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RIM awarded FIPS 140-2 certification for BlackBerry phones

Thursday 2 February 2012 | 05:34 CET | News
Research In Motion (RIM) announced that BlackBerry smartphones running on the BlackBerry 7 and BlackBerry 7.1 OS have been awarded FIPS 140-2 certification by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 is recognised by the US and Canadian governments and is required under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA). All BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry 7 and BlackBerry 7.1 gain from this certification, including the BlackBerry Bold 9900, 9930 and 9790, BlackBerry Torch 9850, 9860 and 9810, and BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360, 9370 and 9380. In addition to FIPS 140-2 certification, the BlackBerry 7 OS has received Common Criteria EAL4+ certification. The BlackBerry PlayBook tablet has also received FIPS 140-2 validation.

Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Research In Motion
Countries: Canada / United States
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