SEOUL,
May 03 (Yonhap) - The Galaxy S4, the flagship of Samsung Electronics
Co. smartphone, has been certified by the U.S. and German governments
for his safety, has said Friday's giant South Korean agency Bloomberg news and The Wall Street Journal.
"The Galaxy S4 officially obtained the certificate of security the U.S. Department of Defense," said a senior official of Samsung Electronics. The Pentagon has approved this Thursday (Washington time) access to its internal computer network from the Galaxy S4, with security software Knox.
The latest model of the range Galaxy S became the first smartphone running Android to obtain the safety certificate from the Pentagon. He had so far approved only the old model of Blackberry for his safety.
Security software Knox played an important role for this approval. This solution allows a smartphone to two uses, private and professional, and at the same time significantly reduce the problems related to security by separating business data private data.
Knox is also able to block the installation of unauthorized and delete data remotely in the event of loss of the device application. To develop this solution, Samsung has hired security experts, including a senior Blackberry, and worked with the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States.
This certification by the Pentagon help the South Korean giant to conquer the smartphone market for professional use, especially among governmental organizations, financial institutions and law firms, a stickler for safety. The Department of Defense has also approved the BlackBerry 10 and PlayBook tablet PC and could give the green light to the iPhone of Apple Inc. in the course of this month. In addition, German Chancellor Angela Merkel could soon use a Samsung smartphone. Indeed, it was announced today that Samsung smartphones provide 5000 the German government has certified the quality and safety devices of the Korean society.
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the German Ministry of the Interior has recently selected the Galaxy S2 and S3 and Blackberry Z10 to distribute these devices to the official German government.
The Galaxy S2 and S3 will be provided to the German government will be equipped with a security solution developed by T-Systems, a subsidiary of German mobile phone operator Deutsche Telekom.
"The Galaxy S4 officially obtained the certificate of security the U.S. Department of Defense," said a senior official of Samsung Electronics. The Pentagon has approved this Thursday (Washington time) access to its internal computer network from the Galaxy S4, with security software Knox.
The latest model of the range Galaxy S became the first smartphone running Android to obtain the safety certificate from the Pentagon. He had so far approved only the old model of Blackberry for his safety.
Security software Knox played an important role for this approval. This solution allows a smartphone to two uses, private and professional, and at the same time significantly reduce the problems related to security by separating business data private data.
Knox is also able to block the installation of unauthorized and delete data remotely in the event of loss of the device application. To develop this solution, Samsung has hired security experts, including a senior Blackberry, and worked with the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States.
This certification by the Pentagon help the South Korean giant to conquer the smartphone market for professional use, especially among governmental organizations, financial institutions and law firms, a stickler for safety. The Department of Defense has also approved the BlackBerry 10 and PlayBook tablet PC and could give the green light to the iPhone of Apple Inc. in the course of this month. In addition, German Chancellor Angela Merkel could soon use a Samsung smartphone. Indeed, it was announced today that Samsung smartphones provide 5000 the German government has certified the quality and safety devices of the Korean society.
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and the German Ministry of the Interior has recently selected the Galaxy S2 and S3 and Blackberry Z10 to distribute these devices to the official German government.
The Galaxy S2 and S3 will be provided to the German government will be equipped with a security solution developed by T-Systems, a subsidiary of German mobile phone operator Deutsche Telekom.
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