Samsung Galaxy Devices Get Important Security Clearance - bransonhisherecur

Samsung has just acceptable Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) approval for the Samsung Beetleweed Tabloid 10.1 WI-Fi, the 4G LTE-enabled Extragalactic nebula Tab 10.1 with Verizon, and the global version of the Galaxy S II smartphone.

FIPS is a U.S. government textbook certified through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The standard treats a certified device or application as a cryptologic module, and a FIPS certification means the modules meet strict security and interoperability standards. FIPS certification is required for many branches of the government and its contractors, as healthy as for confidential industries that collect and transmit Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) selective information.

"Samsung proactively sought FIPS certification to establish our current and potential government and business organisatio customers that we take their surety and interoperability needs seriously," said Cho BumCoo, a Samsung vice president, in a statement.

In summation to FIPS, Samsung recently took the wraps slay its own Samsung-Approved for Enterprise (SAFE) certification, which ensures that manipulable devices meet industry standards for security, also as support for enterprisingness technologies like Microsoft Commute.

This now means that U.S. government employees who require FIPS-enabled tablets to operate have another alternative besides BlackBerry PlayBooks, previously the only tablet on the market with FIPS, for the technically superior Extragalactic nebula Tab. It will also allow the similar employees and contractors to finally ditch their BlackBerries for a Samsung Galaxy S II. The iPhone and iPad presently coiffure not have FIPS approval, although Apple is working on that.

If you'rhenium in the business of getting government activity contracts or working for wellness care, legal, or financial industries, you may very well already be beaten with FIPS. FIPS-classified devices English hawthorn make up a prerequisite for being awarded a contract with the regime or any settled concerned about security.

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