Army Wants More Mobile Devices

The Army is asking industry for help in how to get more mobile devices into the hands of service members. For 10 years, it's been using only Blackberries. Those were the only devices that could meet the Army's strict security requirements. Maj. Gen. Steve Smith, cybersecurity chief for the Army CIO, said the Army wants to move to a bring-your-own-device model. But that requires fast security certification, something the Army can't yet do. He said it took months to approve an Android device. But by the time it was certified, Dell had stopped making it.