<p>TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd has received a coveted security clearance that paves the way for U.S. government agencies to use its systems to manage and secure Android- and iOS-powered devices operating on their internal networks, the smartphone maker said on Wednesday.</p><p>The company's Secure Work Space offering now has Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certification.</p><p>Secure Work Space fences off corporate email, calendar, contacts, tasks, memos, browsing and document editing from personal apps and content on smartphone and tablet devices that run on either Apple Inc's iOS platform and Google Inc's market-dominating Android operating system.</p><p>The system, introduced last year, could mean BlackBerry can sell its high-margin services to large, security-conscious government and corporate clients even if many or all of their employees are using smartphones made by the company's competitors.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/26/us-blackberry-fipscertification-idUSBREA2P0Z120140326">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/blackberry-gets-us-clearance-for-security-solution/article17677213/">BlackBerry gets US government clearance for e-mail software</a> (The Globe and Mail)</p><p><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/blackberry-gets-u-s-security-certification-for-its-new-business-software-1.1746963">BlackBerry gets US security certification for its new business software</a> (CTV News)</p><p><a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/industries/2014/03/26/blackberry-gets-us-clearance-for-security-solution/">BlackBerry Gets US Clearance For Security Solution</a> (Fox Business)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dWW7EyHbNEzX43MCeRSV2BobZxWxM&authuser=0&ned=us">54 additional articles.</a></p>