BlackBerry wins two Govies awards for outstanding security

I've been using BlackBerry for over a week .. Z10 to be specific. I can safely say that it is one of the best smartphones I've EVER used. It's just simply outstanding! Both Android and iOS users are going to love it. I'll evaluate it more and reveal the faults as I find it.

This is probably the only time I have agreed with you. +1.

There really isn't any mobile device that has good security. The BlackBerry is probably better than the run of the mill stock-OS Android phone, but still needs some improvements. Below is just a partial list. BlackBerry 10.1 Significant Risks The following key risks should be read and understood before the platform is deployed. -- The VPN has not been independently assured to Foundation Grade, and does not support some of the mandatory requirements expected from assured VPNs. Without assurance in the VPN there is a risk that data transiting from the device could be compromised. -- The device’s native data encryption has not been independently assured to Foundation Grade, and does not support some of the mandatory requirements expected from assured full disk encryption products. Without assurance there is a risk that data stored on the device could be compromised. -- Encryption keys protecting sensitive data in the corporate perimeter remain in device memory when the device is locked. This means that if the device is attacked while powered on and locked, keys and data on the device may be compromised without the attacker needing to know the password. -- BlackBerry 10.1 does not use any dedicated hardware to protect its keys. If an attacker can get physical access to the device, they can extract password hashes and perform an offline brute-force attack to recover the encryption password. -- The personal perimeter of the device cannot be managed by the enterprise, meaning that the attack surface cannot be minimised by disabling external interfaces such as Bluetooth and NFC. -- Traffic from the personal perimeter will also bypass the enterprise VPN, negating any protections granted by corporate monitoring and filtering solutions. To avoid this for non-Wi-Fi communications, a private Access Point Name (APN) could be procured from a chosen cellular carrier and assigned to accounts using BlackBerry Balance. -- Arbitrary applications can be installed from BlackBerry World which will run on the device. Whilst mechanisms in BlackBerry World attempt to detect and remove malicious code, and the operating system should protect enterprise data from the application, an installed application will be able to access data stored on the personal partition, and may be able to attack the boundary between the two partitions on the device if a vulnerability exists there, potentially compromising corporate data. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/end-user-devices-security-guidance-blackberry-101-emm-corporate/end-user-devices-security-guidance-blackberry-101-emm-corporate

The BlackBerry Z30 is more than capable of competing with today's crop of smartphones. And an award like this will definitely help them move product, Mxy. If not in the consumer market, but definitely in the enterprise, government and security markets. That's what an award like this is aimed at anyway. Even the Z10 and Q10 are more than capable of competing. The OS is just that good.

Also, how can you (or anyone) say that the current crop of BlackBerry 10 handsets can't compete when their specs are better than that other fruit flavored handset that's out? If BlackBerry can't compete with their specs, then you MUST say that the iPhone can't compete, Mxy.

Typical Samsung bully. Yes it still sells.

It's Samsung fanboys like you that make me hate Samsung. I mean, I love Android but dam!... There are other OS's out there. Good ones. BB10 is one of them. In fact, IMO, Android and BB10 are the two best OS's on the market today. Once BlackBerry leverages the fact that BB10 is actually QNX, it's going to get very interesting.

Shut up Meg!

Of course they still sell, FriendOfCrapsung. Go play with your plastic phone, troll.

A phone manufacturer, that was one of the kings long time ago. Wait, if you don't know that, then why you're here? Oh well, can't blame a newborn baby, you should ask your grandpa if you want to know more.

What's a AJagtiani?