BlackBerry previews Secure Work Space tech for third party platforms

The technology will separate and secure work and personal data on mobile devices to third party platforms

BlackBerry today confirmed its commitment to bringing a solution that will separate and secure work and personal data on mobile devices to third party platforms. Secure Work Space for iOS and Android will be managed through BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, BlackBerry’s multi-platform enterprise mobility management solution.

An update for BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 will soon extend BlackBerry security capabilities for data-at-rest and data-in-transit and provide complete separation between work and personal data. The BlackBerry Secure Work Space solution includes secured client applications for e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks, memos, secure browsing and document editing for each device that is provisioned via BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10.

“With BlackBerry Balance technology, we offer the industry's only true compromise-free separation of work and personal data and applications. With Secure Work Space for iOS and Android devices, we're extending as many of these features as possible to other platforms, critical in today’s Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) world. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 offers administrators a single, intuitive platform enabling them to securely manage a variety of devices while protecting their corporate assets and at the same time providing employees the flexibility they desire," said David J Smith, EVP, Enterprise Mobile Computing.

The Secure Work Space solution enables customers to save effort and expense as they no longer need to configure and manage expensive virtual private network (VPN) infrastructures to provide mobile device access to data and applications that reside behind their corporate firewalls. With end-to-end enterprise mobility management, a straightforward deployment process, and a global and flexible technical support model, BlackBerry offers a secure and reliable solution as the clear choice for enterprises and governments to support BYOD policies for iOS and Android platforms. Additional applications can easily be secured and added to the workspace, without the need to modify source code.

“Majority of smartphones in the market aren’t adequately secure for corporate or government work,” said Robert Enderle, Principal Analyst, Enderle Group. “Currently BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 combined with BlackBerry Balance or Secure Work Space has the only volume solution which has been designed from the ground up to provide the security most IT departments require.

Closed beta testing for Secure Work Space has already started and general availability will be offered by the end of the second quarter, calendar year 2013.