BlackBerry’s Critical Communications: The Triple Shield Available to Safeguard Organizations and Governments – Source: www.csoonline.com

From major IT outages and cyberattacks crippling critical infrastructure, to extreme weather testing global resilience, organizations face a relentless barrage of security and communications challenges, with the potential to also impact human safety.

Against this backdrop, BlackBerry has emerged as the market leader in innovative technologies that don’t just respond to and manage crises and incidents, but actively help prevent them. With its trio of core solutions — Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) for a secure digital workplace, AtHoc® for Critical Event Management (CEM), and SecuSUITE for certified, secure mobile communications to prevent interception and eavesdropping —BlackBerry provides a comprehensive, future-ready framework for safeguarding organizations in an increasingly volatile world.

UEM: The First Line of Cyber Defense

Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) has become indispensable as enterprises embrace hybrid work environments and IoT adoption skyrockets. BlackBerry’s UEM serves as the digital gatekeeper of your organization’s devices-in-use, offering unparalleled visibility and control over a sprawling network of endpoints, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, and IoT devices.

What sets BlackBerry’s UEM apart is its twin focus on proactive comprehensive security for all workflows, on any device, anywhere; and the high degree of usability in terms of seamless integration and practical user experience (UX). The platform leverages Cylance AI to detect and mitigate risks to devices in real time. For example, if there are specific cyberattacks targeting remote workers, BlackBerry’s UEM can ensure all endpoints remain encrypted, compliant, and free from vulnerabilities, even across diverse devices and operating systems.

The UEM customer experience is also overwhelming positive in both government and business. Feedback on deployment experience, product capabilities, and BlackBerry support has seen it place in the upper right quadrant of the 2024 Customers’ Choice for UEM by Gartner Peer insights for the second year in a row.

At Hoc: Leader in Critical Event Management for Governments and Business

As crises like virus outbreaks, social unrest, major technology outages and extreme weather events increase in frequency, organizations and governments need more than awareness—they need action. At Hoc®, BlackBerry’s Critical Event Management (CEM) platform, transforms how business and government agencies can respond to these unpredictable scenarios.

CEM goes beyond traditional alert systems by combining real-time threat intelligence with automated workflows and robust communication tools. Whether a city faces an imminent hurricane or a multinational company needs to evacuate employees from a conflict situation, BlackBerry’s CEM provides a coordinated response framework.

The platform’s ability to deliver precise, contextual alerts ensures that decision-makers receive actionable insights rather than overwhelming noise. Additionally, its integration with UEM ensures that critical updates reach the right devices at the right time, to help prepare, manage and remediate incidents.

BlackBerry understands that preparing for a broad range of disruption or disaster scenarios can be a little overwhelming and resource intensive, and that partnerships are often needed in this area. That is why AtHoc® can also be run as a Managed Service, enabling your organization to benefit from 24x7x365 support from its Critical Event Management experts. BlackBerry can help prepare proven workflows and playbooks, manage alerts, monitor any critical incidents, and send notifications on behalf of your organization.

SecuSUITE: Designed & Certified for Top-Secret Communications

Espionage has evolved from cloak-and-dagger tactics to sophisticated cyber intrusions targeting conversations and sensitive data. Mobile spying is on the rise, and as recent network intrusions in the United States show, protecting communication channels is no longer optional — it’s a mission-critical priority for governments, corporations, and high-profile individuals that might be valuable targets for adversaries.

This is where BlackBerry’s SecuSUITE technology stands apart. Certified to meet the highest security requirements, SecuSUITE^® protects against threats to enterprise, and local and national security by enabling secure communications on conventional mobile devices (iOS and Android).

It protects communications through the network, promising governments full control over their users, data and if needed, system infrastructure – protecting the entire communication process from interception and eavesdropping.  For employees it is easy to use; they can tap on an app deployed on their existing device just like any other, except with military-grade encryption.

SecuSUITE’s rigorous security protocols are trusted and in-use by G20 governments, NATO’s NCI Agency and Five Eyes Intelligence. So whether it’s safeguarding financial negotiations, military strategies, or intellectual property, SecuSUITE offers continuous peace of mind that communications intended with privacy, remain that way.

A Holistic Shield for Modern Threats

BlackBerry’s trio of core technologies form a cohesive ecosystem that addresses today’s most pressing challenges for organisations, to enable business continuity, and safety of people, communications, data and infrastructure. By combining the endpoint security of UEM, the crisis response capabilities of CEM, and the secure communications of SecuSUITE, BlackBerry offers a holistic solution that evolves and adapts to the complexity of modern threats.

As cyberattacks grow more sophisticated, disasters become more frequent, and geopolitical tensions persist, BlackBerry is helping businesses navigate an uncertain future with confidence. In a world where preparedness is the ultimate competitive advantage, these technologies aren’t just tools—they’re lifelines.

For organizations seeking to protect their people, data, and operations, BlackBerry isn’t just a technology provider; it’s a trusted partner in operational resilience.