PGP Corporation and Research In Motion Announce Support for PGP Email Security on BlackBerry Platform10 October 2005
Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and PGP Corporation are
working together to allow BlackBerry(R) users to send and receive PGP-secured
email. The new PGP(R) Support Package developed for BlackBerry is expected to
be available later this year.
This solution enables enterprises to extend PGP email security to
individuals who use both laptop/desktop computers and BlackBerry wireless
devices. It provides customers with sender-to-recipient email security, and
thereby complements the industry-leading wireless transmission security and
device protection security inherent in the BlackBerry architecture. Licenses
will be available exclusively from PGP Corporation and its authorized
resellers.
"BlackBerry has continuously led the industry in wireless security and we
are pleased to be the first to offer PGP(R) Universal support on wireless
devices," said Mark Guibert, Vice President, Corporate Marketing, at Research
In Motion. "We believe this news will be welcomed by many enterprise customers
that have chosen and deployed PGP technology."
"BlackBerry is the overwhelming leader for enterprise mobile messaging. By
providing an integrated PGP Universal and BlackBerry solution, we address a
strategic requirement of our joint customers," said Phillip Dunkelberger,
chief executive officer and president of PGP Corporation. "RIM and PGP
Corporation have worked closely to integrate our products and provide a
seamless end-user experience."
Product Capabilities
The PGP Support Package for BlackBerry is designed to work in conjunction
with the PGP Universal solution. PGP support is fully integrated in the
BlackBerry user interface and provides email encryption, decryption, digital
signature, and verification services for email sent from and received on
BlackBerry devices.
Users simply authenticate themselves with their private key passphrase
before decrypting or signing email on their BlackBerry device. Outgoing
messages are automatically protected according to the centralized policy
specified by the PGP Universal administrator. PGP Universal utilizes patented
PGP Additional Decryption Key (ADK) capabilities, automated key management and
recovery, and automated enrollment and centralized policy management.
Product Availability
The PGP Support Package for BlackBerry will be distributed exclusively by
PGP Corporation through its 175 resellers. Product availability is expected
later this year.
About Research In Motion (RIM)
Research In Motion is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of
innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market.
Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that
support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and
solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information including email,
phone, SMS messaging, Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM technology
also enables a broad array of third party developers and manufacturers to
enhance their products and services with wireless connectivity. RIM's
portfolio of award-winning products, services and embedded technologies are
used by thousands of organizations around the world and include the
BlackBerry(R) wireless platform, the RIM Wireless Handheld(TM) product line,
software development tools, radio-modems and software/hardware licensing
agreements. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates
offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. RIM is listed on the Nasdaq
Stock Market (Nasdaq: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For
more information, visit http://www.rim.com or http://www.blackberry.com.
About PGP Corporation
The global customer standard for encryption and digital signature
solutions, PGP Corporation develops, markets, and supports an integrated data
security suite used by more than 30,000 enterprises, businesses, and
governments worldwide, including 84% of the Fortune(R) 100, 66% of the
Fortune(R) Global 100, and thousands of individuals and cryptography experts.
Customers depend on PGP solutions for regulatory and audit compliance, to
protect confidential company information, to secure customer data, and to keep
identity information private.
During the past ten years, PGP(R) technology has earned a global
reputation for innovative, standards-based, trusted solutions. The flexible
PGP suite allows customers to phase-in gateway, partner, mobile or internal
email security; data storage protection for laptops, desktops, and removable
media; IM encryption; and FTP/batch transfer security using a single key
management and recovery infrastructure. PGP Corporation is the only commercial
security vendor to publish source code for peer review. Contact PGP
Corporation at http://www.pgp.com or +1 650 319 9000.
Media & analyst contact for PGP Corporation:
John Tran
Neale-May & Partners
+1 650 328 5555 ext. 277
jtran@nealemay.com
Media contact for RIM:
Courtney Flaherty
Brodeur
+1 212 771 3637
cflaherty@brodeur.com
Investor contact for RIM:
RIM Investor Relations
+1 519 888 7465
investor_relations@rim.com
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