Telephone outfit BlackBerry is launching a new certificate service that will help bring the security level it offers on smartphones to the Internet of Things
Certicom, a subsidiary of BlackBerry, announced a new offering that it contends will secure millions of devices, expected to be part of the Internet of Stuff (IoT).
It said that it had already won a contract in Britain to issue certificates for the smart meter initiative there with more than 104 million smart meters and home energy management devices.
The service will make it much easier for companies rolling out such devices to authenticate and secure them, the company said.
In another move BlackBerry also outlined a plan to expand its research and development efforts on innovation and improvement in computer security.
Dubbed the BlackBerry Centre for High Assurance Computing Excellence (CHACE) said that it will to develop tools and techniques that deliver a far higher level of protection than is currently available
