Many businesses have not adopted Samsung Android products because of security issues. Samsung announced its Knox security suite, in March and the Department of Defense has approved it. The Samsung Galaxy S 4 is the first smartphone enabled with Knox.
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Samsung announced that Samsung Knox can be used by U.S. government and military services.
With the official approval, Samsung Knox-enabled devices, including smartphones and tablets, will be listed as approved products for use by U.S. government and military officials within DoD networks.
Samsung is seeking other forms in security approvals and certifications around the world.
Knox is With the official approval, Samsung Knox-enabled devices, including smartphones and tablets, will be listed as approved products for use by U.S. government and military officials within DoD networks.
Know offers Customizable Secure Boo,; ARM TrustZone-based Integrity Measurement Architecture (TIMA), and a kernel with built-in SE for Android (Security Enhancements for Android) access controls.
- The Samsung KNOX Container is an isolated and secure environment within the mobile device. Data is encrypted using an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cipher algorithm with a 256-bit key (AES-256).
- Secure boot ensures that only verified and authorized software can run on the device.
- TIMA runs in the secure-world and provides continuous integrity monitoring of the Linux kernel.
- Security Enhancements for Android isolates applications and data into different domains so that threats of tampering and bypassing of application security mechanisms are reduced .
- Samsung Knox works with enterprise-preferred MDM vendor solutions and
provides security and management controls. - Samsung Knox offers a seamless and intuitive dual-persona platform for situations when a single Samsung device is used for both work and pleasure.