New Secusmart tablet delivers high security -- at high cost

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A new tablet from BlackBerry subsidiary Secusmart will offer a highly-secure alternative to iPads, at a premium price.
Secusmart teamed up with Samsung and IBM to the develop the SecuTABLET for highly-regulated and security-conscious public sector markets, due out this summer.
The tablet is built on Samsung's Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and Secusmart, a German voice and data security company specializing in enhanced encryption and protection from electronic eavesdropping. Secusmart was purchased by BlackBerry in 2014.

IBM provides secure app wrapping technology for the SecuTABLET and assistance to implement Secusmart technologies within the infrastructures of government-sector clients. Secured corporate apps can run alongside unsecured consumer apps such as YouTube or Facebook.
It's unclear if the tablet will run on Android or the BlackBerry 10 operating system, however, a BlackBerry spokesperson said she believed it would be an Android tablet. Secusmart wasn't immediately available to comment for further clarification.

The SecuTABLET is undergoing a certification process to be used within German government agencies and is expected to be adopted there once completed, BlackBerry said. It's BlackBerry's first foray into the tablet market since the PlayBook, which sold poorly after its launch in 2011.