SecurePIM Government SDS

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Virtual Solution AG
legal form AG
founding 1996
Seat Munich
management Günter Junk (CEO)

Stefan Schlossarek (CFO)

Branch IT
Website https://virtual-solution.com/de/homepage/

SecurePIM Government SDS is the only German security solution that has been approved by the BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) for the transmission and processing of national classified information up to and including the level of confidentiality "VS - ONLY FOR THE SERVICE USE" (VS-NfD) on iPhone and iPad is.

history

SecurePIM is a product of Virtual Solution AG based in Munich and Berlin. Virtual Solution AG is a German company specializing in the development of IT security solutions for the protection of mobile devices for both authorities and companies.

In 2015, the BSI Virtual Solution granted preliminary approval for the SecurePIM Government SDS product. The final approval took place in May 2017.

In 2016, the procurement office of the Federal Ministry of the Interior concluded a framework agreement for the federal administration on the delivery and installation of the mobile security solution "SecurePIM Government". SecurePIM Government SDS is therefore available directly from the federal department store .

Scope of services

SecurePIM supports various ActiveSync implementations ( e.g. Exchange, IBM Domino Notes ) and, in addition to the usual PIM functions, includes the following modules: Access to e-mail, contacts, calendar, notes, tasks, documents, browsers, file shares and intranet pages as well as a secure one Camera. Various MS Office documents can be edited in the document module.

safety

In order to meet the highest security requirements, all asymmetric crypto operations are carried out on a smart card.

The private keys never leave the hardware security module . SecurePIM basically supports ISO-7816 -certified cards; ATOS CardOS 4.2 and higher as well as global platform (JCOP) cards were tested. A wide range of different types of smart card readers is supported.

E-mails can be encrypted and decrypted both with the IBM Domino server internal encryption and with the S / MIME security standard.

SecurePIM is based on the in-house developed, cross-platform security framework for secure applications (SERA). The security framework is part of the BSI approval.

application areas

SecurePIM is used at all authority levels and in various companies to secure mobile communication up to VS-NfD .

Individual evidence

  1. PM final approval BSI June 2017 - Virtual Solution . In: Virtual Solution . ( virtual-solution.com [accessed August 28, 2017]).
  2. BSI - Press releases of the BSI - BSI enables safe use of iPhones and iPads in administration. Retrieved August 28, 2017 .
  3. BSI - Approval - BSI Document 7164: List of approved IT security products and systems. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
  4. SecurePIM Government - smartphone for authorities - simple and secure . In: Virtual Solution . ( virtual-solution.com [accessed August 28, 2017]).
  5. Press release framework agreement January 2017 - Virtual Solution . In: Virtual Solution . ( virtual-solution.com [accessed August 28, 2017]).
  6. SecurePIM Government - smartphone for authorities - simple and secure . In: Virtual Solution . ( virtual-solution.com [accessed August 29, 2017]).
  7. SecurePIM for the IBM Domino | collaboration server Apps. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
  8. Vogel Business Media GmbH & Co. KG: Mobile and yet secure . ( egovernment-computing.de [accessed on August 29, 2017]).
  9. Apple devices for ministries: Federal government tests tap-proof iPhone. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .