CIS Mobile, a leading mobile security platform provider, and a New Finalist in the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program, has announced the launch of the CIS Mobile Integration Center (CMIC), a facility designed to integrate, demonstrate, test, and discover solutions to mobile security threats in and around secure government buildings and locations.
Smartphones are highly effective productivity tools, unfortunately, consumer mobile phones create an electronic trail which can put government employees at risk.
Eliminating or minimizing these data trails is fundamentally at odds with the business models of the consumer-centric mobile eco-system which depends on data collection from mobile devices to sell targeted advertising.
Additionally, it’s difficult to fully control the electronic trail left by consumer mobile phones, further exposing the presence and identity of individuals working in sensitive government, military, and intelligence roles.
In response, CIS Mobile developed altOS, a secure government mobility platform.
OEM smartphones put government data at risk because they are built around collecting data to monetize the user.
Even approved government-certified devices leak user location, application use, and metadata back to 3rd party collectors.
altOS is built exclusively for secure government use, using Android as a base but adding policy controls, secure containers, and management features into the platform.
In essence it puts a new OS on the existing device to overcome the security challenges mentioned here to deliver the productivity of smartphones without the accompanying risk.
(See a brief overview of altOS, the secure government mobility platform from CIS Mobile. OEM smartphones put government data at risk because they are built around collecting data to monetize the user. Even approved government-certified devices leak user location, application use, and metadata back to 3rd party collectors. altOS is different. It was built exclusively for secure government use, using Android as a base but adding policy controls, secure containers, and management features into the platform. Courtesy of CIS Mobile and YouTube.)
“The use of smartphones has largely been banned in government facilities to prevent the exfiltration of sensitive data, but unfortunately, this approach denies users the broad productivity and communication benefits of these devices,” explains Bill Anderson, President, CIS Mobile.
“Our company is leading a collaborative effort of specialized mobile devices and supporting wireless technologies to enable the secure use of smartphones in and around government facilities.”
“Through our new Integration Center, CIS and our partners will be able to trial and present new technologies and solutions for our government customers.”
Located in CIS Mobile’s headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia, the CMIC leverages the combination of CIS Mobile’s altOS Secure Mobility Platform and technologies from Bastille Networks, Fenix Group, Getac, Glacier Security, Sonim Technologies, and Syniverse Global to showcase a system that enables management, monitoring, and controlled use of authorized mobile devices by staff and visitors in secure government facilities.
One highlight of the center is an innovative solution developed for a major government intelligence customer.
The solution combines technologies from CIS Mobile and its partners to enable smartphone use both in and out of sensitive facilities.
In practice, altOS phones are placed into a geofenced “Secure Mode” which disables cameras, microphones, cellular, WiFi and Bluetooth capabilities on entry to the facilities.
Outside the geofence the phones regain their restricted features.
While only CIS Mobile devices are permitted inside the buildings, Bastille detects and locates any unauthorized wireless devices.
Re-engineered to Meet the Special Security Requirements of Governments
Outside their facilities, our customer enjoys global data connectivity with service from our partner Syniverse Global.
To ensure those communications are always reliable, private and obfuscated, Glacier Security delivers the highest level of security for all text, voice, and video calls.
Visitors to the CMIC will experience adversarial simulations and real-life case studies to help them recognize the threats and vulnerabilities related to their mobile devices and facilities.
Through CIS Mobile’s years of experience in eliminating risks and knowledge of evolving attacks, visitors will gain a complete understanding of those threats and vulnerabilities.
From there, they will discover new ways in which the platform can be configured to expel those threats.
To learn more about CIS Mobile, please visit www.cismobile.com.
CIS Mobile is a subsidiary of CIS Secure, an industry leader and global provider for designing and manufacturing secure communications and computing solutions for Governments and Enterprises.
CIS Mobile Selected as a New Finalist in 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards
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American Security Today’s ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards program is today in its Sixth Year and continues to recognize the Outstanding Innovations of top firms and agencies in the Homeland Security and Public Safety fields.
The Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards is the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program highlighting the most cutting-edge and forward-thinking security solutions coming onto the market today, to ensure our readers have the information they need to stay ahead of the competition, and keep our Nation safe – one facility, street, and city at a time.
American Security Today is pleased to announce TSA Administrator David Pekoske, will join the organization as a featured speaker at the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Presentation Luncheon, on November 17, 2021 at ISC East in New York City.
“On the heels of an unprecedented global pandemic, continued unrest in our cities and potentially catastrophic cyberattacks on our nations critical infrastructure, the focus of the 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon will be on the latest, state-of-the-art innovations that are driving investments in new public security and safety technologies and systems,” said AST Editorial and Managing Director Tammy Waitt.
“As a recognized expert in crisis management, strategic planning, innovation and aviation, surface transportation and maritime security, David Pekoske’s message highlighting his top priorities and challenges for the TSA based on his years of wide-ranging experience will be critical to our attendees internalizing the critical nature of these escalating challenges, and realizing innovative new approaches to meet them.”
The 2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program is Proudly Sponsored by AMAROK, Fortior Solutions and SIMS Software, along with Returning Premier Sponsors ATI Systems, Attivo Networks, Automatic Systems, and Reed Exhibitions.
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At ISC East 2021 you with the opportunity to interact with a broad array of security industry professionals.
ISC East works closely with other businesses in the security and public safety space to help bring together the Northeast’s largest security trade show each year.
Therefore, the ISC audience of security dealers, installers, integrators, consultants, corporate, government and law enforcement/first responder practitioners will be joined by the ASIS NYC audience of major corporate managerial-through-director-level national and global security executives.
The combination of one-on-one conversations with the industry’s top innovators, integrators and security executives, special events, high-quality education and training, and strong support from industry associations, will allow attendees to learn and evaluate solutions from leading security exhibitors and brands.
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