Blackberry has entered into an agreement to acquire Secusmart, a German voice and data encryption firm that specialises in “anti-eavesdropping” services for government agencies, corporate customers, and telecommunications providers.
According to Arstechnica, the two companies have already collaborated to produce Secusmart-equipped BlackBerry phones for German government agencies and leadership, while Secusmart’s technology meets NATO standards for “NATO restricted” communications.
The German Government has certified the technology for classified communications and the company has used its “Made in Germany” nature to its advantage in recent post-Snowden revelations marketing, proclaiming on its website, “If you’re looking for the right response to recent spying affairs and wire-tapping scandals, you’ve come to the right place.”
