… and provides a solid alternative to RIM’s Blackberry security problems
Raanana, Israel, 26 June 2007 – A French government ban on the RIM BlackBerry on 20 June 2007, citing a security risk, has created a wave of concern around the world. Some governments allow the device to be used for declassified data and low levels of confidential information, but for classified information, the system is not authorized for use by many governments and agencies. The main security concern is that Blackberry subscribers’ emails, attachments, contact lists and diaries are not only transmitted to the mobile devices, but are also stored on third party servers along the way.
Unlike Blackberry, emoze provides push email service to all mobile devices with a very high level of security without storing the data on its servers.
According to Benny Ballin, CEO of emoze, “Having a false sense of security is far worse than having no security at all. Our system deliberately only routes traffic and does NOT duplicate or store any data en route. With emoze, data is pushed from your exchange (or any other emailing program) to your mobile device, maximizing security and privacy levels for the individual and organization. Personal and corporate information remains only on your own secure server and the individual mobile device.”
Individuals and companies alike, are rightly concerned about the security of information – whether emails, contact lists, calendars or documents – especially these days as, increasingly, our data follows us around with our mobile phones and PDAs. “With mobile communications sometimes unreliable, with frequent line drops, emoze enables real-time push messaging and synchronization without compromising security through a “push only when available” approach to the push and sync protocol," adds Ballin. "This means that messages will be transferred to or from the mobile device only when the mobile device is connected to the network. In the case where the mobile device is disconnected or unavailable, the user’s private data remains safely in the user’s private messaging server without being duplicated to an intermediate storage."
Avoiding data duplication reduces the chances of data loss to a minimum and eliminates the risk of ‘data sniffing’ by a third party. Highest level of security is a major issue in emoze's design consideration. The emoze solution implements an encryption mechanism in addition to its proprietary synchronization that not only increases levels of security and privacy but adds speed and efficiency and dramatically reduces the costs of unnecessary hardware.
As a default, emoze implements end-to-end security and maximum data and mobile networks protection. emoze's Military Grade security standard includes protection of the internal network and of the mobile device. All messages are encrypted behind one's firewall (either home or corporate network), and can be decrypted ONLY by the user itself once they reach the right mobile device or PC. All encryption keys are unique and can be used by a specific user only. Encryption keys are stored in the user's mobile device and PC. No data decryption or access to any encryption key, at any point, is possible anywhere on the data network or over any wireless network.
For corporate users and SOHO customers, the solution can be further customized to use any preferred security mechanism or protocol required by the customer (as a plug-in) to fulfill any specific need.
About emoze
emoze turns mobile phones and mobile devices in to fully functional personal communication devices with a single, simple and free download for the individual user. It delivers real-time, secure synchronization of emails, calendars, contacts and tasks - pushing data and updates to you anytime, anywhere using any mobile service provider network or WiFi and all leading brands of mobile device. Download, registration and use of emoze are all free for the individual user. Users need a data package from their mobile service provider. emoze supports all popular email data sources (e.g. Lotus Notes and Domino Servers, Microsoft Outlook and Exchange, POP3 and Web-Access) and mobile device operating systems, and provides a simple user interface and high level security for emails and data.
As a spin-off of Emblaze in 2006, emoze has users in almost every country worldwide. emoze is a subsidiary of the Emblaze Group (LSE: BLZ). For more information, please visit www.emoze.com. Stay connected with emoze - wherever you are!
Reader contact information:
emoze Ltd., Emblaze House, 1 Emblaze Square, Industrial Area, Raanana 43662, P.O. Box 2220 Israel, Tel: +972-9-769-9770 Fax: +972-9-769-9588, www.emoze.com.
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