Wednesday, August 3, 2011

NIST Tests Ways To Secure iPhones, iPads

The agency bought 60 Apple tablets and smartphones to figure out secure methods for federal government employees to use the popular devices.
Apple iPad 2 3G Teardown
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Slideshow: Apple iPad 2 3G Teardown
The organization that creates standards for the federal government's use of technology is testing iPhones and iPads to devise the best ways of securing them for government use. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) Office of Information Systems Management (OISM) is performing a pilot across the agency to "determine how best to proceed to provide a managed, secure configuration for NIST users of these devices," according to a contract award notification posted on FedBizOpps.gov.

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