General Dynamics C4 Systems has announced that their Sectéra Edge mobile phone has been certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) for voice communications classified up to the Top Secret level and access to email and web-sites classified at the Secret level and below.
"The smartphone interfaces with the U.S. Department of Defense Public Key Infrastructure using the government’s standard Common Access Card. Information stored in the Sectéra Edge is protected using data-at-rest encryption.
Developed under the NSA Secure Mobile Environment/Portable Electronic Device (SME PED) program, the Sectéra Edge smartphone is compliant with the Secure Communication Interoperability Protocol (SCIP), enabling secure interoperability with SCIP devices including the Secure Telephone Equipment (STE) and existing Sectéra phones and terminals. The smartphone is also compliant with the High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability Specification (HAIPE® IS) for secure interoperability with in-line encryption devices, including TACLANE® encryptors, that secure information on the U.S. Government’s Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet)."
Editor's note: Remind anyone of their "crackberry"?
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