Mobile Security Toolkit

ABSTRACT: To address the Air Force need for an approach that enables secure integration of mobile applications and commercial mobile devices (MDs) with Air Force Weather (AFW) Web services, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Mobile Security Toolkit (MOST). MOST is based on POC-developed proven technology for protection of information in transit and at rest on commercial MDs (such as smartphones and tablet PCs) and removable storage media. In Phase I, POC will determine if all required technologies and policies exist to deploy a secure authenticated AFW-WEBs application; design MOST to fill technological gaps; demonstrate the feasibility of the approach by development and testing of a TRL-4 MOST system prototype and AFW-WEBS application on a commercial MD; and develop a Phase II development plan. In Phase II, POC will develop an advanced MOST TRL-6 prototype and demonstrate its ability to securely accesses and display AFW-WEBS products and services over the NIPRnet environment, and the suitability and effectiveness of MOST in exercises and test scenarios. Evaluation results will be used to refine the prototype into a design that will meet Air Force needs and standards necessary for deployment in a U.S. federal government agency or department. BENEFIT: Military applications of MOST will include missions that require data residing on mobile devices and missions when a connection to the network is not always available. POC"s MOST technology can be incorporated by the Air Force into mobile handheld devices as an efficient means to access DoD systems and Web services. Commercial applications of MOST include banks and health care businesses in which MOST will help protect their corporate data on mobile devices with centrally managed access control; first responders; law enforcement agencies; scientific and government applications; and space, where the MOST will help protect information systems and sensitive data, seal borders, secure airlines, and protect against terrorist attacks. With the ever-growing surveillance industries in the U.S. and around the globe, the MOST has strong potential to be a lucrative product in the private sector.