| App secures Windows Mobile devices and their data |
Oct. 16, 2006
 Utimaco Safeware has introduced a suite of data security products aimed at protecting digital information in fixed and mobile computers, including Windows Mobile handhelds. SafeGuard PDA supports the latest security standards and protocols, and includes pre-boot authentication that can protect a device against unauthorized use, according to the company.
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Utimaco says that SafeGuard PDA provides complete encryption of the entire storage capacity of the mobile device. Additionally, it protects outgoing email attachments with a self-extracting, passphrase-protected capability, the company says.
In the event of a lost or stolen device, all data is protected in all power, the company claims. "Even if a hard drive is removed from its host unit, the resident data is locked behind an impenetrable shield," Utimaco says.
"In Chicago alone, taxi drivers recently reported that during a six-month period, 21,460 PDA's and Pocket PCs were accidentally left behind in their cabs," the company notes.
Key features of SafeGuard PDA, as listed by the company, include:- Security capabilities:
- Secure user authentication
- Alternatively via password, symbol or numeric PIN, biometric
signature, or fingerprint (for IPAQ 555x/27xx)
- x.509 certificate logon via certgate smartcard MMC
- Organization-specific password rules
- Increasing delay time with increasing number of false tries
- Alarm sound or complete memory erase in case a definable
threshold of false tries is exceeded
- Secure screen saver
- Device lockdown functions securing the configuration
- Optional central blocking of infrared port, Bluetooth, WLAN,
autorun, memory card, or phone functionality
- Configurable prevention of ActiveSync with non-company
devices
- Encryption capabilities:
- PIM databases (calendar, contacts, tasks, email/SMS) – fully
transparent at run-time on Windows Mobile
- Files in local RAM, flash FileStore
- All current storage card formats
- GSM voice encryption without additional hardware components
via GSMK CryptoPhone
- Encryption compatible to SafeGuard PrivateDisk and SafeGuard
PrivateCrypto, exchange of encrypted data between PDA and
PC via email or memory card
Additionally, for Windows Mobile PDA phones, the app provides an option for a GSM SIM lock that prevents unauthorized change of SIM card, the company says.
Utimaco also offers a management application for SafeGuard PDA, said to provide centralized administration, including remote provisioning as well as easy policy management and IT maintenance.
SafeGuard PDA encryption software is currently available in both Enterprise and Personal editions, for smartphones and PDAs based on Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 2003, as well as for Palm OS and Symbian OS devices, according to the company. A free-trial download version is available on the company's website.
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