Everything You Wanted to Know About BBM Protected

BlackBerry has officially announced their BBM Protected and eBBM Suite and people are curious to know how they are supposed to use BBM Protected on their smartphone. This article hopes to throw light on this new offering from BlackBerry

BBM Protected will allow your employees to take better advantage of the reliability, privacy and speed of BBM. As a result, they will be able to communicate and collaborate faster. Better still, it offers enhanced business class security over your corporate data.

BBM Protected uses the FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic library. This makes it the most secure instant messaging mobile app. Whether you are a security conscious organization or a regulated business, BBM Protected offers a secure platform for sending and receiving BBM messages between your BlackBerry devices. BBM Protected protects your corporate data by adding an extra layer of encryption. Also it allows you to have the encryption keys under your control.

BBM Protected offers complete end to end encryption of your messages. These multiple layers of security offer enterprise grade protection for BBM messages.

Messages that one BBM Protected user sends to another BBM Protected user are encrypted. Both the sender and the recipient will have unique encryption and authentication keys. The keys are created on the devices and controlled by the organization. The encryption keys are not stored on BlackBerry servers. Also each message uses a random key for encryption. As a result, even if one of the messages is compromised, other messages will remain protected. BBM protected uses Triple DES 168-bit BBM scrambling keys to encrypt messages before they leave the sender’s device. The same keys are used to decrypt the message on the recipient’s device.This helps protect your messages from manipulation.

BBM Protected offers the same level of protection whether the chat is between two individuals or groups of individuals or even BBM Groups. As a result your employees will be able to enjoy all the features without having to worry about the safety of their data.

BBM Protected allows your employees to use the same messaging app to chat with their colleagues inside the organization and family members outside the organization. Also using BBM Protected your employees can securely chat with employees of other companies. The users of BBM Protected can be on different BES servers. Better still, all of this happens through a single chat and contact list. This makes messaging all the more easier.

BlackBerry Messenger is built for speed and offers an enhanced mobile experience. BBM messages are read within a few seconds. Using BBM you can chat with your colleagues or family, engage in group discussions and share files. This makes it faster and more efficient than email. Also it comes with message delivery and read alerts so you will know whether your message has been read or not.

It is easy to empower your people with BBM Protected. You don’t have to buy additional hardware or install new software to deploy BBM Protected. It comes as an IT policy through your BES console. Using BBM Protected you can send and receive 1:1 encrypted messages between BlackBerry 10 and BlackBerry OS. You can also have file transfers, multi-party chats and BBM group chats.