Company launches next-gen BlackBerry® Optics 3.0 and
BlackBerry® Gateway for ZTNA
WATERLOO, ON, May 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry
Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced BlackBerry® Optics 3.0,
its next-generation cloud-based endpoint detection and response
(EDR) solution and BlackBerry® Gateway, the company's first
AI-empowered Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) product. Rooted in a
prevention-first and AI-driven approach, BlackBerry's new endpoint
and network security capabilities will help differentiate
BlackBerry's extended detection and response (XDR) strategy.
According to Forrester1, "XDR unifies EDR with other
security and business tooling. EDR gives granular visibility
and provides precise response actions for endpoints. However, it
lacks visibility and response actions for other parts of the
business, like non-endpoint related network telemetry, email
behaviors, and cloud environments, leaving security analytics to
pick up the slack. XDR provides needed visibility and control to
other parts of the business through integrations that combine EDR
data with other types of telemetry."
The new cloud-native architecture and Advanced Query capability
that underpins Optics 3.0 is integral to BlackBerry's XDR strategy.
With Optics 3.0, Edge AI threat detection and automated response
capabilities execute directly on the endpoint device so an incident
can be mitigated in near real-time. The resulting telemetry, alert,
and forensic data gets stored in the cloud data lake along with
non-endpoint related telemetry data. Security professionals can
then query and analyze the multiple source of telemetry data to
gain greater visibility and context into an organization's security
environment.
BlackBerry Gateway marks the company's entry into ZTNA for both
SaaS and on-premises applications. Built with a "Prevent First and
Protect First" approach, Gateway's Zero Trust architecture helps
organizations reduce network access risk by assuming every user,
endpoint, and network is potentially hostile until identity is
authenticated. As the company builds out its XDR architecture,
Gateway would provide ZTNA telemetry data that would be added to
the cloud data lake.
"We are delighted to see our vision for an extended detection
and response architecture take shape," said Billy Ho, EVP of Product Engineering,
BlackBerry. "Traditional endpoint security alone is not enough to
tackle the sophisticated threat landscape. Our end-to-end approach
to cybersecurity is deeply rooted in Cylance AI and ML to provide
enhanced visibility and protection against current and future
cyberthreats. As part of our XDR roadmap, we will continue to add
new products and additional sources of security telemetry, such as
user behavior, identity, network, data, application, and cloud to
the Optics 3.0 cloud data lake. This will enable data correlation,
automated workflows, automated threat hunting, to enable more
efficient and effective detection and response."
BlackBerry Gateway, when integrated with the BlackBerry® Protect
advanced AI-powered endpoint security product, provides a
comprehensive defense against threats targeting devices, networks,
and user identity. BlackBerry Protect leverages AI to prevent
known, unknown, and zero-day threats, while BlackBerry Gateway
ensures business networks are only accessed by trusted and healthy
devices.
BlackBerry Optics 3.0 will be available in Q2'21 and BlackBerry
Gateway is available in May 2021.
Learn more about BlackBerry Optics and BlackBerry
Gateway.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB)
provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises
and governments around the world. The company secures more
than 500M endpoints including
175M cars on the road today.
Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the
company leverages AI and machine learning to deliver innovative
solutions in the areas of cybersecurity, safety and data privacy
solutions, and is a leader in the areas of endpoint security,
endpoint management, encryption, and embedded systems.
BlackBerry's vision is clear - to secure a connected future you can
trust.
BlackBerry. Intelligent Security. Everywhere.
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1 Forrester Research, "Adapt or Die: XDR is on a
Collision Course With SIEM and SOAR," April
28, 2021
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