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December 22, 2011

KoolSpan Acquires Secure Mobile Applications Suite, Engineering Team from SRA International

KoolSpan a developer of the TrustChip family of plug-in mobile security solutions announced the acquisition of the secure mobile applications suite and engineering team from SRA International. As part of the acquisition, a core engineering team from SRA has joined KoolSpan.

In a release KoolSpan CEO Gregg Smith said, “SRA and KoolSpan have worked together over the last several years to develop the next generation of secure mobile applications.”

“This acquisition will allow KoolSpan to own the technology behind the security solution for the two most fundamental mobile applications – voice and text. For our customers and partners we now can market a turnkey FIPS-140-2 compliant mobile solution,” Smith added.

SRA is a provider of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organizations. KoolSpan will acquire the team and the products which will entail it to own all core components of the hardware-based TrustChip solution that protects voice and text communications from security threats. KoolSpan also owns several pending patents related to the acquired technology.

TrustChip is a hardware-based mobile security solution that is anchored by chip in the form factor of a microSD card that slides into smart phones. This dissuades hacking of voice calls and text messages. With the increase in mobile threats, TrustChip is expected to offer a solution for government and enterprises to create TrustGroups. This will ensure secure voice and text messaging between different users and devices.

Rick Geritz, chairman of CyberMaryland remarked, “We applaud KoolSpan for its determination in building a world class, hardware-anchored solution to the threat of mobile voice and text hacking worldwide. We are proud to call KoolSpan a Maryland company and believe the company’s TrustChip solution has tremendous current and future market potential.”

CyberMaryland brings together federal, state and local government, private businesses, academia, and workforce to address challenges to the security of digital infrastructure.

SRA officials revealed that the components of its secure mobile applications suite include One Vault Voice (OVV) and One Vault Messenger (OVM). They were developed by integrating KoolSpan’s TrustChip and TDK technology. OVV and OVM are secure voice and text message applications working on commercial off-the-shelf devices like the Blackberry and Android platforms soon to be followed by the iPhone.

SRA Senior Vice President Pat Burke said, “We are convinced that KoolSpan will continue to develop the industry leading features that have established OVV and OVM as market leaders and will accelerate their adoption on a global scale.”


Shamila Janakiraman is a contributing editor for MobilityTechzone. To read more of Shamila’s articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Chris DiMarco


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