Smart phones are in professionally set up now increasingly mission-critical data to find - mostly unprotected. By Certgate Protector allows data to Windows Mobile devices to protect against unauthorized access and disable phone features.
Actually, in many companies in terms of security is a consistent approach so far. Needless to say, the network against external attacks is equipped with a firewall, connections to the LAN will be realized only through VPN or SSH. The internal servers and PCs are equipped with adequate security software and web access from the LAN to the internet running through a proxy. The employees with notebooks typically use an encryption solution. Meanwhile, however, people usually use mobile smartphones, which also can accommodate mission-critical data. These are often not integrated into a coherent security policy. The loss, have the data stored on these devices, but can also have dramatic consequences. Not for nothing is in dispute with senior staff, the use of appropriate equipment.
The Nuremberg Certgate company has developed with the Protector Certgate a security solution for smartphones. Hence, data encryption and e-mails on your smartphone. In addition, you can perform certain functions such as Bluetooth, disable ActiveSync USB or automatic updates. The security solution works as follows: Windows Mobile consists of the Windows CE kernel, is built around which the mobile operating system. From this structure in turn, from programming to go around to Bluetooth, the user interface or the GSM stack. Here, without prejudice to any of Certgate developed and integrated in the solution kernel protector type: After the reliable activation by the user, he lies like a protective shield around the Windows CE kernel and prevents manipulation of the device configuration. The security level is set individually.
Base of the Certgate Protector is a MicroSD card. This incorporates an integrated crypto processor with Certification EAL 4 (Evaluation Assurance Level). This processor generates digital key pairs (RSA 2048 bits) and stores them. The data stored on the smart card certificates and keys used to encrypt the entire user data. Thus the data are reliably protected even under loss of the device against unauthorized scanning. Moreover, they are used for encrypting and signing e-mails and to access a secured network (VPN) or a protected website (SSL). So far, the solution Certgate devices from Windows Mobile 6.1 support, an update on the planned version 6.5 is planned for September.
