Bittium Tough Mobile™ C - World's Most Secure Mobile Communication Solution

Overview

Bittium Tough Mobile C is a smartphone based mobile communication solution providing government agencies, authorities and enterprises the highest level of privacy and security.

The solution protects sensitive data at rest on the smartphone, data in transit and enables remote management of the device fleet. This is done by combining the dual-boot variant of Bittium Tough Mobile™ smartphone with the Bittium Secure Suite™ device management and encryption software that provides a full set of services for a secure communications. This combination is the world's first smartphone based solution certified for CONFIDENTIAL level classified data (NCSA-FI).

First Smartphone Based Solution in the World Certified for CONFIDENTIAL Level Classified Data

Bittium Tough Mobile Dual-Boot

Bittium Tough Mobile's dual-boot version provides two completely separate operating systems with full data separation in the same device

  • Personal use with hardened Android, where e.g. social media applications are freely available
  • Confidential use with Bittium Secure OS, allowing demanding authority and  use cases 

The user himself can switch between the two operating systems.

For secure access to the Bittium Secure OS, a dual authentication with a PIN/password and an NFC token* is required.

Android is a trademark of Google LLC
*Yubikey NEO by Yubico

Security Built in Layers

  • Data at rest protected with world's most secure mobile platform, Bittium Tough Mobile. Security is integrated deep within the hardware and source code to prevent extraction of data.
  • Data in transit protected with Bittium Secure Suite. Encrypted network traffic, mobile device management and mobile application management.
  • Guaranteed device integrity is provided by manufacturing Bittium Tough Mobile in a controlled production line in Finland and ensuring verified device integrity throughout its life cycle. 

Benefits

Certified Security

Bittium Tough Mobile C is the first smartphone based mobile communication solution in the world certified for CONFIDENTIAL level classified data (NCSA-FI).

Data at Rest Protected

Sensitive data protected in the world's most secure mobile platform, Bittium Tough Mobile. Security integrated deep within the hardware to prevent extraction of data.

Data in Transit Protected

Data transmission always secured with secure mobile VPN included in the Bittium Secure Suite back-end solution.

Control Over the Device Fleet

Control over the device fleet with the Bittium Secure Suite back-end solution.

Guaranteed Device Integrity

Bittium Tough Mobile is manufactured in Finland in a controlled production line, and the device integrity can be verified throughout its life cycle.

Personal & Professional Use with the Same Device

Ease of use and flexibility with two operating systems in one device: hardened Android for personal use and Bittium Secure OS for confidential data and communications.

Solution Overview

Bittium Tough Mobile C solution creates a network-wide secure zone that provides encrypted access to your organization's confidential data and services. This secure zone can be deployed either on public internet or private network as the solution has no dependency on the public internet services. It can be hosted entirely by your organization, according to the security standards of your premises and without any backdoors.

 

Certifications

 

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency's National Communications Security Authority (NCSA) acts as the National Crypto Approval Authority (CAA) and is responsible for approving encryption products for the protection of classified information in Finland.

NCSA-FI has issued the following approval to Bittium Tough Mobile C:

CONFIDENTIAL (ST-III)