BlackBerry and Samsung have joined hands to further boost mobile security solutions on Android. The security focused partnership will bring BlackBerry’s encryption system to businesses using Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones.
In early 2015, Samsung will integrate BlackBerry’s BES12 end-to-end encryption service, into its own Knox software. Samsung KNOX and BES12 will offer complete separation of business and personal data. The upcoming security suite will also provide enhancements that address some of the Android-specific security issues. It will bring a series of core security enhancements to better protect device integrity from kernel to apps.
“BlackBerry has developed a very close partnership with Samsung and we’re committed to deepening the interaction between our engineering and product development teams for the long-term. It is a natural progression in our path to providing our customers with more alternatives to meet their evolving mobile needs. Samsung KNOX offers a number of hardware and software security features and our partnership allows us to tightly integrate these capabilities with BES12.”
said John Sims, President of Global Enterprise Services, BlackBerry in a statement.
The pricing and availability of this security solution is not known as yet. In July, Apple and IBM teamed up to bring iPhone and iPad to enterprise customers.