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U.S. Army to secure mobile medical information with endpoint security solution from Pointsec |
 | Pointsec, the global leader and the provider of the de facto standard for enterprise security software for laptop and desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones, today announced it will provide endpoint security technology for the U.S. Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4). MC4 will work with Insight Public Sector, a leading provider of IT products and services for federal governmental divisions and agencies, including the United States Army, to deploy over 11,000 Windows Mobile-based HP Pocket PC handheld devices with Pointsec for Pocket PC encryption technology to its highly-trained medical staff. These devices will be used by Army medical professionals all over the world, especially in the combat situations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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MC4 will work with Insight Public Sector, a leading provider of IT products and services for federal governmental divisions and agencies, including the United States Army, to deploy over 11,000 Windows Mobile-based HP Pocket PC handheld devices with Pointsec for Pocket PC encryption technology to its highly-trained medical staff. These devices will be used by army medical professionals all over the world, especially in the combat situations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
MC4's mission is to eliminate unreliable paper-based systems and replace them with an automated medical digitization system for soldier care. MC4 is taking the technology of telemedicine and other existing automation systems in medical and support facilities and integrating for combat support. MC4 links healthcare providers, medical diagnostic systems, information command and control, and medical command and control systems at all echelons.
“Pointsec is proud to be selected by the U.S. Army to bring enhanced security to the military and its mobile battlefield,” said Peter Larsson, CEO, Pointsec Mobile Technologies. “Pointsec solutions provide the military with the confidence that only authorized personnel are accessing sensitive medical data so that patients can receive the best possible care.”
Pointsec’s FIPS-certified encryption software ensures all or selected parts of a mobile device’s data can be encrypted in real time and can only be accessed by authenticated users. Pointsec’s software ensures encryption is performed according to an organization’s security policies without requiring action on the part of end users, and its exclusive “on-the-fly” encryption method results in virtually no performance difference for the device.
“The U.S. Army’s MC4 deployment is a great example of how software industry partners can develop on and enhance applications when using the familiar Windows Mobile software,” said Julie Wymatelek, manager of the Mobility Partner Advisory Council at Microsoft Corp. “We are pleased Pointsec software, along with the Windows Mobile-based Pocket PC, meets the rigorous security requirements of the DoD to deliver a powerful and flexible mobile solution.”
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