Software provides smartphone security functionality.
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Designed to meet security needs of federal government and financial services industry, Smartphone Security v7.3 supports Smartcard Login, which provides 2-factor authentication via integrated Bluetooth® card reader. SMS/MMS Supervisor delivers policy-controlled blocking of all incoming and outgoing messages. Using FIPS 140-2 validated data-at-rest encryption and smartphone resource controls, software eliminates risks associated with accidental or malicious data disclosure.
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Trust Digital Delivers New Smartphone Security Functionality Ideal for Federal Agencies and the Financial Industry
New Features Support Smartcard Login and Messaging Controls
MCLEAN, Va., July 25 /-- Trust Digital, the leading provider of enterprise smartphone security management software, today released Version 7.3 of its award-winning Smartphone Security software. Key enhancements in this release include Smartcard Login and Messaging Controls to meet the advanced security needs of the federal government and the financial services industry.
Smartphone security is an important extension of public and private sector security initiatives, requiring the same level of data protection placed on laptops, particularly as enterprise mobility expands to include open platform systems. However, smartphones represent a new challenge. These converged devices provide the same data functionality as laptops, but they are also relied upon for voice functionality, which must be unhampered by security measures.
To address the advanced security needs of federal agencies, mainly the DoD, and large financial service companies, Trust Digital's Messaging Control feature allows a supervisor to implement security policies on a variety of "open market" smartphones and PDAs. Functions such as text or multimedia messaging can be disabled for all incoming or outgoing messages. In addition to Messaging Control, Trust Digital's Version 7.3 includes Smartcard Login providing two-factor authentication via an integrated Bluetooth(R) card reader for simplified authentication. Like Messaging Control, Smartcard Login is a critical security feature and is required by all federal agencies.
Features of the new Smartphone Security Version 7.3 release include:
-- Smartcard Login (SCL): Provides two-factor authentication via an integrated Bluetooth card reader for simplified and enhanced user-to-device, device-to-network and device-to-application authentication.
-- Common Access Card (CAC) Reader: Supports integrated CAC reader for Windows Mobile(R) smartphones and PDAs via a secure Bluetooth connection with interface controls hidden from the user.
-- SMS/MMS Supervisor: Enforces supervision requirements on carrier-based text and multimedia messaging by policy-controlled blocking of all incoming and outgoing messages.
-- IP Communications Manager with On-Device Firewall: Supervises IP traffic to/from the smartphone for email, IM, and web browsing, and leverages existing enterprise content-filtering and supervision mechanisms in the datacenter.
Smartphone Security Version 7.3 from Trust Digital builds upon customer production experience to deliver an umbrella security management solution that simplifies the deployment of advanced security capabilities by seamlessly integrating with existing IT infrastructures -- including Microsoft Active Directory, email synchronization platforms, mobile device management solutions and antivirus products.
This release is the only SCL-enabled smartphone solution for mobile email available today that does not require sending email via a Network Operations Center. The new software release provides two-factor authentication of smartphone users enabling them to digitally sign and/or encrypt email messages. The policy-based software eliminates the risks associated with accidental or malicious data disclosure using FIPS 140-2 validated data-at-rest encryption (AES 128/196/256 and Triple DES) and smartphone resource controls. This on-device security software identifies smartphones as they access a network and requires the devices to authenticate, register and pass policy-based compliance verification before gaining network access to Microsoft(R) Exchange and other applications.
Smartphone Security Version 7.3 provides centralized management of devices, security policies, and applications, including over-the-air (OTA) software deployments and updates. Reporting capabilities provide a real-time and historical view of device compliance status and email sync activity. These reports furnish the IT staff with a facility for performance monitoring to meet regulatory requirements during IT audits.
COMMENTARY
"Trust Digital Smartphone Security v7.3 addresses Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12, which is driving all federal agencies to implement a system of smartcards that deliver a common, two-factor authentication method for physical doors, computers and smartphones in all federal buildings," said Dan Dearing, vice president of product management and marketing, Trust Digital. "Our customers have sophisticated security needs and our latest version of software addresses their needs while also providing a centrally managed solution that reduces total cost of ownership, enables the adoption of open-market smartphones and provides a superior user experience."
MULTIMEDIA SUPPORT
-- Learn about security management for smartphones
(http://www.trustdigital.com/products/)
-- See the complete list of smartphones supported by Trust Digital
(http://www.trustdigital.com/products/supported_Smartphones.asp)
-- Receive Phone Factory Smartphone Certification Updates
(http://www.trustdigital.com/products/phone_updates.asp)
-- Secure your phone today (http://www.trustdigital.com/company/form.asp)
About Trust Digital
Trust Digital is the leading provider of smartphone security management software for securing enterprise data that resides at the edge of the network where smartphones and PDAs have access to corporate information. By implementing Trust Digital's policy-based software solution, corporations eliminate the regulatory and financial risks associated with the accidental or malicious disclosure of data. Recipient of the 2007 SC Magazine Award for Best Mobile Device Security Solution, Trust Digital's customer base includes Government and Global 2000 organizations. For more information, please visit our website, www.trustdigital.com/.
