New BlackBerry Builder Developer Certification & Developer Job Boards
BlackBerry has gone one step further in embracing their growing development community with their new BlackBerry Certified Builder program. This certification allows you to prove you have to skills to develop either Native or WebWorks apps based on your skill set. BlackBerry has then teamed up with oDesk to create a job board for BlackBerry…
Developer Explains How He Upgraded His App to "Built for BlackBerry"
BlackBerry has been making a big push for their new “Built for BlackBerry” certification on high quality BlackBerry 10 apps. These apps are supposed to exemplify what BlackBerry considers to be a solid app or game but has caused a bit of confusion among developers. BlackBerry has been trying to address this by sending…
BlackBerry 10 Receives FIPS 140-2 Certification Before Launch
If you needed any more proof that RIM is the leader in making secure mobile phones then this is it. They just announced that BlackBerry 10 has already received FIPS 140-2 certification. This means government agencies will be able to deploy BlackBerry 10 phones and BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 from the day they launch. This…
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 & BlackBerry Device Service Get FIPS 140-2 Certification
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 just joined the rest of the BlackBerry family by gaining FIPS 140-2 certification. This comes along with RIM’s BlackBerry Device Service, a component of BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, also getting FIPS 140-2 certification. That component is the one that manages the security and policy on the BlackBerry PlayBook and will also…
BlackBerry 7 OS Awarded TÜV Security Certification
I am not sure if this will shock the world but RIM’s BlackBerry 7 OS just got lauded for its security again by TÜV Rheinland i-sec GmbH. This certification means that RIM’s security functionality has been confirmed by yet another third party. This includes “range of security functionality”, “security functionality effectiveness against non-destructive physical access”,…
BlackBerry OS 7 & 7.1 Smartphones Certified for U.S. and Canadian Governments
RIM just announced today that they have achieved FIPS 140-2 Certification for both BlackBerry OS 7 and OS 7.1. That includes the BlackBerry Bold 9900, 9930 and 9790, BlackBerry Torch 9850, 9860 and 9810, and BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360, 9370 and 9380. They received this certification from both the US National Institute of Standards and…
BlackBerry 7 OS Awarded Common Criteria EAL4+ Security Certification
RIM really knows how to woo security organizations to certify their products. The latest gives the new BlackBerry 7 OS the third party Common Criteria evaluation certification and meet the security criteria for evaluation assurance level (EAL) 4+. EAL is a ranking from 1 to 7 but a higher number does not necessarily mean it…
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader Gets US Federal FIPS 120-2 Level 3 Certification
In case you didn’t think RIM’s BlackBerry Smart Card Reader was secure enough RIM now has the US Federal Government standing behind it. They just announced FIPS 140-2 Level 3 certification for the smartcard badge reader. If I am not mistaken the device had FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certification for awhile but that has been…