Security issues: Resolution in sight?

Research In Motion (RIM) is taking steps to allay security concerns raised by the UAE, a report appearing on Yahoo Finance said last night.

RIM is reported to have issued a statement in which it said it respected both the regulatory requirements of government and the security and privacy needs of corporations and consumers.

The report said RIM met with UAE authorities and offered to give them the information they need to monitor BlackBerry services.

"After some persuasion, the [BlackBerry] representative agreed that they can provide the Metadata of the message ie the IP address of the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) and PIN & IMEI of the BlackBerry mobile," internal notes from the meeting reveal, the Yahoo Finance report said.

"The concerned internet service provider can also tell the location of the services as well. From this information, the security agencies can easily locate the BES and obtain the decrypted message. They also stated that they have a set-up to help the security agencies in tracking the messages in which security agencies are interested in," the report said.