BBM Enterprise uses FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic libraries to ensure that it satisfies the security requirements for protecting unclassified information as defined by the Federal Information Processing Standards.

BBM Enterprise uses ECC because it offers significant advantages over the most widely used alternative, RSA. BlackBerry uses the ECC implementation that is offered by Certicom, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of BlackBerry. Certicom has been developing standards-based cryptography for over 25 years. Certicom is the acknowledged worldwide leader in ECC, offering the most security per bit of any known public key scheme. For example, a 160-bit ECC key and a 1024-bit RSA key offer a similar level of security. A 512-bit ECC key provides the same level of security as a 15,360-bit RSA key.