MobileGov® is a spin-off of the European eJustice project (development of technologies needed to authentify users of digital system through biometric data recorded on smartcards in order to control the access to systems managing information flows – www.ejustice.eu.com ). MobileGov® was created in 2004, in France an the UK.

MobileGov® has developed an innovative security solution that is compatible with mobile application uses. MobileGov®’s technology allows to management of personal identification, key element of security with the introduction of smartcard ID in Europe.

The nature of MobileGov®’s technology brings the capacity to build a trust chain throughout the numerous authentication and authorisation platforms, as well as to be adaptable to future platforms. MobileGov® offers a mature solution that answers to the missing security link that allows only authorised equipment (PCs, PDAs, mobile phones, etc.) to connect to sensitive databases or remote applications.

MobileGov® has been awarded with the “Best Innovation 2005” award during the Capital IT in April 2005 and has received the “innovative company” label from OSEO-ANVAR. The company actively works with prestigious partners (such as SAP, Thales, Unisys) on European Commission funded research projects.

A new approach

Computer security has particularly evolved on the software side: anti-viruses, firewalls, data accounting (ICP, AES, VPN), and authentication (biometry). Nothing is being done to secure the hardware side. MobileGov® uses a not so well known property of numerical equipment to detect changes of configuration that may be potentially harmful, and runs on any existing hardware and their operating systems.