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18th February 2014

INSIDE Secure

Nat Bowers

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At Mobile World Congress, February 24-27 in Barcelona, INSIDE Secure will demonstrate its secure VPN (Virtual Private Network) client. INSIDE Secure claim that this client provides the highest level of protection for the most demanding enterprise and government data, which is the target of ever-increasing amounts of mobile malware.

At the show, INSIDE Secure will run three demonstrations combining a high-security VPN with secure authentication, using well-established security technologies that have been deployed in over 100m devices.

The first demo is the mobile software VPN on a Tizen device. INSIDE Secure brings the first VPN client combining FIPS-validated crypto and suite B to the new Tizen operating system.

The second demo shows how running Symantec VIP one time password authentication inside a Trustonic Trusted Execution Environment will harden the mobile VPN solution. Leveraging the hardware protection provided by ARM TrustZone, this mobile VPN solution protects enterprise and government data from software attacks.

The third demo is a secure VPN protected with a secure element. This protects sensitive data from both malware and physical attacks. Bringing an additional layer of security, the authentication is run in an applet inside the secure element.

“INSIDE is pleased to be demonstrating its wide security offering at Mobile World Congress 2014, the biggest event in the mobile industry. In the face of increasing malware attacks and other threats, INSIDE is quickly leveraging the latest technologies to secure data from enterprises, governments and end-users. INSIDE provides all the layers of protection at the hardware and software level customers need,” comments Simon Blake Wilson, Executive Vice President, Mobile Security Business Division, INSIDE Secure.

Nicolas Popp, Vice President, Identity and Authentication, Symantec, commented: "With the majority of businesses now allowing their employees to access corporate networks from mobile devices, it introduces a higher risk of malicious attacks and compromised data. By using the INSIDE Secure mobile VPN app with Symantec VIP two-factor authentication inside the hardware-backed TEE environment, businesses can offer the convenience and productivity that their employees are requesting without sacrificing security. With the increasing reality of a company experiencing a data breach, businesses cannot afford to cut corners on protecting their corporate data."