09:18 AM EDT, 04/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) on Tuesday announced the general availability of Cylance Assistant, a generative AI cybersecurity advisor for organizations.

Cylance Assistant brings together advanced capabilities that leverage the power of Cylance AI, providing "easy-to-understand insights delivered on-demand" to "fortify" cyber resilience, Blackberry said in a statement.

Cylance Assistant "helps thwart more threats and empowers your staff to make quicker, more informed decisions, catapulting your security operations to new heights," Shiladitya Sircar, a BlackBerry senior vice president, said in the statement. "Cylance Assistant understands context because it knows where you are in your investigation, reducing time spent identifying and remediating risks in a single platform without incurring additional costs for the service."