TORONTO – BlackBerry is teaming up with luxury lifestyle service provider Sarment Holding to co-develop a highly-encrypted messaging application known as Keyyes Chat.
The app will provide identity and overall data security management for Sarment's customers and will be available at the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in Q2 2019, says the news release.
Developed with the BlackBerry Spark Communications Services SDK, the Keyyes Chat app includes FIPS-validated, app-level, AES 256-bit encryption to ensure data is always protected on a device, across the mobile network and into the enterprise infrastructure. Keyyes Chat will be integrated with Sarment’s Keyyes app, but will also be available to the general public in a “lighter format” with the same level of end-to-end encrypted security.
"Keyyes delivers a useful service for high-net worth individuals, whose data may be of value to those with malicious intent, and being able to trust in the integrity of the chat system will be a primary decision-making factor for them in considering the service”, said BlackBerry’s SVP and GM of mobility solutions, Alex Thurber, in the release. “With the BlackBerry Spark Communications SDK, Keyyes Chat will allow seamless communication between members, partners and employees while protecting the privacy and security of its users."
