BlackBerry appoints new Chief Security Officer

BlackBerry Ltd. just appointed a new Chief Security Officer. David Kleidermacher who will be responsible for the global Product Security organization, leading efforts to ensure BlackBerry’s continued leadership in secure enterprise mobility. Kleidermacher brings more than 20 years of strategy and product engineering experience to the role, including expertise in securing connected devices and the Internet of Things (IoT).

“David is an outstanding addition to our best-in-class security team, and he will help extend BlackBerry’s gold standard of security as we work with customers to meet new cybersecurity challenges,” said John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO of BlackBerry. “In particular, David’s knowledge of securing the Internet of Things and embedded systems will be invaluable as we execute on our strategy and continue to expand our management of the world’s mobile endpoints.” 

One of BlackBerrys key strengths has always been the security of its products and solutions and having Kleidermacher, whomost recently served as Chief Technology Officer at Green Hills Software, onboard ensures a renewed focus in security as the company explores new areas. Kleidermacher holds patents and patents pending in the areas of software development tools, mobile security and IoT technology.