NATO approves iPhone and iPad to handle classified info

As part of that effort, BSI conducted a comprehensive series of assessments and tests, including deep security analysis, to make sure that the security capabilities Apple has already put in place were secure enough. This also led to the approval of these systems by NATO’s 32-member states.

“Secure digital transformation is only successful if information security is considered from the beginning in the development of mobile products,” said Claudia Plattner, BSI’s president. “Expanding on BSI’s rigorous audit of iOS and iPadOS platform and device security for use in classified German information environments, we are pleased to confirm the compliance under NATO nations’ assurance requirements.”

Security is, of course, in Apple’s DNA, which is why it designs it in at the core of its products. As proof, Apple can point to years of work on security, during which it has been led by the idea that security protections should be focused on users, deeply integrated, and available across its ecosystem. 

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