CellTrust’s Sean Moshir Selected to Present at 2011 Cyber Security Training Conference in Colorado Springs

Posted by admin on 15/Aug/2011 in Press Releases | 0 comments

Lecture will Focus on Secure Mobile Messaging and Communication for Government.

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA – August 15, 2011 – CellTrust Corporation, the recognized leader in secure mobile messaging (www.celltrust.com), announced today that Sean Moshir, Chief Executive Officer of CellTrust, is speaking on August 18 at the the 2011 Cyber Security Training Conference, hosted by the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), an international not-for-profit organization of information security professionals and practitioners.Moshir will be among speakers including Travis Johnson, Special Agent Cybercrime Division, FBI, and Robert D. Rego, Brigadier General, Special Assistant for Cyber Issues, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), the Keynote speaker at the event.

Moshir will address mobile vulnerabilities as part of the conference’s Essential Information Assurance track, and he will discuss strategies for secure mobile messaging and communication.

The Cyber Security Training Conference brings together U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), information technology professionals, and industry partners, to share ideas and exchange information on ways to further protect and strengthen the defensive posture of information systems, including briefings and panel discussions focusing on current and proposed Information Assurance policies, strategies and initiatives. (more…)

CellTrust Lands Deal With Malaysia’s Celcom

Posted by admin on 9/Feb/2011 in In The News | 0 comments

The Phoenix Business Journal has picked up on the CellTrust deal with Celcom Malaysia and written a nice article.

Phoenix Business Journal
Date: Monday, February 7, 2011

CellTrust Corp. has launched its secure mobile messaging system in Malaysia through that country’s largest 3G wireless firm, Celcom.

Scottsdale-based CellTrust has been developing secure mobile messaging for several years, and Celcom recently launched the CellTrust application for BlackBerrys.

The deal, for which financial information was not released, opens access to the application to about 11 million subscribers. It also allows CellTrust to be available to enterprise-level companies with opportunities to host the traffic on their own computer networks.

The secure system allows for texts to be encrypted so they cannot be intercepted along with a host of other features.

Read the article full article on the Phoenix Business Journal’s web site

CellTrust Secure SMS Continues to be Secure, While Many Wireless Banks’ Apps Were Exposed to Security Flaws

Posted by admin on 22/Nov/2010 in Press Releases, Security Alert Log | 0 comments

Company says Secure SMS users’ information is safe and secure because of product architecture

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA – November 22, 2010 – CellTrust Corporation, the recognised leader in mobile secure messaging and secure applications for mobile phones (www.celltrust.com), today announced that CellTrust’s mobile banking product, which is being piloted outside of the U.S., is based on SecureSMS Secure Mobile information management (SMIM) architecture and is not affected by security flaws that were recently published in a Wall Street Journal article. The article stated that a number of top financial companies and banks, such as Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America Corp. and USAA, are rushing to develop updates to fix security flaws in wireless banking applications that could allow a computer criminal syndicates to obtain sensitive data like usernames, passwords and financial information.

“This is not the first time that mobile banking applications have been vulnerable to security flaws, and we do not believe it will be the last time,” said Sean Moshir, CEO and Chairman of CellTrust. “The issue with the banking apps mentioned in The Wall Street Journal article is that personal information about the wireless subscriber, such as the user name and password to a bank account, is being stored in the mobile device, which could give a cybercriminal full access to a person’s financial accounts. Storing the password in the memory of the handset is a fundamental mistake in the design of the apps and the security architecture. Furthermore, apps that store passwords in the memory of the handset or send it across the network are not compliant with financial industry regulations or best practices.”

Moshir continued, “CellTrust developed its SecureSMS platform from the ground-up, with security architecture in mind, and continues to provide a safe and secure environment for the exchange of sensitive information. A key difference with SecureSMS is that CellTrust uses the mobile command channel for communication, rather than the data channel which was used for these particular mobile banking apps. It is critical and added security for mobile banks apps to perform the actual transaction or user authentication out of band.” (more…)

Queensland University of Technology selects CellTrust Global SMS Gateway Platform for First of Kind Pilot for New Mothers

Posted by admin on 12/Oct/2010 in Application Watch, In The News, Press Releases | 0 comments

Queensland University of Technology’s “Mumbubconnect” Selects CellTrust’s Global SMS Platform Delivering Two-Way Text Messages to Breastfeeding Mothers across Australia.

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA and SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – October 12, 2010 – CellTrust Corporation, the world’s largest provider of SecureSMS™ (Secure SMS) for mobile phones (www.celltrust.com), announced today that its GlobalSMS platform solution has been selected by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), for the world’s first text message pilot program to offer breastfeeding support for new mothers in Australia.

The “Mumbubconnect” trial, concepted and engineered by Andre La Porte, a Digital Media and Social Marketing Specialist in Brisbane, Australia, for a team from QUT’s School of Public Health and the School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, is the first of its kind to use two-way SMS to provide support for breastfeeding mothers. The text messages provide a direct link with breastfeeding women and offer support, encouragement and advice when needed. For example if a mother responds to a text message indicating she is struggling with breastfeeding, she will be sent an encouraging response, along with hints on how to get through the difficult times. This pilot program aims to facilitate QUT’s research and ultimately to increase breastfeeding rates among new mothers.

“Our research found that text messages are an ideal way to communicate with new mothers, because they send and receive messages on their mobile devices throughout the day,” said Mr. La Porte. “CellTrust Australia had our system up and running in less than two hours and it’s easy to use. I was astonished to find that a particular vendor would have to build a specific SMS platform application from scratch, and that other vendors with existing technology had platforms that were complicated to program and manage.”

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CellTrust Prepares NFC Provisioning APIs Using SecureSMS for Carriers and Banks as NFC Technology Rollout Begins in 2011

Posted by admin on 25/Aug/2010 in Press Releases | 1 comment

CellTrust Removes Major Obstacle for Mobile Operators and Banks by Delivering OTA (Over-The-Air) NFC Configuration and Provisioning

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, USA – August 25, 2010 – CellTrust Corporation, the world’s largest provider of SecureSMS for mobile phones (www.celltrust.com), announced today that it is preparing patent-pending, NFC-provisioning APIs using SecureSMS, in anticipation of NFC technology rollout beginning in early 2011.

NFC (Near Field Communication) is a short-range wireless communication standard that bundles a contactless chip with a contactless reader inside the mobile device. With NFC technology, consumers can simply wave or tap their phone within a few inches of a reader to transfer information to their mobile phone or to complete a mobile payment or transaction.

Designed to make life much easier for the end-user, provisioning NFC will require the carrier to send sensitive and confidential information to the mobile subscriber’s handset. While a few methods exist to provision NFC, CellTrust believes SMS is the optimal choice because it uses the mobile communications control channel, which is separate from voice and data and operates regardless of the voice or data being used. The control channel has high resiliency, low bandwidth requirements and was designed for carriers to send specific commands and instructions to the handset via SMS. It is important to note that standard SMS is not secure and can be spoofed. Provisioning NFC with CellTrust’s SecureSMS APIs addresses spoofing with a fully authenticated, government-grade, highly encrypted, tamper-proof process, which also enables message sizes up to 5,000 characters.

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CellTrust’s SecureSMS™ Appliance Selected Winner for Best Enterprise Enabler Application for the RCR Ecosystem Awards

Posted by admin on 21/Dec/2009 in Awards, Press Releases | 0 comments

SecureSMS Appliance Selected as Innovative Messaging Security Solution

Scottsdale, Arizona – December 21, 2009 – CellTrust® Corporation (www.celltrust.com), announced today that RCR Wireless, a premier news source for the wireless communications industry, has named CellTrust’s SecureSMS Appliance as the winner of the 2009 inaugural RCR Wireless Ecosystem Award in the category of Enabler Application – Enterprise. These influential awards highlight companies that have demonstrated success, innovation, and excellence in the industry.

“We are honored to receive this award from RCR Wireless in recognition of CellTrust’s SecureSMS Appliance,” said Sean Moshir, Chairman and CEO of CellTrust. “This award reinforces the value that secure messaging delivers to the enterprise space.”

The SecureSMS™ Appliance manages and exchanges messages via CellTrust’s highly Secure Mobile Information Management platform to:

• Meet security, privacy and compliance requirements without costly development
• Set aside concern that carriers, tower operators, infrastructure providers, aggregators, and others can intercept and read text messages
• Confirm that text message recipients have received and opened SMS messages
• Use the same set of APIs to send both secure and standard SMS or text messages
• Remotely “wipe” the handset if lost or stolen
• Definitively measure the Return-on-Investment of the mobile channel via SSMS
• Reduce overall cost of communications (more…)

CellTrust Corp. Launches First SecureSMS™ Appliance for Global Enterprise Market

Posted by admin on 6/Oct/2009 in Press Releases | 0 comments

CellTrust to Deliver Industry’s First “Plug and Play” Secure SMS Solution for Enterprise Customers.

CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment, San Diego, CA – October 6, 2009 – CellTrust Corporation, an Arizona based provider of leading-edge secure mobile messaging and applications (www.celltrust.com), today announced the launch of CellTrust SecureSMS™ Appliance for the enterprise space. This is the first global enterprise appliance to offer secure SMS communication for handset-to-handset, application-to-handset or vice versa, with highly encrypted end to end security in compliance with HIPAA, FISMA, and Sarbanes-Oxley, ensuring that information is kept private and only delivered to the intended recipient.

The CellTrust offering is a “plug and play” solution consisting of the patent pending CellTrust SecureSMS Gateway™ and an appliance with a modem from Multi-Tech, a Minneapolis-based cellular modem and wireless technology manufacturer, to provide a secure text messaging solution for transmitting confidential information from handset-to-handset, application-to-handset or vice versa. The CellTrust SecureSMS™ Appliance instantly connects the enterprise with over 700 carriers around the world and operates on many handsets from variety of manufacturers. The direct connection to carriers via cell towers significantly reduces the costs and time associated with securing and provisioning a short code, enabling enterprise customers to immediately begin to securely send sensitive material via SMS.

The SecureSMS™ Appliance is installed in the customer’s data center, and with no Internet connection necessary, it enables users to send SMS messages securely to each other using cell towers. If connected to Internet the Appliance can connect to most email servers and routes emails to secureSMS on the handset and receives response as well. The email connector can also show proof of delivery of the email as well as read confirmation from the handset. CellTrust’s SecureSMS allows users to send encrypted messages containing up to 5,000 characters surpassing the standard SMS 160 character limit, and modems are used within the enterprise to transmit the messages which support up to 10,000 messages per day. Depending on the level of messaging traffic, multiple modems may be used to support the amount of SecureSMS communications sent. (more…)

CellTrust Corp. Launches Secure Mobile Healthcare Division with Mobile Protected Health Information (PHI) for Hospitals, Medical Answering Services, Pharmacies, Insurance and Pharmaceutical Companies

Posted by admin on 22/Sep/2009 in Press Releases | 0 comments

CellTrust Corp. Launches Secure Mobile Healthcare Division In Step with National Health IT Roll-out

Scottsdale, Arizona, USA – September 22, 2009 – CellTrust Corporation, the world largest provider of SecureSMS for mobile phones (www.celltrust.com), announced today the launch of its Secure Mobile Healthcare Division with a dedicated team of healthcare IT professionals and mobile security experts.

CellTrust’s Secure Mobile Healthcare Division is comprised of seasoned healthcare IT professionals with decades of experience in patient information data management. Along with CellTrust’s mobile security experts, they have engineered a suite of Secure Mobile Healthcare Information Management applications designed to enhance the three core National Health IT initiatives – electronic medical data management, cost reduction and coordinated patient care.

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CellTrust Corp. Commences Operations with CellTrust Australia, Pty Ltd. To Provide Secure SMS and Mobile Marketing to Australia and New Zealand

Posted by admin on 5/Jun/2009 in Application Watch | 1 comment

U.S.-based CellTrust, the Secure SMS Messaging Leader, Establishes a Franchisee as Distribution Network on the Australian Continent.

Scottsdale, AZ, USA and Australia – June 3, 2009 – CellTrustCorporation, a U.S.-based provider of leading-edge secure mobile messaging and applications (www.CellTrust.com) announced its expansion into Australia and New Zealand with the establishment of CellTrust Australia (www.CellTrust.com.au).  The franchisee will operate from its headquarters in Sydney, Australia led by Managing Director Nick Goritsas, marketing veteran and entrepreneur who founded the successful Ontarget Group of companies, which specialise in Data Mining, Direct Mail Marketing and Product Fulfilment.

CellTrust Australia’s customer base will benefit from CellTrust’s award winning SecureSMS Gateway, enabling businesses to exchange critical information with customers using mobile devices in a trusted environment.  SecureSMS has additional advantages over standard SMS, such as delivery, read, and receipt confirmation. CellTrust SecureSMS provides end-to-end privacy on the mobile device via a highly encrypted, tamper-proof process. The sender can see the icons actually change on their phone as messages are sent, received and opened by the recipient. The solution also increases the SMS size limit from 160 characters to 5000. A remote wipe functionality that ensures users can wipe the handset if it is lost or stolen adds another critical layer of security. Additional features that will soon be available on CellTrust SecureSMS will include 2D barcodes, client-less Secure SMS, as well as a dynamic menu system for mobile banking and mobile payments.

“The introduction of 3G mobile technology to the Australian market is driving economic growth and helping to transform businesses and services to communities previously underserved due to the limitations of broadband” said Nick Goritsas, Managing Director, CellTrust Australia. “With the proliferation of mobile data and the exchange of sensitive information across education, healthcare, government and financial sectors, CellTrust’s secure mobile applications and global gateway are well-positioned to meet market demands.” (more…)

CellTrust Receives 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award

Posted by admin on 26/May/2009 in Awards, Press Releases | 0 comments

SecureSMS Recognized for Outstanding Innovation

Scottsdale, AZ – May 26, 2009 – CellTrust (www.celltrust.com) announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named SecureSMS as a recipient of a 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.

CellTrust’s SecureSMS adds significant value to basic text messaging (SMS) with:

• Control to manage confidential information exchange via the mobile
• Accountability with recipient confirmation when SMS is received and opened
• Enterprise level compliance without costly development or server infrastructure investment
• Carrier-ready compatibility with more than 710 carriers in over 218 countries
• Security with end-to-end encryption across the mobile ecosystem (i.e. carriers, tower operators, infrastructure providers or aggregators)

“CellTrust is honored to be receiving the Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizing it’s Secure SMS,” said Sean Moshir, Chairman and CEO of CellTrust. “This award further validates the increased adoption of SecureSMS as a safe way of communicating sensitive information within the mobile space.” (more…)