Sectra launches support for secure IP telephony with smartphones

Sectra launches support for secure IP telephony with smartphones

Sectra's new product for secure voice communications, Panthon, now
supports mobile IP telephony. The product also features a new security
solution to protect the telephone from threats such as trojans. On
November 3-4, Panthon will be demonstrated at the IT security trade show
Infosecurity.nl.

Panthon (http://www.sectra.com/security/security_solutions/voice_encrypt
ion/panthon.html) is a voice crypto for politicians and officials that
use smartphones. Inserting a microSD card containing encryption and a
security solution into your smartphone gives protection against unwanted
interception. The need for protection grows as it becomes less expensive
and easier to eavesdrop mobile phones.

“Our customers, who need to communicate when they are traveling and
moving between countries, request secure IP telephony. With the unique
safety solution that we have now implemented in Panthon, our customers
will have access to a secure telephony solution with crystal-clear sound
that will function effectively wherever they may be,” says Michael
Bertilsson, President of Sectra Communications.

Sectra's new product is built on hardware-based encryption and protects
the call all the way from the sender to the receiver. Panthon is pending
approval for communication of sensitive information up to security level
Restricted, meaning information that could cause undesirable effects if
disclosed. To achieve the Restricted safety level, encryption must be
hardware-based.

Smartphones require new security solutions

The trend toward increasingly computer-like mobile telephones requires
new types of security solutions. In the same way as a computer is
protected against harmful code, such as a viruses and trojans, it is
also necessary to protect a smartphone. Sectra has thus developed a new
security solution - Phone Integrity.

“Panthon is equipped with the new Phone Integrity solution, which
features the protection required to protect smartphones against harmful
code. An integral part of this solution is to guarantee secure
installation and delivery,” says Michael Bertilsson.

Sectra Panthon will be exhibited at
Infosecurity.nl, (http://www.infosecurity.nl/nl-NL/Bezoeker.aspx?sc_lang
=en) which will take place on November 3-4 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Meet Europe's leading supplier of encrypted telephony at stand D135.

For further information, please contact:
Dr. Michael Bertilsson, President Sectra Communications AB, tel 46
(0)708-23 52 25