PCTEL plans protected androida phone for TOP SECRET clearances-PC Magazine

PCTEL said Monday that the company has created a supply contract for the development of a strong Android phone that it will market the State bodies, whose officers have the permission of the "TOP SECRET".

The phone will be branded by the PCTEL protected, the partnership between the PCTEL and technologies for the design of the Eclipse, the companies said. A phone that will be shipped by an unnamed CHIEF, will contain a solution of ProsettaCore for thwarting the PCTEL various threats to the security of a mobile phone, the company said.

Protection will be supported by a combination of hardware and software, most likely a combination of SD card plugin and ' Advanced ' software, said Tony Kobrinetz, Vice President of technology and operations for PCTEL. Kobrinetz built before this Motorola Canopy system for wireless networks.

"The purpose of the joint venture is the protection of the Government level," says Kobrinetz, added that the decision will be Insomniâ as a secure solution for "Secret" and "TOP SECRET" classifications. When asked if the technology would FIPS compatible Kobrinetz demurred, saying only that it meets the requirements of the "full certification" of government agencies will sell the company. He would say which agencies, these are.

Up to that point on the RIM BlackBerry is de-facto standard for secure Smartphone, although a number of vendors of security software are come to add a layer of protection to Android and BlackBerry platforms. In February, for example, Kaspersky Mobile Security 9 starts, which adds remote NWA and remote delete functions, can you find on your phone. In May 2010, Symantec says that it will take these functions for phones and tablets like the iPad.

In the 21 century Middle-PCTEL used the most famous line of software modems, which the company used to replace the technology of fade 56-Kbit/s modem. Today, however, the company has developed specialized antenna solutions, test equipment and scanning receivers.

Kobrinetz also said that the PCTEL is developing "test script" is intended to go into "all Smartphone" and turn it into a remote listening device, as a means of demonstrating the threat unsecured phones may face. "We have a test script for testing of the final decision, which can go into the phone and it can prove the threat and the decision when we have th defense available," he said.

Kobrinetz says that the PCTEL plans for more than one secure phone, but that the first will run Android OS.

 

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