Cellcrypt Solutions for Administrative Government departments

Cellcrypt Solutions for Administrative Departments

Foreign and National Governing Entities Rely on Secure Mobile Communications

Cellcrypt Solutions for Administrative DepartmentsNational, Regional, and other government organizations routinely rely on wireless technology to communicate daily business. Teleworking goals have led to even more government conversations being conducted via mobile communications.

As well as classified conversations that are crucial to national stability, a large proportion of ‘administrative’ information is routinely shared on mobile phones by government workers, either out of convenience or out of necessity. This information – although considered sensitive but unclassified – can be valuable intelligence to adversaries who are, for example, harvesting data as part of a larger, co-ordinated information collection effort, or are targeting individuals with the intent to harm or exhort. Intelligence agents confirm that a wealth of valuable information is collected from seemingly harmless conversations before and after the participants have ‘gone secure’ in their classified discussion, and also have reached valuable conclusions based on extracts from different conversations.

Much of the data communicated everyday by government officials may seem inconsequential as standalone conversations, but are extremely valuable in the aggregate, even information about who contacts who adds to intelligence scenarios.

The leading provider of encrypted mobile phone voice calling, Cellcrypt’s cost-effective, easy-to-use software solutions enable secure communications for government officials wherever and whenever required.  Cellcrypt’s highly scalable and quickly deployable solutions offer a secure option for administrative discussions inside or outside the office, and among multiple and changing communities of interest. 

Diplomats, embassies and consulates abroad routinely leverage the convenience and wide availability of the mobile infrastructure to communicate and conduct government business.  Whether in the field or in the office, government administrative functions must be able to communicate with confidence, knowing that the information they share is protected.

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  • Secure communications on mobile phones for administrative government departmentsOffers secure communications to government organizations, diplomats, embassies, consulates, and dignitaries abroad using mobile out of convenience or necessity
  • Leverages the ubiquity of mobile technologies, such as a simple smartphone, to provide interoperable communications
  • Works in the office or “on the street”
  • Supports multiple and changing communities of interest
  • Meets important government security certifications including the US National Institute of Standards and Technology’s FIPS-140-2
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Operating System

  • AndroidTM
  • BlackBerry®
  • iOS
  • Symbian S60 (Nokia E-Series, N-Series devices)
     

Any IP-enabled network, e.g.

  • GSM/CDMA
  • 2G
  • 3G
  • 4G
  • Satellite
  • Wi-Fi™

Cellcrypt uses standard encryption technologies including:

  • Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) for symmetric encryption
  • Elliptic-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) for digital signatures
  • Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) for key agreement
  • Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA) for message digest

In addition, before these algorithms are processed, Cellcrypt uses additional algorithms for added security (double-wrapping). For example, the voice call is first encrypted using RC4-256 bit and then encrypted again using AES-256 bit.

Public Cryptography
(2048-bit RSA, & ECDSA, ECDH using curves with 384-bit prime moduli)
RSA and ECDSA are used for authentication. The key pairs are generated on the phone during the installation and are unique to each phone. A private key is never shared. The Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) and RSA algorithms are used for key exchange. The session key is only valid for one phone call and securely destroyed after use.

Symmetric Cryptography
(AES & RC4, both 256 bits)
Both encryption algorithms are used at the same time. The data packet is first encrypted with RC4 and the cipher text is then encrypted again with AES in Counter Mode (CTR). Both algorithms are initialized with the exchanged session keys.

Hashing Algorithms
(SHA512)
Industry standard hashing algorithms are used for increased integrity assurance.

Random Number Generation
A 2048 bit seed pool is generated during the installation and is periodically updated. The initial seed is derived from the microphone input.