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Free for publication on October 15, 2018 at 10am (CEST +1)

Bittium exhibits Confidential level Bittium Tough Mobile™ smartphone at NATO Information Assurance Symposium

Oulu, Finland, October 15, 2018 – Bittium exhibits secure Bittium Tough Mobile™ smartphone and related Bittium Secure Suite™ back-end system at NATO’s largest cyber security conference, NATO Information Assurance Symposium (NIAS), in Mons, Belgium on October 16-18, 2018. Bittium Tough Mobile and Bittium Secure Suite together form the first smartphone based solution in the world that has been approved for processing material classified as Confidential (NCSA-FI).

The Confidential level Bittium Tough Mobile makes it possible for the user to call and message both in personal use and in professional use, where high-level of information security is required, without the need to have two separate devices. This is enabled by Bittium Tough Mobile’s unique dual-boot functionality, which means that the device has two completely separate operating modes: public and confidential. Bittium Secure Suite back-end system enables efficient use of Bittium Tough Mobile’s information security features, reliable remote device management of the smartphone, and securing the network connections used by the device.

Bittium will also have a speaker slot at the event. During the “Smartphones in classified environments” workshop session Mr. Markku Korkiakoski, Director, Cyber Security, and Mr. Jarno Majava, Director, Sales, will discuss how the information security of smartphones is integrated both in the device and its software, and how smartphones should be integrated to an organization’s whole IT infrastructure.

Bittium’s products and solutions are exhibited at stand B2.

More information on the Confidential level Bittium Tough Mobile smartphone based solution: www.bittium.com/BittiumToughMobileC.

Further information:

Jari Sankala
Senior Vice President, Defense & Security
Tel. +358 40 344 3507
Email: communications(a)bittium.com

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Bittium is a trusted Finnish company with over 30 years of experience in advanced radio communication technologies and biosignal processing. For Defense & Security market Bittium provides the most modern products and solutions for tactical & secure communications. The products and solutions for tactical communications bring broadband data and voice to all troops across the battlefield. For secure communications Bittium offers proven mobile devices and cyber security solutions certified up to CONFIDENTIAL level. Net sales in 2017 were EUR 51.6 million. Bittium is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Exchange. www.bittium.com