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Silent Circle Unveils World's First Enterprise Privacy Platform- Silent Circle announces the world's first enterprise privacy platform, a unique system of devices, software and services built for mobile at Mobile World Congress, 2015. - Silent Circle announces new privacy-first smartphone and tablet Blackphone 2 and the world's first privacy focused tablet Blackphone+. - Silent Circle co-founder and Chief Scientist, Phil Zimmermann says "personal privacy has become an enterprise issue." BARCELONA, Spain, March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Silent Circle today unveiled the world's first enterprise privacy platform, a unique combination of devices, software and services, based upon and built from a fundamentally different mobile architecture – ZRTP. It includes the launch of the Blackphone 2 and the world's first privacy focused tablet, Blackphone+. "Enterprise privacy is similar to individual privacy. The same technologies can protect both," Phil Zimmermann, Silent Circle co-founder said. "My own work in developing privacy technology has always been motivated by my interest in individual privacy as a human right. The recent Sony experience shows that enterprises too have a responsibility to up their game to protect the privacy of their own people and their partners." Bill Conner, President and CEO of Silent Circle, said, "Today we unveiled the vision to drive the second stage of growth for Silent Circle. Enterprises have been underserved when it comes to privacy. Traditional approaches to security have failed them. We're here to fix that. We have to understand that to achieve real privacy now requires security plus policy. That new equation is driving everything we do in building the world's first enterprise privacy platform." Reflecting the ways we all work have now evolved – with a growing number of employees now using personal devices to connect to their enterprise networks – the company has created a platform of devices, software and services that recognize traditional approaches to security are no longer enough. The newly unveiled Silent Circle Enterprise Privacy Platform includes: DEVICES
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"Traditional security solutions have failed global enterprise in a mobile world and make data and privacy breaches feel inevitable to most enterprises," said Mike Janke, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Silent Circle Board at a press conference held at Mobile World Congress 2015 this morning. "What's more, these breaches have evolved and have much broader impact. They now put every customer, employee and partner at risk. They are eroding the trust people have in enterprises. They have moved privacy firmly to the top of the boardroom agenda." Last week, Silent Circle last announced its buy out of its SGP Technologies joint venture between Silent Circle and Geeksphone. The acquisition resulted in Silent Circle taking a 100% ownership stake in SGP Technologies and the Blackphone product set. The company also announced it had raised approximately $50m in a private, common equity round to support accelerated growth. Notes to Editors
About Silent Circle Now led by Bill Conner, the former Entrust President and CEO and Nortel President, Silent Circle was co-founded by Mike Janke, former Navy SEAL and security expert; Phil Zimmermann, co-founder of PGP, developer of the ZRTP protocol and 2015 inductee into the Internet Hall of Fame; and Jon Callas, creator of Apple's whole disk encryption software and co-founder of PGP Corporation. Silent Circle is headquartered in Switzerland, home to the world's best privacy laws. For more information on Silent Circle, go to: https://www.silentcircle.com For More Information: [email protected] +44 (0) 203 003 6541 Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20150301/178637LOGO To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/silent-circle-unveils-worlds-first-enterprise-privacy-platform-300043293.html SOURCE Silent Circle |