WATCHDOX BY BLACKBERRY NAMED A LEADER IN ENTERPRISE FILE SYNC AND SHARE FOR HYBRID SOLUTIONS

WATCHDOX BY BLACKBERRY NAMED A LEADER IN ENTERPRISE FILE SYNC AND SHARE
FOR HYBRID SOLUTIONS

Singapore,
SG – April 27, 2016 – BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY; TSX: BB),
a global leader in secure mobile communications, today announced that it has
been named a “Leader” in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise File Sync And Share
Platforms, Hybrid Solutions, Q2 2016. Forrester Research, Inc. evaluated
WatchDox by BlackBerry along with offerings from nine other of the most significant
EFSS vendors. The WatchDox solution scored among the highest in 17 of the 37
criteria evaluated by Forrester, including Architecture, Security Capabilities,
Scalability, File Access, External Sharing, Rights Management, MDM/EMM support,
Mobile Protection and Technology Strategy.

According to Forrester Research, “BlackBerry
embraces secure file sharing with its software-centric renewal strategy.
BlackBerry’s acquisition of WatchDox in 2015 launches it into the collaboration
market as it evolves into a platform for secure business communication. BlackBerry
shows particular strength in the security criteria for EFSS, with integrated
rights management, watermarking for confidential items, and mobile protection.”

“The Forrester EFSS Wave 2016
validates that enterprises can rely on BlackBerry when securely handling all
their sensitive documents internally and externally,” said Billy Ho, Executive
Vice President, Enterprise Product and Value Added Solutions, BlackBerry. “We
are pleased to be listed as a leader in the EFSS solutions market, showing that
our strategy of ensuring the highest levels of security and personal privacy is
helping enterprises to be more productive while protecting their corporate
assets.”

WatchDox by
BlackBerry stands out from other vendors in the EFSS space for its rich
security and collaboration features. WatchDox is known for its document
encryption controls based on digital rights management (DRM), extensive data
protection and security capabilities including policy enforcements, role-based
access control, and extensive secure content editing capabilities that allow
for productive collaboration. WatchDox by BlackBerry offers the most secure
EFSS solution, with content security capabilities that are Federal Information
Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 certified by the U.S. government and utilise best-in-class AES 256-bit
encryption for data-at-rest and data-in-transit.

Built to
meet the needs of enterprises with the highest security requirements, WatchDox
by BlackBerry also offers flexibility in deployment models including
on-premise and hosted
solutions. WatchDox Connectors extend existing file repositories, making them
available through the WatchDox interface, outside the company firewall and protected
by DRM. This enables employees to easily collaborate with external contacts on
their existing asset libraries and avoids having to duplicate files in the
cloud.

WatchDox
allows users to access documents from PC and Mac desktops, tablets, and
smartphones, giving employees the flexibility to work across locations and be
productive no matter where they are. Users and administrators can also track
and audit who is accessing files and they have the ability to revoke access or
delete files remotely. This gives organisations full visibility and control over
how files are viewed, edited, copied, printed or forwarded.

With
WatchDox being also part of the Good Secure EMM Suites, BlackBerry provides the
industry’s most comprehensive mobile security platform, and is the only vendor
to offer cross-platform device management, secure and encrypted voice, text,
messaging and enterprise file-sync-and-share solutions in one EMM portfolio.

[1] Forrester Research, Inc.
” The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise File Sync And Share Platforms, Hybrid
Solutions, Q2 2016, ” by Cheryl McKinnon, April 26, 2016.