security-level Archives

BlackBerry introduces security offering for IoT devices

April 21, 2015 creative also-outlined, blackberry, britain, elliptic-curve, growing, internet, launch, level-it-offers, million-smart, new-certificate, photo-during, said-on-tuesday, security, security-level

BlackBerry Ltd said on Tuesday it is launching a new certificate service that will help bring the security level it offers on smartphones to a slew of devices from cars to smart meters. Certicom, a subsidiary of BlackBerry and an industry pioneer in elliptic curve cryptography, announced a new offering that it contends will secure millions of devices, expected to be part of the growing Internet of Things (IoT) sphere. The company said it has already won a contract in Britain to issue certificates for the smart meter initiative there with more than 104 million smart meters and home energy management devices

News Posts

U.S. House seen passing cyber threat information bill Wednesday

April 21, 2015 creative britain, committee, government, internet, level-it-offers, make-it-easier, million-smart, photo-during, security-level

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to consider, and pass, on Wednesday a long-awaited bill that would make it easier for companies to share information about cyber security threats with the government without fear of lawsuits.