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SecureSMS® ApplianceImplementation Models
SecureSMS® is offered in a CellTrust® Hosted, Customer Hosted, or Public implementation model with two connectivity options as discussed in further detail below.
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CellTrust offers two ways to process SecureSMS messages, the CellTrust SMS Gateway or Direct to Carrier.
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SecureSMS® for Operators/Carriers
SecureSMS closes the mobile security gap by addressing the inherent limitations of message security and message size. SecureSMS provides full end-to-end government-grade encryption of all SMS messages and extends the message size from 160 characters to 5000.SecureSMS provides Operators/Carriers with opportunities to enhance and grow data revenues and enhance the average revenue per user (ARPU) by extending the market reach and volume of SMS usage while reducing the risks associated with transmission of confidential information.
Mobile operators can offer government agencies, financial institutions, regulated small businesses, and security-conscious consumers, a highly secure and compliant communications tool that meets the highest demands for security and compliance. A mobile operator can provide an elevated level of service to its clients for a variety of security needs including:
- Sensitive communications
- Covert operations
- Alerts/notifications
- Secure data retrieval
- Security compliance
- Secure industrial communications
How We Make SMS Secure
Since SMS data is delivered as relatively short messages, encryption is used to manipulate the data in a way that is fundamentally difficult to reverse without knowledge of a secret key. Symmetric key algorithms are deployed for FDE applications. The NIST-approved algorithms for symmetric key algorithms are AES and TDES. The AES algorithm is specified in FIPS Pub 1972. AES encrypts and decrypts data in 128-bit blocks using 128-, 192- or 256-bit keys. NIST specifically states: "All three key sizes are considered adequate for Federal Government applications up through Classified Secret." There are three basic classes of NIST-approved Cryptographic algorithms:
- To encrypt relatively short messages
- To compute digital signatures
- To establish or verify cryptographic keying material
SecureSMS for Enterprises
SecureSMS closes the mobile security gap by addressing the inherent limitations of message security and message size. SecureSMS provides enterprises with full end-to-end government-grade encryption of all SMS messages and extends the message size from 160 characters to 5000.CellTrust SecureSMS® can be hosted through the SecureSMS Appliance by governments, healthcare organizations, banks and financial service providers and other industries. CellTrust SecureSMS creates a mobile world of trust across 200+ countries helping enterprises enable mobile processes and protect sensitive and often critical information.
CellTrust SecureSMS® enhances SMS resilience, and addresses security vulnerabilities as well as other standard SMS shortcomings. Take a look at the comparison below to see the benefits of SecureSMS compared to regular SMS:
SecureSMS Deployment
CellTrust SecureSMS can be pre-loaded on the mobile phones by manufacturers, or sold through a carrier’s dedicated app store or other distribution platforms. Mobile operators can easily integrate our products and offerings into their existing infrastructure to provide secure and reliable, revenue generating enterprise solutions or consumer products to their customers.CellTrust’s SecureSMS patent-pending technology provides the only turnkey system for management of encrypted messaging, via the mobile network control channel, through a secure gateway interface. This provides numerous advantages over standard SMS messaging and other secure SMS products:
- Full Scalability
- Secure end-to-end encryption up to 256 bit (HIPAA, FIPS, FISMA, Sarbanes-Oxley compliant) with each client handset utilizing its own unique decryption key
- CellTrust SecureSMS® console allows you to push security policies directly to the handset
- Delivery Status and reception acknowledgement
- Up to 5000 characters per message
- Discreet message life, and recall– determines life span of message or recalls and removes it
- Fully secured contact listings
- Failed login & remote wiping for protection and removal of discreet data
- Rebrandable to your identity via SecureSMS FAVE icon
- Award winning and certified with major carriers, operating systems, and manufacturers
How We Make SMS Secure
Since SMS data is delivered as relatively short messages, encryption is used to manipulate the data in a way that is fundamentally difficult to reverse without knowledge of a secret key. Symmetric key algorithms are deployed for FDE applications. The NIST-approved algorithms for symmetric key algorithms are AES and TDES. The AES algorithm is specified in FIPS Pub 1972. AES encrypts and decrypts data in 128-bit blocks using 128-, 192- or 256-bit keys. NIST specifically states: "All three key sizes are considered adequate for Federal Government applications up through Classified Secret." There are three basic classes of NIST-approved Cryptographic algorithms:
- To encrypt relatively short messages
- To compute digital signatures
- To establish or verify cryptographic keying material
