Protected Mobility™ is First to Achieve FIPS Government Certification for Cross-Platform, Mobile Encryption for Apple and Android

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Protected Mobility™, a leading mobile application security provider, announced today that it has received FIPS 140-2 certification for the Protected Mobility cryptographic module for Android Versions 2.2, 2.3 and 3.0 (tablets) as well as Apple iOS 4.2 (iPhone) and 4.3 (iPad). The FIPS certified cryptographic module is used in Protected Mobility's ProtectedSMS™ for secure texting, Protected Mobility Encryption Libraries and the Protected Mobility Enterprise Center, which provides centralized control over provisioning, administration and policy enforcement for ProtectedSMS. Issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation program ensures that cryptographic modules meet appropriate government and military standards for data encryption.

"FIPS certification demonstrates our commitment to providing government and business customers with the highest degree of security and privacy for their communications," said William J. Marlow, security expert and founder of Protected Mobility. "At a time when budget and security concerns are often in conflict, government agencies can now take advantage of low-cost smartphone and tablet computing while meeting federal requirements for protecting sensitive information." Protected Mobility's products work across all commercial and private networks. Multi-OS interoperability overcomes barriers to rapid deployment for secure cross-department and cross-agency communications.

Protected Mobility has more than 100,000 customers around the globe. Its clients, whose identities the company keeps private, include military, law enforcement, first responders as well as executives in the banking, energy and healthcare fields. A free 14-day trial version of ProtectedSMS for BlackBerry or Android phones is available at www.protectedmobility.com. ProtectedSMS for iPhone and iPad will soon be available for purchase on iTunes.

ABOUT PROTECTED MOBILITY™
Protected Mobility™ is a privately held mobile security technology company based in Virginia. The company develops highly reliable and scalable security solutions for protecting mobile communications that are easy to install, use and manage. Protected Mobility's FIPS 140-2 certified products include ProtectedSMS™ for secure, encrypted text messaging on BlackBerry, Android, iPhone and iPad; Protected Mobility Encryption Libraries with APIs to integrate into enterprise mobile applications; and Protected Mobility Enterprise Center, which provides centralized control over provisioning, administration and policy enforcement for ProtectedSMS. To learn more, visit www.protectedmobility.com.

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