Cybersecurity
BlackBerry Wants to Teach Your Company How to Defeat Hackers
- Smartphone maker buys U.K.-based cybersecurity firm Encription
- BlackBerry adding revenue streams after device sales drop
BlackBerry Wants to Teach You How to Defeat Hackers
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BlackBerry Ltd. is building out a consultancy business to help companies and governments defend against hackers as it seeks new revenue streams.
The smartphone maker is buying U.K.-based Encription, a 40-employee cybersecurity consulting firm, and is merging it with its own team of “white-hat hackers” to form a group that will help clients test the security of their products and computer systems, said James Mackey, BlackBerry’s head of corporate development. He declined to say how much BlackBerry paid for Encription.