Commenting on the announcement of the Nokia Secure Service Manager, Dan MacDonald, vice president of product management and marketing, Nokia Internet Communications said, “
Security has become an enabling technology for enterprises and through this announcement we are extending enterprise security to the mobile world. Nokia Security Service Manager enables the mobile workforce to use business applications seamlessly and securely.”
The requirements for security applications on mobile handsets and their management are specific and complex. NSSM provides an easy-to-manage, scalable, and cost-effective mobile Virtual Private Network (VPN) deployment solution that enterprises, service providers, and mobile operators can use to extend their VPN solutions to the mobile domain. Nokia emphasises that VPNs allow companies to communicate with their branch offices, customers, partners, employees, and suppliers securely, using both wired and wireless infrastructure. Through VPNs, the Internet has become a means of providing more cost-effective access to business critical information from virtually anywhere. NSSM is a robust, over-the-air provisioning system that can securely deliver handset software and configurations as well as secure, automatic updates to mobile handsets whilst demonstrably reducing IT administration costs.
The standards based PKI functionality in NSSM can be utilized by various applications to enhance their security and usability on mobile handsets. NSSM has powerful PKI services that provide enterprises an easy migration path from legacy authentication to certificate-based authentication for Mobile VPN users, for example. NSSM includes a Certification Authority (CA) service and can act as a Registration Authority (RA) towards external CAs, providing an automatic certificate enrollment process for mobile users.
Fujitsu Invia has been evaluating the VPN client solution for Nokia. "Enterprises are increasingly deploying business-grade mobile handsets for their mobile workforce. To address some of the challenges as a global integrator and service provider, Fujitsu will use NSSM to provide a broad scale of mobile security services to help our enterprise customers," says sales director Antti Kytömäki of Fujitsu Invia.
The Nokia Security Service Manager will be available through selected system integrators and resellers. Initial delivery will be during Q1 2003.
About Nokia Internet Communications
Nokia Internet Communications, headquartered in Mountain View, California, provides world-class Network Security, Virtual Private Network and Internet Traffic Management solutions that ensure the security and reliability of corporate enterprise and managed service provider networks. Nokia is committed to enhancing the end user experience by bringing a new level of security and reliability to the network, enabling and Internet transaction that is personal and trusted-each and every time.
For more information, please visit www.nokia.com and click on Secure Network Solutions. Nokia Internet security and virtual private network appliances span the spectrum of price/performance points, and secure the widest range of network environments-from the smallest branch office to the largest Internet data center. The expansive product line, backed by world-class global support and services, provides customers the ability to deploy multiple solutions from a single product to secure all elements of a distributed enterprise.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience, innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed broadband and IP networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly held company with listings on six major exchanges.
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