DOD to allow Android on classified networks

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http://fcw.com/articles/2012/01/24/android-smart-phones-tablets-classifie=
d-sipr-network.aspx

By Amber Corrin
FCW.com
Jan 24, 2012

New security standards expected to be approved soon would let devices=20
powered by the Android operating system use the Defense Department's=20
classified networks, according to an Army official.

DOD and National Institute of Standards and Technology are close to=20
approving the standards, according to Michael McCarthy, program manager=20
and director of operations, Army Brigade Modernization Command. The=20
standards will allow service members, DOD personnel and other government=20
users to use the devices on classified networks, including the=20
military=E2=80=99s Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet).

McCarthy spoke Jan. 24 at the Soldier Technology 2012 conference in=20
Arlington, Va. He said the goal is to have Android smart phones and=20
tablets able to connect to SIPR-level systems by the summer. This=20
development marks a critical step forward for tactical operations and=20
represents the high priority that mobile communications have become, he=20
said.

=E2=80=9CThere were going to be no information assurance [standards issue=
d]=20
until 2014, but with the groundswell of interest and needs, the agencies=20
responsible for certification are giving this a higher priority,=E2=80=9D=
=20
McCarthy said. =E2=80=9CThe key is that it allows users from DOD and othe=
r=20
agencies to access databases that in the past they couldn=E2=80=99t get t=
o using=20
a smart phone.=E2=80=9D

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