITE for Enterprise is the first joint product to be released by BlackBerry and its subsidiary.
Earlier in the week, WhatsApp announced it was dropping support for Android 2.1/2.2, Windows Phone 7.1, Nokia S40, Symbian S60 and BlackBerry OS platforms by the end of this year.
BlackBerry announced on Wednesday that it had acquired U.K.-based cyber security consultancy Encription to kick off their new Professional Cybersecurity Services practice.
BlackBerry partners with Centrify to provide Secure Access on Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform
BlackBerry is partnering with Centrify to provide secure access on the Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform to thousands of cloud and on-premises apps and servers, with integrated SSO and Multi-factor Authentication.
Microsoft has announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), one of the largest enterprises anywhere, plans to deploy 4 million seats of Windows 10.
Apple has issued a statement that the company will contest a U.S. court order to help FBI investigators access data on the phone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook.
AtHoc, a division of BlackBerry, has captured a $20 million contract with US Veterans Administration. The US Department of Veterans Affairs must function both as a critical government agency as well as a one of the nation’s largest healthcare organizations.
Samsung has announced that it has received the security solution certificate by the China Information Security Certification Center (ISCCC) and France’s National Agency of Computer Security (ANSSI).
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will spend several hours in Waterloo Region on Thursday morning. His first stop will be at 8:30 a.m. at the University of Waterloo, where he will make an announcement at Needles Hall.
Yesterday, we reported how a Dutch law enforcement agency claims it can access PGP-encrypted BlackBerry data.
BlackBerry have announced DTSec, a medical device cybersecurity standard created and managed by an international, non-profit consortium, led by the BlackBerry CHACE team.
BlackBerry today announced that Good Work and several other Good-secured apps and servers have been certified as Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 Augmented (EAL4+).
There is a media trend happening at BlackBerry and it is not a good one. Invariably, BlackBerry CEO John Chen will make a statement, the media will report on what he says, and John Chen will take to the BlackBerry Blogs in an attempt to clarify what he initially said.
On Monday this week, we reported how BlackBerry would not be shutting down services in Pakistan on December 30 but would allow the service to continue while negotiations with the Pakistan authorities were still ongoing.
BlackBerry will reportedly not be shutting down services in Pakistan on December 30 but will allow the service to continue while negotiations with the Pakistan authorities.
BlackBerry today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has expanded their Agriculture - Automated Warning and Information Response System (Ag-AWaIRS) .
The Los Angeles Auto Show (LA Auto Show) announced four additions to its Connected Car Expo (CCE) advisory board for 2016.
The debate about whether law enforcement should possess the ability to access encrypted communications has once again risen to the surface.
Back in July of this year, we reported how In Pakistan, the Ministry of Interior in Pakistan had taken the decision to block BlackBerry’s secure Enterprise Services (BES).
BlackBerry today released the thirteenth Good Mobility Index Report showing that organizations are increasingly building custom secure apps.
BlackBerry chief operating officer Marty Beard told the FedTalks government information technology summit in the United States that BlackBerry smartphones have lawful interception capabilities for government surveillance purposes
BlackBerry today announced the new voice encryption solution SecuSUITE for Enterprise that protects mobile calls with a maximum level of security and is a multi-OS offering to be used on iOS, Android and BlackBerry 10.
BlackBerry today announced that Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has selected AtHoc for its new highly secure alerting and crisis communication system.
Ofcom has confirmed plans for releasing valuable new airwaves that could be used to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband services.
BlackBerry has appointed Narendra Nayak, BlackBerry India Managing Director.
Nayak will be responsible for driving BlackBerry's software and services business through all channels in India.
Amrote Abdella has been announced as the new regional director for Microsoft's 4Afrika Initiative, effective October 2015.
BlackBerry’s chief operating officer (COO) Marty Beard spoke at the GoodExchange Cyber Security Summit 2015 in London today.
Good Technology today announced the secure solution for web apps for Windows, as well as expansion of its enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution to Windows at the 2015 Good Exchange Cyber Security Summit.
BlackBerry CEO John Chen said Thursday, at the Code/Mobile conference, that the company would consider exiting the handset business in a year if it’s not profitable.
Secusmart and Tata Power Strategic Engineering Division (SED), part of the multinational Indian conglomerate, Tata Group, today announced a comprehensive partnership for the Indian market.
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BlackBerry are hosting another product demo of WatchDox. Join BlackBerry for a product demonstration of WatchDox by BlackBerry
BlackBerry today reported financial results for the three months ended August 29, 2015 and reported $51 million (U.S.) of net income for the three months ended Aug. 29.
BlackBerry today reported financial results for the three months ended August 29, 2015 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated).
Microsoft has announced it is partnering with Chinese Internet giant Baidu. The deal will help Microsoft reach its goal of putting Windows 10 on 1 billion devices worldwide.
Samsung and Sectra have entered a technical partnership to integrate the Samsung KNOX platform in Sectra’s solution for secure smartphone communication.
Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley maintained a Hold rating on BlackBerry Monday and set a price target of $8, after it conducted a wireless survey for the company.
AtHoc today announced that AtHoc Connect was awarded the 2015 New Product of the Year Award by Security Products Magazine in the Emergency Communications Systems category.
BlackBerry CEO John seems to be everywhere these days. Tomorrow, (September 17) he will be speaking at a "Fireside Chat" at the Waterloo Innovation Summit, which is currently taking place in Canada.
BlackBerry's downsized employee base in India is not a deliberate move to cut staff but a result of a global transformation drive, according to Steven E. Zipperstein, Chief Legal Officer, BlackBerry.
Nokia, Ericsson and Intel have announced that they will be working together to commercialize NB-LTE (Narrow-Band LTE).
Biometric Associates has announced that its 3000MP Bluetooth Smart Card Reader has been approved by the Department of Defense as a Multifunction Mobile Device.
Desktop Alert today announced the availability of their native BlackBerry mobile application. Desktop Alert is a recognized leader in providing best-of-breed enterprise-class, network-centric emergency mass notification systems
AtHoc today announced a new award from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the U.S., a component agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a nonprofit public-private partnership focused on helping all digital citizens stay safer and more secure online, today announced that BlackBerry has joined the organization.
The US-UK Fulbright Commission is now accepting applications for its new Cyber Security Awards.
SAP SE today announced the results of a global survey which indicates that despite the importance of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) in an organization, companies are not satisfied with their tools to meet regulations.
CESG has updated the standards for the Certified Cyber Security Consultancy scheme. Removal of 3 service categories - Governance, Information Security Strategy, and Legal & Regulatory Environment.
The Communications and Electronics Security Group (CESG) has issued fresh security guidance to aid companies to safely deploy BlackBerry 10.3.
A couple of weeks ago, we told you how BlackBerry will hold the second annual BlackBerry Security Summit event in New York on Thursday, July 23rd where attendees will be able to learn about the latest mobile security threats and their impact on enterprise and government customers.
Samsung have announced that the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, have had their encryption certified by the UK government body the Communications and Electronics Security Group (CESG) under their Commercial Product Assurance (CPA) program for data-at-rest.
BlackBerry has rejected political moves to ban strong encryption, saying that it’s a short-sighted policy that would not serve companies or governments.
WidePoint Corporation announced today that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Samsung SDS America.
On July 1st, all calls made from mobiles to Freephone numbers (0800 and 0808) will at last be free in the UK.
This move from Ofcom is great news for consumers, but will have a financial and practical impact on any UK business that uses on Freephone numbers for inbound calls.
Earlier today, we reported how Ofcom has called for joint action between the regulator, industry and government to improve broadband services for smaller businesses.
The government of Equatorial Guinea has partnered with American company, Microsoft, to computerize the public administration of the country.
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has granted approval to SecuVOICE for BlackBerry 10 for security classifications up to the level of NATO Restricted.
The engineers at BlackBerry Encrypted Phones have found that BlackBerry PGP email encryption devices offer the highest level of security for wireless communications.
