BlackBerry’s newest acquisition looks like the smartest move it’s made all year

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/hViPtbIdRLo1XIO0NUzJ2w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/blackberry-sign-chen.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-newest-acquisition-looks-smartest-move-made-160545873.html)BlackBerry has been doubling down on its reputation as the most secure mobile device manufacturer lately and the company just made a very smart move that could solidify that reputation even further. BlackBerry announced that it acquired German security firm Secusmart on Tuesday and as ZDNet points out, this could be a very big move for BlackBerry as it tries to make sure its enterprise and government customers don’t jump ship to iOS and Android devices. Why is Secusmart such a big deal? ZDNet informs us that its-Secusmart Security Card is “a mini-computer integrated into the micro-SD card” that “contains the NXP SmartMX P5CT072 crypto-controller with a PKI coprocessor for authentication” and features “an additional high-speed coprocessor encrypts voice and



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