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Note: TechWebTV catches up with Whisper Systems' CTO and co-founder Moxie Marllinspike to discuss and demo WhisperCore -- a mobile security solution that brings BlackBerry-like centralized enterprise-grade security to Android devices.
Whisper Systems' WhisperCore could be just the right elixir for businesses looking to allow employees to connect their personal Android devices to network resources (eg: email) without risking the safety of corporate digital assets. While at the Black Hat USA 2011 security conference in Las Vegas, BYTE had a chance to videotape an interview with the security startup's CTO and co-founder Moxie Marlinspike. [Disclosure: Black Hat is owned by UBM TechWeb which is also parent to BYTE]. That interview includes a look at some of WhisperCore's features and is embedded below.
Unlike the way Research In Motion has ensured the business-readiness of its BlackBerries with enterprise-grade security, Google has yet to give IT professionals the tools they need to secure Android devices that employees are trying to connect to corporate resources. According to Marlinspike, this is where WhisperCore enters the picture. Much the...