PDA protect baseline gains MOD spproval.BeCrypt PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). Protect Baseline, has been approved by DIPCOG (the Defence INFOSEC Product Co-Operation Group), for use within the Ministry of Defence (MoD). This approval supports the Baseline certification granted to the product last September by the UK Government's Technical Authority for Information Assurance within GCHQ GCHQ n abbr (BRIT) (= Government Communications Headquarters) → centro de intercepción de las telecomunicaciones internacionales GCHQ n abbr (Brit) (= Government Communications Headquarters ; the Communications Electronic Security Group (CESG CESG Canada Education Savings Grant CESG Center for Eukaryotic Structural Genomics CESG Communications Electronic Security Group (UK) CESG Canadian Econometric Study Group CESG communications equipment support group ). CESG has approved PDA Protect Baseline for use within UK Government to protect UK Restricted material, requirements. The product allows a comprehensive security policy for PDA use to be defined and enforced. PDA Protect Baseline features include-. * Enhanced authentication--Provides strong user authentication See authentication. and password generation * Data encryption--Provides transparent encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. of user data on removable memory cards * Device configuration--Controls use of high risk features, such as Bluetooth and infra-red capabilities * Secured synchronisation--Prevents the connection of protected PDAs to unauthorised PCs and the connection of unanthorised PDAs to protected PCs * Auditing--Captures PDA security-related events, such as synchronisabon and selected file transfers www.becrypt.com |
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