Gemalto has announced the availability of its SafeNet MobilePKI solution, designed to enable the particularly strong PKI-based (public key infrastructure) authentication and security applications on any device, including those without a USB port or internal reader.
The product uses Bluetooth Smart technology to enable mobile devices to communicate securely with PKI smartcards. As a result, organisations can more fully realise the benefits and opportunities afforded by their mobile applications, and at the same time consistently safeguard integrity and trust with their strong PKI environments.
PKI is one of the most secure trusted security infrastructures today. However, mobile devices are not equipped with the USB ports or smartcard slots which were required to implement the strong PKI technology until now. Gemalto has developed this Bluetooth Smart solution to allow IT departments and organisations to extend the use of PKI credentials to mobile devices, including iOS, Android and Windows.
“As mobility becomes increasingly paramount to the success of enterprises, the requirements for secure devices for authentication and digital signatures are becoming greater,” said François Lasnier, the senior vice president for Identity Protection at Gemalto. “SafeNet MobilePKI solution solves the gap of PKI security on mobile devices. It gives users much more confidence, convenience and mobility by allowing their organisation to extend their existing strong public key cryptography authentication and credentials to mobile devices.”
