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G&D Supplies Vodafone with SIM Card-Based Communication Encryption [ICT Monitor Worldwide](ICT Monitor Worldwide Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Vodafone Germany is to offer secured communications services to its corporate and public sector customers through a platform being supplied by Giesecke Devrient (G D). G&D's secure SIM Data encrypts and signs emails, documents, data carriers, and VPN connections. This is the second product for securing mobile communication that Vodafone has brought out in collaboration with its security partner G&D. The existing solution has been providing Vodafone customers with secure login access to corporate networks and the data cloud for some time now - there, too, G&D's latest SIM technology provided the key. "We created Vodafone Secure SIM Data as a simple, cost-efficient and above all secure value-added service based on the Vodafone SIM card for the telecommunications group's corporate customers. It regulates access to sensitive data while also protecting mobile data communication effectively against attack," says Carsten Ahrens, Group Senior Vice President, Server Software and Services (3S) division. Unlike the majority of products that are already available, this solution does not require users to possess separate smartcards or security tokens. The digital private key and corresponding certificates are securely stored on the SIM in the user's notebook or tablet, eliminating the need for additional hardware such as card readers etc. Secure SIM Data encrypts emails and documents in such a way that they are unreadable to unauthorized third parties. The customer simply enters a PIN in order to encrypt and add a signature as well as to decrypt their communication. The solution uses the widespread S/MIME encryption program for email exchanges, and in the future, encryption via PGP will also be possible. Users also have the option to authenticate emails in order to verify origins and that email content remains unaltered. Besides electronic data traffic, the solution can also be used to encrypt storage media such as USB sticks or hard drives. This ensures, for instance, that a sales representative's confidential contract paperwork remains protected against unauthorized access even in the event of theft or loss of the notebook. Provided by Syndigate.info, an Albawaba.com company (c) 2014 All rights reserved. Albawaba.com |