[guardian-dev] Vodaphone Encrypted Phone

[Lee Azzarello]

This might be the collaboration with Cryptophone. Not sure.

-lee

On Tuesday, March 11, 2014, ShootAKite at riseup.net <ShootAKite at riseup.net>
wrote:

> I saw Vodaphone's new encrypted phone which stores digital private keys
> and corresponding certificates on a SIM card.  SIM cards have very
> limited storage capacity so not a great place to store a private key.
> If I was working at Vodaphone I would have added that conversations are
> only encrypted if you don't piss of anyone who's downloaded Cain and
> Abel to brute-force your private key.
> A
>
>
> G&D Supplies Vodafone Germany with SIM Card-Based System for Mobile
> Communication Encryption
>
> Munich, March 9, 2014 – Vodafone Germany is the first telecommunications
> group to offer its corporate and public sector customers SIM card based
> end-to-end encryption for their mobile communication. Giesecke &
> Devrient (G&D), an international leader in mobile security solutions,
> developed the product in collaboration with Düsseldorf-based network
> operator Vodafone. Secure SIM Data encrypts and signs emails, documents,
> data carriers, and VPN connections. This is the second product for
> securing mobile communication that Vodafone has brought out in
> collaboration with its security partner G&D. The existing solution has
> been providing Vodafone customers with secure login access to corporate
> networks and the data cloud for some time now – there, too, G&D’s latest
> SIM technology provided the key.
>
> As mobile working becomes more common, companies are increasingly forced
> to find more effective ways to protect sensitive data. Solutions are
> called for that can be implemented on different devices simply and
> flexibly. Vodafone is now offering a standardized, flexible and above
> all cost-efficient product for daily use that is based on G&D technology.
>
> “We created Vodafone Secure SIM Data as a simple, cost-efficient and
> above all secure value-added service based on the Vodafone SIM card for
> the telecommunications group’s corporate customers. It regulates access
> to sensitive data while also protecting mobile data communication
> effectively against attack,” says Carsten Ahrens, Group Senior Vice
> President, Server Software and Services (3S) division.
>
> Unlike the majority of products that are already available, this
> solution does not require users to possess separate smartcards or
> security tokens. The digital private key and corresponding certificates
> are securely stored on the SIM in the user’s notebook or tablet,
> eliminating the need for additional hardware such as card readers etc.
> Vodafone is presenting the solution for the first time at this year’s
> CeBIT trade show in Hannover, where it will be demonstrated using a
> Windows 8-based standard Lenovo notebook.
>
> Secure SIM Data encrypts emails and documents in such a way that they
> are unreadable to unauthorized third parties. The customer simply enters
> a PIN in order to encrypt and add a signature as well as to decrypt
> their communication. The solution uses the widespread S/MIME encryption
> program for email exchanges, and in the future, encryption via PGP will
> also be possible. Users also have the option to authenticate emails in
> order to verify origins and that email content remains unaltered.
>
> Besides electronic data traffic, the solution can also be used to
> encrypt storage media such as USB sticks or hard drives. This ensures,
> for instance, that a sales representative’s confidential contract
> paperwork remains protected against unauthorized access even in the
> event of theft or loss of the notebook.
>
>
>
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