Verizon Wireless Receives 6-Month Federal Protective Service Contract Extension

BlackBerry (NYSE: BB) has chosen its cybersecurity division president, John Giamatteo, to serve as CEO and member of the board of directors. The announcement made on Monday comes as the company drops its plans to launch a subsidiary initial public offering of its Internet of Things business. Giamatteo was appointed as president of BlackBerry’s cybersecurity

Brian Robison, vice president of solutions strategy and chief evangelist at BlackBerry (NYSE: BB), said agencies should redirect their security initiatives toward people, apps and data to keep up and meet the needs of a mobile workforce. Robison wrote that securing apps and data starts with user identification and transitioning to a continuous authentication model

Michael Daniels, chairman of CACI International (NYSE: CACI), and Lisa Disbrow, board chair at LMI, has been appointed to lead two separate committees on BlackBerry‘s (NYSE: BB) board of directors. BlackBerry said Thursday that Daniels will succeed V. Prem Watsa as chair of the compensation, nomination and governance committee. Daniels also serves as a director