Samsung and Sectra in cooperation for secure smartphone for European governments

Linkoping, Sweden – September 22, 2015 - Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and
Sectra (http://communications.sectra.com/) (STO: SECT B), a leading European
provider of secure mobile solutions, have entered a technical partnership to
integrate the Samsung KNOX™ platform in Sectra’s solution for secure smartphone
communication. A first delivery of the next-generation secure smartphone, which
is the result of this cooperation, is currently being rolled out to a European
defense organization.
There is increasing demand within security-conscious sectors for a smartphone
that provides full usability, without compromising on security. Sectra’s
encryption solution for smartphones, Sectra
Tiger®/R (http://communications.sectra.com/security-solutions/tigers-r), is a
response to this demand, enabling the use of smartphones to securely communicate
classified information over mobile networks. It is designed for use at the
RESTRICTED security classification level.

"Through the cooperation with Samsung and the integration of Samsung KNOX in our
Tiger solution, we have combined our expertise in encryption technology and
Samsung’s advanced knowledge in platform security," says Michael Bertilsson,
President of Sectra Communications. "This strategic cooperation with Samsung
allows us to focus on meeting our users’ needs in terms of communications
security, availability, and mobility in an environment where new threats against
smartphones appear on an increasing basis.”

The partnership enables Sectra to enhance the Sectra Tiger/R solution with the
Samsung KNOX comprehensive smartphone security platform. While Sectra’s hardware
-based encryption ensures communication security, Samsung KNOX ensures the
integrity of the device, substantially reducing vulnerability to malicious
applications and tampering.

“Sectra is one of the pioneers in mobile voice encryption, with 20 years’
experience of mastering mobile secure communication systems,” says Björn Hansen,
Sales Director Telecom at Samsung Electronics. “Through close cooperation
between the development teams behind Samsung KNOX and Sectra Tiger/R, we are
making the technology available to users who were not previously able to benefit
from it.”

Watch a video on the solution: communications.sectra.com/security
-solutions/tigers-r

About Sectra Tiger/R

With Sectra Tiger/R, all voice and text information is encrypted all the way
from one smartphone to another, allowing users to securely exchange sensitive
information by encrypted calls and text messages. Hardware-based protection for
encryption keys guarantees the very high security level. At the same time,
Sectra Tiger/R provides users with a simple and flexible security solution that
enables them to also use the smartphone services to which they are accustomed,
such as making calls to standard, unprotected telephones, e-mails, photos,
surfing on the Internet and using social network services, provided they have
been approved by the user organization.

Sectra Tiger/R is a further development of Sectra’s previous solution for
smartphones – Panthon. Panthon is approved by the Dutch national security
agency, EU and NATO up to and including the RESTRICTED security classification
level.
For further information, please contact:
Michael Bertilsson, President Sectra Communications AB, tel 46 (0)708 23 52 25
Torbjörn Kronander, President and CEO, Sectra AB, Tel: 46 46 (0) 13 23 52 27

For further information and contact with Samsung, please contact:
Tobias Bjarnelid, Product Manager B2B Samsung Nordic, Tel: 46 (0)70 656 21 01
Jacob Birkeland, Public Affairs Advisor Samsung Nordic Tel: 46 (0)70 955 66 54
About Sectra

Within the business area Secure Communications, Sectra has operations in Sweden,
the Netherlands and Finland, developing and providing effective security
solutions for European government authorities, defense departments and other
critical functions of society. These security solutions ensure that
organizations and individual users can meet their continuous need for secure
communication. Sectra’s solutions are approved at national levels and by the EU
and NATO, and pave the way for communications that lead to a secure and stable
world.

Sectra was founded in 1978 and has its roots in Linköping University in Sweden.
The Group’s business operation includes cutting-edge products and services
within the niche segments of secure communication and medical IT. Sectra has
subsidiaries in 14 countries and operates through partners worldwide. Sales in
the 2014/2015 fiscal year totaled SEK 961 million. The Sectra share is quoted on
the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For further information, visit
http://www.sectra.com

About Samsung

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. inspires the world and shapes the future with
transformative ideas and technologies, redefining the worlds of TVs,
smartphones, wearable devices, tablets, cameras, digital appliances, printers,
medical equipment, network systems, and semiconductor and LED solutions. We are
also leading in the Internet of Things space through, among others, our Smart
Home and Digital Health initiatives. We employ 307,000 people across 84
countries with annual sales of USD $196 billion.