We are pleased to share that Wickr has been acquired by Amazon and is now part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team. We’re proud to have created highly trusted, secure communication solutions for messaging, video conferencing, file sharing, and more. From our founding ten years ago, we have grown to serve organizations across a wide range of industries, all over the world. Together with AWS, we look forward to taking our solutions to the next level for our customers and partners. Learn more here →
The Air Force awarded a contract potentially worth $35 million to Wickr, a secure communications platform provider, the Defense Department announced June 1. Under the two-year contract, the Air Force will use Wickr’s secure recall, alert and messaging services. The cloud-based application suite will provide end-to-end encrypted file, video, chat, text
“There is absolutely nothing that compares to using and monitoring real world deployments,” Joel Wallenstrom, CEO of secure messaging app Wickr told FedScoop in an email. “Taking the initiative to get 5G deployed and to run services on these deployments is the king of proactivity we need.” Read more…
“The COVID-19 pandemic and associated upsurge in remote working has expanded the threat landscape for all enterprises. The security of communications and collaboration tools is a hot topic, with online conferencing tools being among the relatively few beneficiaries of the pandemic.” Read more…
“A new report from encryption platform Wickr infers that businesses operating in countries whose governments support contact tracing are turning to more secure forms of communication to avoid government overreach.” Read more…
“Nations whose governments pursue a centralized model of contact tracing are more likely to see a massive surge in citizens adopting privacy-enhancing technologies — in some cases by a factor of 10x or more, according to messaging security firm Wickr.” Read more…
Joel Wallenstrom, a longtime white-hat hacker who is now CEO and president of Wickr, an encrypted communication app, told Fox News he used to offer cybersecurity advice to campaigns for free after finding actual vulnerabilities in their websites. “Nobody ever, ever responded,” he added. “We were always kind of perplexed by
Our CEO, Joel Wallenstrom, was featured on TechStrong TV with Alan Shimel to discuss the state of cybersecurity in the upcoming elections. Watch video…
“The NSA’s highest marks went to Facebook’s WhatsApp, Signal (whose code WhatsApp uses), and rival chat app Wickr. Some of the grading criteria: Does the service use end-to-end encryption, which blocks eavesdroppers and snoops? Does it have multi-factor authentication, an option that securely locks down user accounts? Is the technology
“It was just a matter of time before security and transparency issues with videoconferencing platforms came to light, says Wickr CEO.” Read more…
CEOs of some tech companies working with the Air Force say work continues on, or even ahead of, schedule. Despite operating the very type of small businesses most susceptible to the economic damage caused by the disruption of the coronavirus, the CEOs told FedScoop work with the Air Force is moving forward
A brigade of paratroopers deployed in early January to the Middle East in the wake of mounting tensions with Iran has been asked by its leadership to use two encrypted messaging applications on government cell phones. The use of the encrypted messaging applications Signal and Wickr by the 82nd Airborne’s Task
Facebook’s Messenger service is not yet end-to-end encrypted by default, despite the bold promises CEO Mark Zuckerberg made last March. While the move would give Facebook Messenger’s one billion users access to significantly more secure communications, it isn’t going to happen any time soon, according to Wired. The reason for this is surprising: