PHONE FACTORY Rapidly Delivers Security Support for the Newest Smartphones Using Operating Systems from Palm, Windows Mobile and Symbian
McLean, VA, – June. 27, 2007 – Trust Digital, the leading provider of smartphone security and mobility management software, today announced the formal launch of the company’s Phone Factory delivering uniform smartphone feature certification. This innovative approach to smartphone certification, the first in the industry, rapidly extends security and management support to new devices introduced by handset OEMs and mobile operators.
The Phone Factory tests and certifies a common set of security features, which is essential to IT security administrators who are providing support to a mobile workforce utilizing a variety of smartphones. The smartphones certified through the Phone Factory meet the highest requirements for security with Trust Digital’s easy-to-implement security management facilities utilizing policy based data-at-rest encryption, device resource controls (e.g. Bluetooth, camera, WiFi), SMS blocking, application controls, device IP firewall and IP proxy. All of these features provide a consistent and reliable security policy enforcement platform that is visualized and managed from a centralized console from which smartphones can be monitored, tracked, managed and ultimately remotely wiped if necessary by an organization’s IT staff.
On a monthly basis, the company selects the most popular smartphones for Phone Factory certification. A dedicated team of software developers and test engineers oversees the Phone Factory process which takes approximately one month to certify each phone.
As part of the Phone Factory launch, seven of the hottest-selling smartphones using Palm, Windows Mobile and Symbian operating systems were certified and can now be encrypted to protect data on the devices using the company’s software. In total, Trust Digital offers protection to more than 25 of the most popular smartphones from Motorola, HP, HTC, Nokia, Palm, and Samsung that are serviced and sold by the top wireless carriers in the USA including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon.
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Smartphones recently certified by the Phone Factory include:
- Dash (T-Mobile)
- HP 6925 (AT&T)
- HTC 8525 (AT&T)
- Motorola Q (Sprint)
- Nokia E62 (AT&T)
- Symbol MC70 (AT&T)
- Samsung Blackjack (AT&T)
COMMENTARY
“Trust Digital supports a large array of smartphone devices and multiple operating systems. Now customers who require the full complement of security management and enforcement features have more device choices -- all of which operate in a standardized mobile environment,” said Dan Dearing, vice president of marketing for Trust Digital. “This framework for managed choice enables CIOs to successfully balance the user’s desire for the latest and greatest smartphone with the complexity of securing and managing devices that vendors are rapidly enhancing with new software and hardware features.”
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About Trust Digital
Trust Digital is the leading provider of smartphone security management software, securing enterprise data that resides at the edge of the network where smartphones and PDAs have access to corporate information. By implementing Trust Digital’s policy-based software solution, corporations eliminate the regulatory and financial risks associated with the accidental or malicious disclosure of data. Recently receiving the 2007 SC Magazine Award for Best Mobile Device Security Solution, Trust Digital’s customer base includes Government and Global 2000 organizations. For more information, please visit our website, www.trustdigital.com.