Trend Micro Completes Acquisition of Mobile Armor

February 3, 2011 · Filed Under Software News · Comment 

Trend Micro announced that it has completed the acquisition of Mobile Armor as of close of business on February 1, 2011.

The acquisition agreement between Trend Micro and Mobile Armor was announced on November 29, 2010 and expands Trend Micro’s data protection portfolio, extending its encryption offerings to span from endpoints all the way into the public cloud.

The new Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption offering- formerly known as the Mobile Armor Data Armor Suite- delivers the broadest coverage of any solution in the market. One centrally managed encryption solution includes full disk and file/folder capability, delivers software-based encryption and support for self-encrypting drives, and covers PCs, Windows Smartphones and Removable Media.  In addition to this breadth of capability in a single solution, pre-defined policies make it simple to set policies while robust reporting readily proves compliance with those policies.

“We are pleased to complete the acquisition of Mobile Armor and welcome our new employees, partners, and customers to the Trend Micro family,” said Steve Quane, chief product officer at Trend Micro. “Trend Micro is helping government agencies, enterprise customers, SMBs and consumers around the globe protect their data whether stored on a local PC or mobile device or in a virtualized environment or public cloud.”

Trend Micro and Mobile Armor voluntarily notified and requested review of the acquisition by the US Government Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and the CFIUS raised no objections to the transaction.  CFIUS is an inter-agency committee of the U.S. Government authorized to review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. Chaired by the Secretary of the Treasury, CFIUS includes representatives from a number of U.S. Government departments and agencies, including the departments of Homeland Security, Commerce, Defense and State.

Accordingly, Trend Micro Endpoint Encryption is available to organizations around the world seeking to ensure the privacy of sensitive data on their corporate devices of all kinds.

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Mobile Armor is Awarded the Highest FIPS 140-2 Validation for Security Software

April 18, 2009 · Filed Under Security Software, Software News · Comment 

Mobile Armor releases ground breaking cross platform validated Cryptographic Module for Data at Rest Encryption and Data Leakage Prevention

Mobile Armor, Inc., the leader in mobile data protection for the U.S. Government and recipient of the largest single award for Data at Rest Encryption, announces an update to its Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 validation. Mobile Armor’s Cryptographic Module v3.5 has been validated at FIPS 140-2 Level 2 through the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP).

The CMVP is a cooperative partnership between the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) of the Canadian government to ensure that sensitive information remains secure. The FIPS 140-2 validation assures that military, government agencies and commercial organizations are acquiring products that meet or exceed the stringent objectives set for securing confidential and sensitive data.

“Encryption of data on laptops, smartphones, USB keys and hard drives, where information is the most vulnerable, is essential to any organization’s data protection plan,” said Chand Vyas, Chairman and CEO at Mobile Armor. “Our Enterprise Mobile Data Security Platform continues to provide leading edge data security solutions for the Government, Healthcare, Financial Services, Education and any other type of organization or agency that handles sensitive data.”

This Mobile Armor release is a cross platform validated Cryptographic Module for Data at Rest Encryption and Data Leakage Prevention validated at Level 2 under the FIPS 140-2 certification. This specific validation is unique in its functionality of protecting cross platform clients and securing the Mobile Armor unified management platform, PolicyServer, with the same Level 2 module.

“The Mobile Armor Cryptographic Module v3.5 is a snap-in update to the existing Mobile Armor Data Protection Suite. With this modular ability, Mobile Armor is able to provide FIPS 140-2 Level 2 security across all of the Enterprise Mobile Data Security Platform,” Vyas added.

“Mobile Armor provides the highest level of cryptographic validations available in the Data at Rest protection market. Our comprehensive security management console is not only the most extensive in the market, supporting both hardware and software, but it also has the broadest support of client platforms including: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Mobile, Linux, and Mac OS X. This new FIPS validation further reinforces Mobile Armor as the leading provider of mobile data protection,” said Mobile Armor CTO, Bryan Glancey.

Mobile Armor

Mobile Armor is an innovator and a visionary leader in data protection technology, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Mobile Armor is an American company that provides domestically developed trusted data security solutions to commercial and government organizations. Notable customers include the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, civilian agencies and customers in healthcare and financial services verticals. Mobile Armor offers a solution that provides centralized management of all mobile devices, including desktops, laptops, PDAs, smartphones, and removable drives (including thumb drives). The company is a recipient of the coveted DoD Data at Rest Tiger Team award for its data encryption products. Mobile Armor technology is certified to meet the standards and guidelines for security set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Additional information regarding Mobile Armor can be found at www.mobilearmor.com.

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