Secure Communications in Embedded Systems with Ismael Valenzuela and John Wall

Feb 6, 2025 by SED

BlackBerry is a Canadian company known for its pivotal role in the smartphone market during the 2000s. Today, BlackBerry has adopted a major focus on cybersecurity.

John Wall is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Products, Engineering and Services at QNX, which is a division of BlackBerry. Ismael Valenzuela is the former Vice President of Threat Research and Intelligence at BlackBerry, where he led threat research, intelligence, and defensive innovation. John and Ismael join the podcast to talk about cybersecurity at Blackberry, including secure communications in embedded systems.

Gregor Vand is a security-focused technologist, and is the founder and CTO of Mailpass. Previously, Gregor was a CTO across cybersecurity, cyber insurance and general software engineering companies. He has been based in Asia Pacific for almost a decade and can be found via his profile at vand.hk.