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Blackberry Launches New Professional Cybersecurity Services Practice, Acquired UK-Based Encription Limited

Thursday, February 25th, 2016

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Blackberry Launches New Professional Cybersecurity Services Practice, Acquired UK-Based Encription Limited

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Blackberry [BBRY] has launched a new Professional Cybersecurity Services practice to further expand its security portfolio through offering new consulting services, the company said Wednesday.The new practice is intended to address the market demand for the risk of cybersecurity for organizations that depand on mobile endpoints that connect through networked and cloud-enabled platforms. The general cybersecurity consulting market is estimated to be a $16.5 billion annual global business with forecasts to grow up to $23 billion per year by 2019,…

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