Short Message Service (sms) security solution for mobile devices

b. 
Advantages of SMS 
Besides being private and non-intrusive, GSM and SMS also offer 
the following advantages from a military perspective: 
•
GSM infrastructure and handsets are cheap as compared to their 
military counterparts.
•
GSM handsets are commercial commodity and do not project a 
military look. In the realm of Information Warfare and Signature 
Management, this is a good alternative for secure communications 
in scenarios where the use of military equipment may be 
complicate working relationships with civilian organizations or Non-
Government Organizations (NGOs). 
•
GSM has global coverage and is expected to cover 90% of the 
world population in 2010 [24]. The military can ride on the existing 
infrastructure for initial quick response.
c. Intelligence 
Collection 
The intelligence community has special interest in maintaining 
secure clandestine communications networks. Secure SMS provides another

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option to the existing communications options. However, other mechanisms to 
ensure the anonymity of the source of the message must be in place for such 
deployments to be effective. 
d. 
Civil-military / HADR Operations 
In some scenarios, a nation may require aid from the US military 
after a natural disaster strikes. However, due to political sensitivities, the US 
military may not want to be seen playing a dominating role in the HADR 
operations. This is where the use of commercial networks may seem more 
acceptable to the host nation. NGOs are also more receptive towards the use of 
commercial handsets compared to a military communications device. However, 
the military may still want to provide some level of information assurance in the 
communications with the civilian counterpart.