AuthenTec Unveils Military-Grade Encryption

AuthenTec, Inc. introduced a security offering that provides military-grade encryption to data stored on Android smartphones and tablets without sacrificing device performance.

AuthenTec’s MatrixDAR for Android meets the requirements of FIPS 140 certification and allows Android device manufacturers to add encryption that protects data stored on a smartphone or tablet as well as its removable flash drive or SD card.

MatrixDAR helps bring Android devices into compliance with bring your own device (BYOD) policies in the workplace by protecting increasing amounts of valuable business, financial and personal information stored on the largest and fastest growing segment of mobile devices.

It gives Android smartphone and tablet makers the ability to integrate full disk encryption into both the device and its removable storage media, thereby meeting the security requirements of today’s wireless carriers, governments and corporate IT professionals. It incorporates AuthenTec’s SafeZone/FIPS 140 certified software and expands the company’s broad offering of security solutions for data-in-transit over SSL and IPSec connections as well as data-at-rest stored on a mobile device.

"Our new MatrixDAR offering gives smartphone and tablet OEMs the ability to easily integrate military-grade FIPS 140-certified encryption into their Android platforms to help meet the strict security policies that address the growth of BYOD," said Dr. Simon Blake-Wilson, VP of AuthenTec’s Embedded Security Solutions. "Only AuthenTec can offer security that ensures encryption of mobile device contents (via MatrixDAR), secures connections for data in transit (via QuickSec VPN security), and protects high-value content (via DRM Fusion) on today’s mobile devices."

MatrixDAR enables a consistent approach to mobile device security that is an extension of existing security policies and practices. Encryption offered by MatrixDAR prevents unauthorized access and renders the smartphone or tablet useless if lost or stolen, reducing potential for personal losses and corporate data breaches.

Android smartphones and tablets equipped with MatrixDAR meet FIPS 140 security requirements the moment they are unboxed, eliminating the need for IT administrators to install separate data encryption software.

AuthenTec offers mobile and network security solutions for handset makers, mobile operators, and rich content providers, including fingerprint sensor hardware, identity management software and embedded security.