Security News > 2011 > April > PCTEL Plans Secure Android Phone for 'Top Secret' Clearances
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383072,00.asp By Mark Hachman PC Mag April 4, 2011 PCTEL said Monday that the company had established a supply agreement for the development of a secure Android phone that it will market to government agencies whose employees have "Top Secret" clearance. The phone will be branded by PCTEL Secure, the partnership between PCTEL and Eclipse Design Technologies, the companies said. The phone, which will be supplied by an unnamed ODM, will contain PCTEL's ProsettaCore solution for thwarting various threats to cell phone security, the company said. Security will be maintained by a combination of hardware and software, most likely the combination of a plugin SD card and "extensive" software, said Tony Kobrinetz, the vice president of technology and operations for PCTEL. Kobrinetz previously built Motorola's Canopy wireless networking system. "The purpose of the joint venture is government-level security," Kobrinetz said, adding that the solution will be pitched as a secure solution for "Secret" and "Top Secret" classifications. When asked if the technology would be FIPS compliant, Kobrinetz demurred, saying only that it would meet the "full certification" requirements of the government agencies the company would sell to. He would not say which agencies those were. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/