Sectéra® Edge™

Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device (SME PED)
Overview

The Sectéra Edge is currently in development for the National Security Agency’s Secure Mobile Environment Portable Electronic Device (SME PED) program. The Sectéra Edge converges secure wireless voice and data by combining the functionality of a wireless phone and PDA — all in one easy-to-use handheld device.The Sectéra Edge is the only SME PED that can switch between an integrated classified and unclassified PDA by pushing a single key.

Secure Wireless Phone — and PDA
Not only can you use the Sectéra Edge to make secure phone calls, you also have secure access to classified networks, your e-mail and web browsing via high-speed quad-band GSM or CDMA cellular networks worldwide.

From the palm of your hand, the Sectéra Edge allows you to stay connected with attachment viewers and a personal organizer that includes contacts, calendar, tasks, alarms and notes, with desktop synchronization.

Implementing Type 1, Non-Type 1 and Suite B encryption, the Sectéra Edge provides maximum flexibility in secure communications.

First Rugged Secure Smartphone
Compact and lightweight, the Sectéra Edge is designed to accommodate wear and tear from both office users securing day-to-day communications or warfighters completing a tactical mission.

The Edge is designed to MIL-STD-810F specifications for Drop, Shock, Vibration, Operating and Storage Temperature, Temperature Shock, Water Resistance, Dust, Humidity and Altitude.

Secure Interoperability
The Sectéra Edge implements Secure Communications Interoperable Protocol (SCIP), allowing secure phone calls to be made with existing SCIP compatible devices. It also implements High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability Specification (HAIPE® IS) to provide secure connectivity with classified networks.

Features:

Versatile
- Secure and non-secure wireless phone, e-mail and web browsing
- Withstands rigors of both tactical and everyday environments
- Global roaming over GSM, CDMA or Wi-Fi wireless networks
- Software upgradeable to VoIP
- Exchange secure e-mail with government personnel, including S/MIME BlackBerry® users
- IPv6 software upgradeable

Easy-to-Use
- Familiar Microsoft® Windows® Platform
- Wired and wireless desktop synchronization
- Separation of Classified and Unclassified applications
- Switch between classified and unclassified PDA with a single keystroke
- Advanced Security Features
- Secure wireless access to the SIPRNET and NIPRNET
- DoD PKI enabled Common Access Card (CAC) support
- Supports DoD 8100.2 requirements
- Type 1 encrypted storage of classified data
- Can be used inside closed areas with “SCIF-Friendly” mode

Availability
- The Sectéra Edge was submitted to NSA for certification 3Q 2007 and is expected to be shipping 4Q 2007.