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title: "SecureWorld Keynote Speaker Featured by NBC News: \"Why BlackBerry Messenger is App of Choice for Cartels and Governments\""
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# [SecureWorld Keynote Speaker Featured by NBC News: "Why BlackBerry Messenger is App of Choice for Cartels and Governments"](https://www.secureworld.io/press-room/secureworld-keynote-speaker-featured-nbc-news-why-blackberry-messenger-app-choice-cartels-governments)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/press-room/author/secureworld-news-team) | January 13, 2016 • 4:00 PM

*If there was any doubt about the quality of the topics and speakers featured at SecureWorld events, just know they're getting global media coverage from NBC News. In an article on encryption and the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) App this week, the outlet interviewed [Robert Bigman](https://www.secureworldexpo.com/content/robert-bigman), former CISO of the CIA, and featured Keynote Speaker at SecureWorld Denver last fall.*

[**Click here**](https://www.secureworldexpo.com/secureworld-keynote-speaker-featured-nbc-news) to read the entire article.

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