Adding to the in-built security features available on Blackberry smartphones, both Accumulate and Gemalto have added their own apps to the popular handheld device. Accumulate is focusing on the security of mobile payments amking use of the phone's authentication as well as a one time password generator for two factor authentication. Read more about Accumulate's OTP app for blackberry

Gemalto approaches Blackberry security from the point of view of access to corporate resources for remote workers with two-factor authentication based on network access control requirements as well as the company's one-time password app for the handheld device. Read more on Blackberry OTP for access to corporate resources

Another innovative application for Blackberry and Apple handhelds has been released by VMS vendor Genetec enabling surveillance operators, control centre personnel, key holders and other affected personnel to access video management system information remotely from their mobile phone. Read more about Genetec's Blackberry and Apple application for their video management system

The other side of the security coin for Blackberry users is laid out plainly by AVG in a survey conducted by them into awareness levels of corporate users of smart mobiles into security issues associated with their use with barely a third of surveyed users in the US having considered downloading protection software for their device. Read more about the AVG survey on smartphone security awareness