Wednesday, March 20, 2013


BlackBerry 10 faces security controversy


BlackBerry is again faces controversy related to the security of its mobile operating system. The newly launched BlackBerry 10 OS deemed not to be secure for sensitive government employees.

The Guardian reported United Kingdom's Computer Experts Security Group has said the new mobile operating system of BlackBerry is not secure enough.


Earlier BlackBerry phones had passed the CESG guidelines. The new BlackBerry 10 OS has not yet proved so, but representative of the company confirms they would be doing so soon.

In an e-mail sent to CNET a BlackBerry representative wrote, "This level of approval only comes following a process which is rigorous and absolutely necessary given the highly confidential nature of the communications being transmitted."

Meanwhile, it is learned the CESG has nixed the two phones - Z10 and Q10. After the approval they may change their decision in future.

Recently BlackBerry also partnered with Secusmart for creating a security feature dubbed as Balance in the new operating system.

BlackBerry launched BlackBerry 10 OS about a month ago along with a device run on it called BlackBerry Z10.

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