http://news.techworld.com/security/3468794/report-french-ministers-told-to-install-android-sandbox-if-they-want-to-use-smartphones/
By Peter Sayer
Techworld.com
13 September 2013
Jean-Marc Ayrault warned government ministers this summer that they and
their staff should only use approved smartphones to discuss sensitive
matters, a French magazine has revealed.
For matters classified secret, Ministers and government officials should
use a feature phone called Teorem from French aerospace and defence
equipment manufacturer Thales, Ayrault's chief of staff told his
counterparts in the various ministries in a letter dated Aug. 19 and
published by the magazine l'Expansion this week.
Teorem is a hybrid device compatible with public landlines and with 2G or
3G mobile networks. It exchanges keys via a central server in order to
authenticate itself and encrypt transmissions -- but it can only
communicate with similarly secured devices, and it won't run apps or
exchange email. The government has ordered 14,000 Teorem phones, half of
them for the armed forces, according to Thales.
Not all ministerial discussions are secret, but most should at least be
considered sensitive, and for those, only landlines or smartphones with a
security system approved by the French National IT Security Agency (ANSSI)
should be used, the letter said.
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