Samsung Electronics and Sectra, a European provider of secure mobile solutions, have entered a technical partnership to integrate the Samsung KNOX platform in Sectra’s solution for secure smartphone communication. Sectra’s encryption solution for smartphones, Sectra Tiger/R, is enabling the use of smartphones to securely communicate classified information over ordinary mobile networks. It is designed for use at the RESTRICTED security classification level. A first delivery of Sectra Tiger/R on Samsung KNOX is currently being rolled out to a European defense organization.

The partnership enables Sectra to enhance the Sectra Tiger/R solution with the smartphone security platform, Samsung KNOX. Whereas Sectra’s hardware-based encryption ensures communication security, Samsung KNOX ensures the integrity of the phone, substantially reducing vulnerability to malicious applications and tampering.