BlackBerry’s acquisition of Cylance raises eyebrows in the security community

BlackBerry purchased anti-malware company Cylance for $1.4 billion dollars last week. The move is in line with BlackBerry’s public strategy to secure endpoint devices such as cars, medical devices, and critical infrastructure. CEO John Chen’s stance on lawful access has put him and BlackBerry at odds with much of the security community. In October 2017, Chen said in an interview that he would be willing to find a way to circumvent BlackBerrys security at the request of law enforcement.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3321746/blackberrys-acquisition-of-cylance-raises-eyebrows-in-the-security-community.html