- Dave Kleidermacher, until recently the CTO of embedded systems software vendor Green Hills, has been named BlackBerry's (BBRY +0.1%) chief security officer. Among other things, he'll be in charge of "security-specific research and product development, and BlackBerry's product certification and approval program."
- BlackBerry is 8 months removed from buying German mobile encryption/anti-eavesdropping tech developer Secusmart, and two months removed from unveiling a Secure Productivity Suite containing a VPN authentication service, a secure version of BBM, and the BlackBerry Blend remote PC/tablet data access solution. Android-focued security partnerships have been formed with Samsung and Boeing.
- John Chen has leaned heavily on outside talent to shake up BlackBerry's executive ranks since becoming CEO.