"SiMKo 3": government classifies as safe a mobile telecom - ABC Online

New Mobile Phones for the government: The security smartphone, Deutsche Telekom has been approved for use by agencies in Germany. Thus, it is officially for the level of secrecy “Classified – For official use only” approved

The device labeled “SiMKo 3″ graduated on the basis of the Samsung Galaxy S3. . successful testing by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), including Telekom announced

So it’s officially for the level of secrecy “Classified – For official use only” approved. In addition to the telecom and the smartphone vendor Blackberry and IT security specialist Secusmart want to supply the federal government with their jointly developed secure telephone.

For the technical equipment of the government authorities in Germany, the leaders do not rely on smartphones of the rod, as these are not eavesdropping. So it is possible the U.S. NSA, according to recent media reports, read almost all the sensitive information of a conventional smart phones, such as contact lists, SMS traffic, notes and whereabouts of its owner.

Government spokesman Steffen Seibert said in Berlin that he basically give no information about the communication channels and means of the federal government. But he added: “Rest assured that the Federal Office for Security in Information Technology helps us to be always up to date so that we can have confidence in our communication. And we have in fact also. “

The government a mobile insular area with its own operating system has been set up for the shielding of sensitive data from being intercepted by the presentation of Deutsche Telekom and the BSI. A crypto map encrypts all data on the device. In addition, the data remotely to delete. The user can switch between the secure mode for the official communication and an open for surfing the net. Fall back so far had secret sources in Germany on two different devices for secure phone calls and mobile Internet usage

All safety comes at a price., The “SiMKo” smartphones of telecom cost with a contract period of two years from 1700 euros. The group announced a whole family of tablets and notebooks as well as a version for the super-fast LTE data radio. Deutsche Telekom wants to do business with companies.