Samsung and Sectra in cooperation for secure smartphone for European governments
Linkoping, Sweden – September 22, 2015 - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Sectra (STO: SECT B), a leading European provider of secure mobile solutions, have entered a technical partnership to integrate the Samsung KNOX™ platform in Sectra’s solution for secure smartphone communication. A first delivery of the next-generation secure smartphone, which is the result of this cooperation, is currently being rolled out to a European defense organization.
There is increasing demand within security-conscious sectors for a smartphone that provides full usability, without compromising on security. Sectra’s encryption solution for smartphones, Sectra Tiger®/R, is a response to this demand, enabling the use of smartphones to securely communicate classified information over mobile networks. It is designed for use at the RESTRICTED security classification level.
"Through the cooperation with Samsung and the integration of Samsung KNOX in our Tiger solution, we have combined our expertise in encryption technology and Samsung’s advanced knowledge in platform security," says Michael Bertilsson, President of Sectra Communications. "This strategic cooperation with Samsung allows us to focus on meeting our users’ needs in terms of communications security, availability, and mobility in an environment where new threats against smartphones appear on an increasing basis.”
The partnership enables Sectra to enhance the Sectra Tiger/R solution with the Samsung KNOX comprehensive smartphone security platform. While Sectra’s hardware-based encryption ensures communication security, Samsung KNOX ensures the integrity of the device, substantially reducing vulnerability to malicious applications and tampering.
“Sectra is one of the pioneers in mobile voice encryption, with 20 years’ experience of mastering mobile secure communication systems,” says Björn Hansen, Sales Director Telecom at Samsung Electronics. “Through close cooperation between the development teams behind Samsung KNOX and Sectra Tiger/R, we are making the technology available to users who were not previously able to benefit from it.”
Watch a video on the solution: communications.sectra.com/security-solutions/tigers-r
About Sectra Tiger/R
With Sectra Tiger/R, all voice and text information is encrypted all the way from one smartphone to another, allowing users to securely exchange sensitive information by encrypted calls and text messages. Hardware-based protection for encryption keys guarantees the very high security level. At the same time, Sectra Tiger/R provides users with a simple and flexible security solution that enables them to also use the smartphone services to which they are accustomed, such as making calls to standard, unprotected telephones, e-mails, photos, surfing on the Internet and using social network services, provided they have been approved by the user organization.
Sectra Tiger/R is a further development of Sectra’s previous solution for smartphones – Panthon. Panthon is approved by the Dutch national security agency, EU and NATO up to and including the RESTRICTED security classification level.
For further information, please contact:
Michael Bertilsson, President Sectra Communications AB, tel 46 (0)708 23 52 25
Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO, Sectra AB, Tel: 46 46 (0) 13 23 52 27
For further information and contact with Samsung, please contact:
Tobias Bjarnelid, Product Manager B2B Samsung Nordic, Tel: 46 (0)70 656 21 01
Jacob Birkeland, Public Affairs Advisor Samsung Nordic Tel: 46 (0)70 955 66 54
About Sectra
Within the business area Secure Communications, Sectra has operations in Sweden, the Netherlands and Finland, developing and providing effective security solutions for European government authorities, defense departments and other critical functions of society. These security solutions ensure that organizations and individual users can meet their continuous need for secure communication. Sectra’s solutions are approved at national levels and by the EU and NATO, and pave the way for communications that lead to a secure and stable world.
Sectra was founded in 1978 and has its roots in Linköping University in Sweden. The Group’s business operation includes cutting-edge products and services within the niche segments of secure communication and medical IT. Sectra has subsidiaries in 14 countries and operates through partners worldwide. Sales in the 2014/2015 fiscal year totaled SEK 961 million. The Sectra share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For further information, visit http://www.sectra.com
About Samsung
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies, redefining the worlds of TVs, smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, cameras, digital appliances, printers, medical equipment, network systems, and semiconductor and LED solutions. We are also leading in the Internet of Things space through, among others, our Smart Home and Digital Health initiatives. We employ 307,000 people across 84 countries with annual sales of USD $196 billion.
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