The U.S. Department of Defense recently said
that it plans to allow Apple’s iOS devices onto the Pentagon’s secure network
early next week. This opens the door for lucrative military contracts which are
currently dominated by BlackBerry.
According to Alana Johnson, the spokesperson
for the Pentagon’s Defense Information Systems Agency, if approved next week,
government-issued devices running Apple’s iOS 6 would be granted access to
highly secure military networks.
This news comes one week after Apple’s
smartphone rival Samsung had its Knox-compatible devices cleared for use on DoD
systems. The report also noted devices running the latest BlackBerry 10
operating system received certification. Apple seems to have recently made
significant headway in the government sector and recently saw the National
Institute of Standards and Technology’s Computer Security Division grant FIPS
140-2 certification to iOS CoreCrypto Kernel Module version 3.0, a module in
iOS 6.
Even though it’s a step in the right
direction for Apple, the Pentagon must first build out a mobile device
management system in order for iPhone and iPads to proliferate in the secure
environment according to Johnson. There seems to be no timeline for such a
project as of yet but Apple will likely take the necessary steps to make sure
they succeed in the sector. [Source]
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