Following NSA endorsement, the US government can buy secure messaging tools from BlackBerry

BlackBerry has announced that it is now able to sell its secure messaging solutions to the US and Canadian governments. The news comes after the company received endorsement from the NSA's National Information Assurance Partnership for SecuSUITE for Government. BlackBerry points out that governments have long had to contend with wiretapping and other forms of surveillance, and says that SecuSUITE for Government offers effective end-to-end encryption for voice calls and text messages. The security solution is already used by numerous governments around the world, including some in Europe and Asia, and BlackBerry will be happy to have added the US… [Continue Reading]