At the RSA Conference 2014 in San Francisco, Samsung has announced select Galaxy devices that have KNOX embedded on them have received Common Criteria certification as assessed by Gossamer Labs. The Common Criteria certification is described as a “gold standard” for security, demonstrating compliance with a predefined set of security requirements. By meeting this standard, Galaxy devices with the certification can provide additional assurance to enterprises that the devices are acceptable for use in accessing “high-value information assets.”
Samsung notes that the new Common Criteria certification is based on a new Mobile Device Fundamentals Protection Profile (MDFPP) that was released by the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) last October. According to Injong Rhee, Senior Vice President of KNOX Business, IT & Mobile Communications Division for Samsung, the KNOX initiative “is about more than security, but rather on the noble pursuit of driving the entire mobile ecosystem to bring the enterprise customer a better high-assurance solution than they have ever had access to.”
The first devices carrying the certification will be available in the second quarter of 2014, although Samsung has not announced which specific smartphone or tablet models will carry the certification.
source: Samsung
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