“Citrix Systems and Juniper Networks are among the technology vendors that could benefit from a U.S. government search for ways to secure Apple’s smartphones and tablet computers for the use of federal employees,” Kathleen Miller and Juliann Francis report for The Washington Post.
“Apple’s devices, along with those using Google’s Android software, are drawing interest from U.S. agencies responding to a workforce that increasingly wants an alternative to the Research in Motion BlackBerrys that have long dominated the federal market,” Miller and Francis report. “A shift away from RIM could require companies such as Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Citrix and Juniper to furnish software and security to support wireless devices purchased from other manufacturers.”
Miller and Francis report, “Several federal agencies are exploring the use of Android-powered phones, and iPhones and iPads made by Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple. The Department of Veterans Affairs issued a query last month for a vendor that could control access and secure data for as many as 100,000 mobile-device users. An increased reliance on mobile devices may expose government and corporate networks to attacks by hackers, according to a report on economic espionage released Nov. 3 by the U.S. Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
“An increased reliance on mobile devices may expose government and corporate networks to attacks by hackers…”
So buy iOS devices and reduce the risk…
I dont understand why they thought it would be a good idea to include Android in this… its buggy and riddled with malware.
They can just strip out what they don’t want or the vendor can do it for them. Same reason the army is looking at it.
It would be hard to infect a phone that could only get apps from the governments walled garden of apps.
The military likes to rely on operating systems that fail, like it happened to to a large vessel at sea once, and I’m sure other times with other hardware. Something with quality like Apple products is like sunshine to a vampire. I bet it has to do with money under the table.
I wonder if you are really paranoid enough? The culprit really is the bidding process that has the contract going to the lowest bidder. The military and many other companies don’t consider the total cost of ownership and utility in their bidding process.
This is old news! Our Federal government is already purchasing iPhones and iPads. The military has already started implementing iPhones and iPads. They stopped believing the lies coming from Apples copetition.