25/02/2016

[財經消息] BlackBerry 收購英國 Encription 網絡安全顧問管理公司

https://www.blackberryclubs.com/acquiring-encription/

BlackBerry 發出新聞稿宣佈已經達成一項最終收購協議，收購英國 Encription 網絡安全顧問管理公司，以進一步提高 BlackBerry 在手機移動安全及企業數據管理的領導地位……

BlackBerry Limited，前稱Research in Motion (RIM) 在2006-2016這十年間，BlackBerry 已成功收購了約30間不同相關的手機移動/安全/企業/網絡安全等公司，以強化 BlackBerry 在手機移動安全及企業數據管理的領導地位。

BlackBerry 在 2006-2016 成功收購約30間公司列表：

Date	Company	Business	Country	Value (USD)	References
10 March 2006	Ascendent Systems	Enterprise voice mobility solutions	United States	Undisclosed	^[1]
10 June 2006	Slipstream Data Inc.	Data Compression	Canada	Undisclosed	^[2]
22 November 2006	Epoch Integration	Wireless network firm	Canada	Undisclosed	^[3]
23 January 2009	Certicom	Cryptography	Canada	Undisclosed	^[4]
30 January 2009	Chalk Media	Software	Canada	$23,125,000^[5]	^[6]
13 February 2009	Alt-N Technologies	Mail transfer agent	United States	Undisclosed	^[7]
5 June 2009	Dash Navigation	Car Navigation Systems	United States	Undisclosed	^[8]
24 August 2009	Torch Mobile	WebKit Mobile Browser	Canada	Undisclosed	^[9]
26 March 2010	Viigo	News / Data aggregation	Canada	Undisclosed	^[10]
9 April 2010	QNX Software Systems	Unix like OS	Canada	$200 million^[11]	^[12]^[13]
24 August 2010	Cellmania	App store software maker	United States	Undisclosed	^[14]
8 September 2010	Documents To Go and other assets	Office suite	United States	$50 million	^[15]
2 December 2010	The Astonishing Tribe	Interface wizards	Sweden	$150 million	^[16]
14 February 2011	Gist	Professional contact manager	United States	Undisclosed	^[17]
25 March 2011	tinyHippos	Mobile web development	Canada	Undisclosed	^[18]
27 April 2011	Tungle.me	Social calendaring	Canada	Undisclosed	^[19]
7 June 2011	Scoreloop	Social gaming	Germany	$71 Million	^[20]
2 May 2011	Ubitexx	Mobile device management	Germany	Undisclosed	^[21]
22 July 2011	Jaycut	Video editing	Sweden	Undisclosed	^[22]
7 October 2011	NewBay	Content provider	Ireland	$100 Million	^[23]
8 March 2012	Paratek	RF multi-band handsets	United States	Undisclosed	^[24]
May 2013	Scroon	Social marketing company	France	Undisclosed	^[25]
29 July 2014	Secusmart GmbH	Voice and Data Encryption	Germany	Undisclosed	^[26]
11 September 2014	Movirtu	Virtual SIM solutions	United Kingdom	Undisclosed	^[27]
21 April 2015	WatchDox Ltd.	Enterprise data sync and share	Israel	Undisclosed	^[28]
22 July 2015	AtHoc, Inc.	Networked crisis communications	United States	Undisclosed	^[29]
4 August 2015	Good Technology	Mobile Security Provider	United States	$425 Million	^[30]

Cyber threats are pervasive in today’s increasingly interconnected, mobile and cloud-enabled environment. It’s estimated that the global economy takes a $400 billion hit every year due to data breaches. This astronomical cost will only increase as certain industry sectors, such as automotive, are dealing with cyber-attacks and threats for the first time. BlackBerry’s Professional Cybersecurity Practice is intended to directly address this challenge.

As part of the new service, we have acquired UK-based Encription Limited. They will be an impactful addition to our consulting practice as they bring years of deep experience in cybersecurity consulting. Among other things, Encription specializes in penetration testing – which means they can mimic the techniques of malicious hackers and take those learnings to educate and mitigate the cyber risks posed by criminal hackers. Encription is also entrusted by one of the UK government’s highest security standards with the CESG CHECK IT and ISO/IEC 27001 certifications.

The new Professional Cybersecurity Services practice will provide:

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Strategic Security: best practices in IT operation ranging across enterprise mobility management and cloud services.
Technical Security: technical assistance for infrastructure and product development lifecycle.
Automotive and IoT Security: security consulting services as the rapid commercialization of IoT solutions makes security and privacy a top priority.
Detection, Testing and Analysis: threat detection and mitigation penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and incident response analysis. This includes forensic services, business security status via IT health checks, training, regulatory compliance and security breach management through incident response.

BlackBerry has made 29 acquisitions to date, including several in the security space such as Watchdox in 2015 for up to $150 million, Secusmart for voice encryption, and Good Technology (which covers security as part of its mobile device management services). Encription is the first that focuses less on tech and more on a services team that helps implement and manage larger solutions.

Source: http://www.encription.co.uk/news/

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