Research in Motion Ltd.’s (NASDAQ:RIMM) BlackBerry 10 operating system became the first RIM BlackBerry product ever to receive Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) certification before its launch date, as announced on Thursday by the company.
FIPS certification, according to RIM Vice President of Security Product Management and Research Michael K. Brown, means that the operating system is able to fulfill the stringent security protocols of United States government agencies and enterprises.
In his statement, Brown stressed the differentiating factor of BlackBerry as an operating system (OS), which is being able to “integrate end-to-end security and include certified encryption algorithms for data at rest and data in transit.” Brown said that the BlackBerry platform is the only mobile solution to boast of such high levels of security for its end users.
The additional security provided by BlackBerry 10 was, and will be RIM’s focus as it continues its BlackBerry Jam “World Tour”, a series of developer’s conferences dedicated to spreading the word about the new OS.
It goes without saying that RIM is under pressure to make BlackBerry 10 into a success, but many remain unconvinced that the platform can make an impact. Recently, market research firm Canalys had reported that RIM had a 4.2 percent market share as of the end of the September ending quarter. This marked a decrease of close to 6 percent year-over-year.
Meanwhile, Samsung Electronics Corp. (005930:KS) and Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) continued to lead the way, with market shares of 32 percent and 15.5 percent in Canalys’ survey. Also, Pacific Crest Securities analyst James Faucette had notably said last week that BlackBerry 10 will most probably be “dead on arrival” due to a potentially lukewarm reception at launch.
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