Spying on Mobile: Are WhatsApp and Signal Secure Enough for Confidential or Secret Communications?

Interview with David Wiseman, Vice President, Secure Communications, BlackBerry Check out this week's episode of Vanguard Radio. Host, J. Richard Jones, sits down for an illuminating conversation with David Wiseman, Vice President, Secure Communications, BlackBerry. With over 25 years of experience, his expertise spans software, security, mobility, and communications, honed through roles at BlackBerry, IBM, SAP, Sybase, and the US Navy. David holds a bachelor's in computer science from the University of Mary Washington and an MBA from UNC Chapel Hill. Early in his career, he contributed to developing groundbreaking technologies, including the world's first large-scale environmental geo-spatial database for NASA and radar data fusion software for shipboard systems with the US Navy. BlackBerry provides enterprises and governments the intelligent software and services that power the world around us. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company's high-performance foundational software enables major automakers and industrial giants alike to unlock transformative applications, drive new revenue streams and launch innovative business models, all without sacrificing safety, security, and reliability. With a deep heritage in Secure Communications, BlackBerry delivers operational resiliency with a comprehensive, highly secure, and extensively certified portfolio for mobile fortification, mission-critical communications, and critical events management. The company is also a pioneer in leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions to its customers. In this episode: US telecom network hacks in the run up to the US election New and emerging hacking tactics What vulnerabilities have been exposed? What implications does this have for telecom service providers in other countries? What are the implications for national security? How does BlackBerry protect calls, texts, messages and files? And more!

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Spying on Mobile: Are WhatsApp and Signal Secure Enough for Confidential or Secret Communications? is an episode from The Vanguard Podcast by Terri Pavelic.

This episode is 12:43 long.

This episode was published on Jan 27, 2025.

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