Windows Mobile 6.1 Reaches Security Certification Milestone

Microsoft’s Windows Mobile smartphone platform hasn’t gotten much recognition in much of anything lately (except perhaps in commentaries like this one by Om Malik: Microsoft’s Mobile Strategy: Irrelevance). However, it still has reasonable credibility in one area: The enterprise. The combination of Windows Mobile and its server side management components has earned it something called the CCRA (Common Criteria Recognition Arrangement)…

Microsoft Mobile Security Receives Global Recognition

This is recognized as a framework standard for specifying security requirements by 26 countries. According to Wikipedia, the Common Criteria emerged from standards defined by European countries, Canada, and the U.S. People familiar with the old U.S. Department of Defense “Orange Book” might be interested to know that it lives on as part of this Common Criteria.

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