deBlackBerry and Samsung mobile devices for use in DoD networks, a step towards the opening of the Army to a wide variety of technological equipment while still ensuring the safety of communications.
Lt. Col. Damien Pickart, a Pentagon spokesman, said the department authorized the use of BlackBerry smartphones 10 (Z10 and Q10) and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets using its Enterprise Service system 10 as well as the Android Samsung Knox.
“This is a significant step towards the establishment of a multi-vendor environment to support a variety of devices and operating systems of latest technology,” Pickart said in a statement.
The Pentagon said it also expects to authorize Apple mobile devices using iOS 6 operating system sometime in early May.
measure is expected to open the DoD networks create a scenario of increased competition for customers Pentagon between BlackBerry devices, the iPhone or iPad and units that use Google’s Android platform as Samsung phones.
The Pentagon currently has about 600,000 users of smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. The department has 470,000 BlackBerry users, 41,000 users of Apple and Android devices 8,700 people. Most Android and Apple systems are in pilot or test programs.
measurement networks open to a greater variety of mobile devices is part of a Pentagon effort to ensure that the Army has access to the latest communications technology without getting locked into a particular vendor equipment.
depth review. To ensure security, mobile devices and operating systems undergo a review process approved by the U.S. Defense Information Systems. Once the Guide Security Technical Implementation (STIG, for its acronym in English) is reviewed and approved, the devices can be used in the network.
Pickart said Thursday’s decision did not result in product orders. But allow user groups within the Pentagon buy appliances most appropriate for their work if the need arises.
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