BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is the First Mobile Platform to Achieve Common Criteria Certification

Research in Motion today announced that it has been awarded the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2, EAL 2+ for short, validation for BlackBerry Enterprise Server and and BlackBerry device software.

“RIM is a pioneer and longstanding advocate of wireless security and we are extremely pleased to report that our BlackBerry software has become the first mobile platform to receive the Common Criteria certification” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. “This certification, along with numerous other security accreditations from around the world, further illustrates why so many security conscious organizations and governments have chosen the BlackBerry solution.”

The BlackBerry is the first mobile platform to achieve EAL 2+ accreditation.

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