The center will serve as a communications hub with government customers

Jan 7, 2014 08:06 GMT  ·  By

Telecommunications and wireless equipment company BlackBerry has revealed its intention to launch a new security innovation center in Washington, D.C. The announcement was made by John Chen, the company’s CEO, at CES 2014. 

The new security innovation center will facilitate collaboration on mobile security with both expert partners and government customers.

“We are committed to working with government and industry experts to solve some of the biggest challenges we face in securing mobile communication,” Chen told members of Congress and government officials in a speech at CES Government (CESG).

“The Washington, D.C.-based security innovation center will be focused on creating lasting partnerships that will encourage ongoing dialogue aimed at making better products and policy,” he added.

More details on this topic will be made available in the upcoming weeks.