BlackBerry gains ATO to support US Defense Networks

As per a recent update from BlackBerry, the U.S. Defense Information System Agency (DISA) has honoured BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Q10 smartphones as well as BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 with the Authority to Operate (ATO) on Department of Defense (DoD) networks. BlackBerry declared that it is the first Mobile Device Management (MDM) provider to obtain an ATO.
 
With the ATO, DISA is now developing the infrastructure to support BlackBerry 10 smartphones. DISA is architecting the capacity to support 10,000 BlackBerry 10 smartphones by this fall and 30,000 by the end of 2013 on DoD networks.
 
Being the first smartphones to be supported on U.S. Department of Defense networks, further establish BlackBerry’s proven and validated security model. With foreign entities  governmental and criminal  ramping up attacks on electronic communications and information systems, BlackBerry provides government agencies with a proven partner that follows top-to-bottom security protocols, said Scott Totzke, Sr. VP, BlackBerry Security Group, BlackBerry.
 
The ATO approval demonstrates that BlackBerry 10 smartphones meet DoD’s stringent security requirements. BlackBerry 10 smartphones will enable DoD personnel to have the ability to securely connect to networks and access assets from work.