Gli ultimi Blackberry 7 hanno ricevuto la certificazione Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 da parte del National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) e la Communications Security Establishment in Canada (CSEC). Ricordiamo che la certificazione FIPS è necessaria perchè un dispositivo possa essere utilizzato da un ente governativo sia negli Stati Uniti che in Canada.
“La certificazione FIPS 140-2 per BlackBerry 7.0 e 7.1 illustra il continuo impegno di RIM a mantenere una leadership nel settore della sicurezza riguardo le piattaforme di mobile computing per i nostri clienti,” ha affermato Scott Totzke, Senior Vice President in Security per BlackBerry di Research In Motion.
“Con la certificazione di tutti i più recenti smartphone BlackBerry e tablet PlayBook nell’ambito del programma FIPS gli enti governativi potranno implementare la nostra intera gamma di prodotti con grande serenità.”
I dispositivi che hanno ricevuto la certificazione FIPS 140-2 sono il BlackBerry PlayBook, il BlackBerry Bold 9900, il 9790, i BlackBerry Torch 9850, 9860 e 9810, e il BlackBerry Curve 9350, 9360, 9370 e 9380.
A seguire il comunicato originale di RIM:
BlackBerry 7 and 7.1 OS Achieve FIPS 140-2 Certification
Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) today announced that BlackBerry® smartphones running on the powerful new BlackBerry® 7 and BlackBerry® 7.1 Operating Systems (OS) have been awarded FIPS 140-2 certification by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC). FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 is recognized by the U.S. and Canadian governments and is required under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA).
All BlackBerry smartphones running BlackBerry 7 and BlackBerry 7.1 benefit from this certification, including the BlackBerry® Bold™ 9900, 9930 and 9790, BlackBerry® Torch™ 9850, 9860 and 9810, and BlackBerry® Curve™ 9350, 9360, 9370 and 9380.
“The FIPS 140-2 certification for BlackBerry 7.0 and 7.1 illustrates RIM’s continuing commitment to providing industry-leading, secure, mobile computing platforms for our customers,” said Scott Totzke, Senior Vice President, BlackBerry Security at Research In Motion. “With all of the latest BlackBerry smartphones and the PlayBook tablet certified under the FIPS program, government and security-conscious customers can deploy our entire range of products with confidence.”
In addition to FIPS 140-2 certification, the BlackBerry 7 OS has received Common Criteria EAL4+ certification (see announcement – November 14, 2011). The BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet has also received FIPS 140-2 validation (see announcement – July 21, 2011).