BlackBerry made a name for itself as a company that puts the mobile security of its users above all else, and now they are teaming up with Samsung in order to stay true to its creed.
The announcement was made during the IFA 2016 in Berlin, where the company unveiled that its cooperation with Samsung will bring on a "spy-proof" tablet specially crafted for the German government.
On the surface, the slate could be mistaken for a regular Samsung Galaxy Tab S2. However, under its hood sits a custom security card alongside advanced encryption and certification tools coded by BlackBerry's Secusmart. The features aim to keep all data from the SecuTABLET impervious to outsiders while also making it easy to transfer it between safe devices.
The German Federal Office already green-lighted the SecuTABLET. This means that the slate can be used with Information Security (BSI), as it complies with the security level "classified — for official use only" (VS-NfD).
All transfers of mobile data as well as information that is stationed on the tablet will benefit from encryption via Secusmart Security.
What is more, the tablet comes with mobile application management (MAM) technology, which plays nice with the Knox security package from Samsung. This will allow users to easily switch between personal and business apps on the same gadget while maintaining the elevated level of security required by the agencies that operate under the German government.
The leader of B2B Sales, IT & Mobile Communication at Samsung, Sascha Lekic, explains.
"Samsung Knox has allowed us to add an extra level of security to the use of Android on Samsung smartphones," he says.
By merging the best technology in security with the user-friendly Android, Samsung managed to craft one of the best mobile security solutions. He underlines that an outstanding example of this synergy is the SecuTABLET.
As you might have guessed from the title, the highly impenetrable variant of the Galaxy Tab S2 will be kept away from public availability, at least for the time being.
Secusmart is a BlackBerry subsidiary and a leading actor in building total solutions that protect businesses and public authorities from malicious eavesdropping. Secusmart does not only deal with encrypted governmental data, but it also protects agencies and organizations in charge of providing emergency services as well.
BlackBerry points out that it delivered the SecuSUITE solution for government security to more than 20 governments worldwide.
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