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Critical Operations In Action

Public Safety Runs on Coordination, Not Just Alerts

Most emergency platforms send alerts. Few coordinate what happens next. BlackBerry does both. Assured communications and orchestrated operations for the agencies that cannot afford a single point of failure.

The Problem

Communications Are the First Casualty of Every Major Incident

In every major incident, the gap between survival and catastrophe is measured in minutes. The systems responders depend on come under the most strain. Fragmented tools, incompatible platforms, and cloud-dependent infrastructure fail in conditions they were never built for.

Command Goes Dark the Moment Pressure Peaks

Fragmented inputs delay command decisions. Commanders lose situational awareness exactly as downstream cost compounds.

Encrypted Messages That Stop at Agency Lines

Federal, state, and municipal responders run on incompatible systems. Communication that cannot cross agency boundaries is not protection.

No One Knows Where Their People Are

When workflows break under pressure, determining who is safe and where teams are takes manual effort, with lives on the line.

Adversaries Target the Response, Not Just the Incident

Nation-state actors monitor unencrypted emergency comms to predict response patterns or inject disinformation into the command chain.

BlackBerry Solution

Assured Operations Architecture for Emergency Response

Interconnected capabilities that keep communications trusted, personnel accounted for, and command coordinated when other systems fail.

BlackBerry SecuSUITE for Government

Responders stay connected on any network with no carrier exposure or SIM dependency. NSA CSfC encrypted voice, messaging, and files extend from the field to the command center.

BlackBerry AtHoc Networked Crisis Communications

Every status update, resource request, and alert flows through one governed platform. Bidirectional workflows confirm the right personnel received it.

BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Management

Device policy follows the operation. Push emergency configurations and execute remote wipe across thousands of field endpoints in real time, with no physical access required.

Real-Time Threat Intelligence

Adversarial manipulation is identified and isolated before it reaches the command chain. Network behavior is monitored continuously for compromise of communications infrastructure.

Cross-Agency Federation

Federal, state, and municipal responders work from one operational picture without shared infrastructure. Personnel see what their role allows. Commanders see everything.

Offline-Capable Secure Messaging

Communications that cannot be sent are queued, protected, and delivered the moment connectivity resumes. Cryptographic identity verification holds in fully disconnected environments.

Real-World Deployments

Proven Under the Conditions That Matter

Operational deployments where BlackBerry communications integrity determined outcomes.

U.S. Federal Agencies
Scalable Government Deployment
BlackBerry® AtHoc® used by 80 percent of U.S. federal government agencies

BlackBerry AtHoc is proven in high-complexity live deployments across agencies covering more than three quarters of the U.S. federal workforce. The platform has been stress-tested across geographies, event types, agency structures, and security classifications that no commercial alternative has been subjected to at equivalent scale.
Numerous
U.S. Federal agencies on unified command platform
 
NATO Alliance Secure Command Communications
 
BlackBerry® SecuSUITE® protecting voice communications across NATO member commands

BlackBerry SecuSUITE is approved for classified voice and messaging communications across NATO command structures. Deployed to maintain alliance coordination during joint exercises and active operations. Certified under NATO cryptographic requirements and operational in environments where commercial networks are considered compromised.
30+
NATO member nations with certified deployments
 
UK Home Office National Emergency Communications
 
Encrypted mobile communications for national policing and emergency services

BlackBerry SecuSUITE is deployed within the UK Home Office to deliver FIPS 140-2 validated encrypted communications to national law enforcement and emergency coordination teams. Used during major incident response across Category 1 and Category 2 responders under the Civil Contingencies Act framework. Meets UK NCSC standards for sensitive government communications.
 
FIPS
140-2 validated across all Home Office deployments
 
Canadian Federal Government
Cross-Agency Coordination
 
BlackBerry® UEM managing 175,000+ government devices under CCCS security standards

The Government of Canada selected BlackBerry UEM to manage and secure mobile devices across federal departments — including Public Safety Canada and Emergency Preparedness. The platform ensures consistent security policy enforcement, remote attestation, and rapid incident response across all managed endpoints. Certified by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
175K+
Federal devices under active management
 
U.S. Federal Agencies
CISA Validated Security
 
BlackBerry listed on CISA's Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation approved products list

BlackBerry solutions are validated and listed on CISA's CDM approved products list, enabling federal civilian agencies to deploy BlackBerry UEM and endpoint security as part of the federal zero-trust architecture mandate. Supports FedRAMP-certified cloud deployments and on-premise installations for air-gapped environments requiring the highest security classification.
CDM
CISA approved · FedRAMP certified
 
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Why BlackBerry

BlackBerry Secure Communications is The Mission-Critical Standard

Trusted by the U.S. federal workforce and more than 140 government and public safety agencies. The agencies that perform best in crisis know the right communication architecture for resilience.

BlackBerry AtHoc reaches over three quarters of the U.S. federal workforce

Used by every U.S. military branch, the majority of federal civilian agencies, and major public safety operations on every continent.

FedRAMP Class D (High)-certified for federal emergency operations

Cleared for the most sensitive U.S. government communications, alongside NSA CSfC, Common Criteria, and NATO Restricted. The combination no commercial platform matches.

Operational coordination, not just notification

BlackBerry AtHoc unifies alerts, accountability, integrated systems, and bidirectional field intelligence into one governed view. The answer to every status question is already there.

Mission continuity is a decision you make before the incident. Request a briefing today.

The agencies that perform best under crisis conditions build their communications architecture in advance, not under pressure. Talk to a BlackBerry government solutions specialist about validated deployment for your jurisdiction and threat model.