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New Android Security Platform
New Android Security Platform.
About this update from Intercede Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 6599P Intercede Group PLC 22 February 2016 \n\n \nPRESS RELEASE\n \nIntercede and Solacia to unveil revolutionary Android security platform at Mobile World Congress\n \nNew approach to leveraging hardware security on Android smartphone enables greater choice for mobile network operators and service providers\n \nLutterworth, England/Reston, VA, February 19, 2016 - Intercede and Korean company Solacia today announce an integration of their mobile security solutions to allow Android applications to execute secure transactions in a hardware protected zone. Intercede's Trusted Application Management (TAM) service now provides application access to ARM® TrustZone® technology via Solacia's Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and incorporating digital certificates from Symantec.\n \nThis is the first time an independent TEE has been installed, post-factory, on a standard consumer grade smartphone and then securely loaded with a Trusted Application (TA) using a multi-TEE TAM service. This revolutionary solution offers mobile operators, service providers and their application developers, greater control of Trusted Applications on Android based mobile devices. An end-to-end demonstration built on a LG V10 smart phone will be showcased at MWC.\n \n\"This deployment heralds a new era in security for Android handsets, giving service providers a new level of control over the security features they can offer with their devices and applications,\" said Richard Parris, CEO of Intercede. \"They need choice in their selection of TEE and cryptographic key provider for reasons of interoperability, policy and cost while maintaining a common management platform across mixed fleets of devices.\"\n \nThe TEE is a secure environment that benefits from the protection of hardware based security such as TrustZone technology that is built into billions of ARM processors. This allows specially designed apps to execute secure transactions in a trusted area that is completely isolated from the standard Android operating system. Use of the TEE enables enterprises such as banks and service providers to enhance their Android security measures and ensure customer transactions and sensitive information aren't vulnerable to attack by malware. \n \nSang Jin Park, CEO of Solacia added: \"This is...