RIM Announces Bluetooth Smart Card Reader That You Can Wear

Research in Motion today announced the BlackBerry Smart Card Reader.  The lightweight, wearable device enables controlled access to BlackBerry devices using Bluetooth and AES-256 encryption.

The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader is a wearable peripheral that is FIPS 140-2 validated and can be used to comply with certain government or corporate security requirements by enabling two-factor authentication for BlackBerry devices and applications. The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader provides support for a variety of industry standard smart cards including the US Department of Defense’s Common Access Card (CAC). The BlackBerry Smart Card Reader also supports S/MIME and can be used in conjunction with the S/MIME Support Package v4.0 for BlackBerry.

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