Columbitech, founded in 2000, provides

wireless security Wireless security is the prevention of unauthorized access or damage to computers or data using wireless networks, which include Wi-Fi networks. The term may also refer to the protection of the wireless network itself from adversaries seeking to ...

to secure mobile devices,"Lost Connections", ''Wall Street Journal'', December 11 2007
with support for WLAN and public networks, including 3G, 4G and

WiMAX Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) is a family of wireless broadband communication standards based on the IEEE 802.16 set of standards, which provide physical layer (PHY) and media access control (MAC) options. The WiMAX ...

. The company is headquartered in

Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm () is the capital and largest city of Sweden as well as the largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the municipality, with 1.6 million in the urban area, and 2.4 million in the metropoli ...

with offices in

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Columbitech Mobile VPN

The Columbitech

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provides remote network access to field mobility users, corporate WLAN users and

remote work Remote work, also called work from home (WFH), work from anywhere, telework, remote job, mobile work, and distance work is an employment arrangement in which employees do not commute to a central place of work, such as an office building, ware ...

ers – mobilizing the enterprise."Mobile VPN for the Field", ''Mobile Enterprise'', February 2008
. The solution is encrypted on standards-based

Wireless Transport Layer Security {{unreferenced, date=July 2013 Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) is a security protocol, part of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) stack. It sits between the WTP and WDP layers in the WAP communications stack. Overview WTLS is d ...

(WTLS) and holds a FIPS 140-2 certification. The technology is utilized in the retail industry to meet

PCI DSS The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard used to handle credit cards from major card brands. The standard is administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council and its use i ...

requirements,"LINUX-based VPN system has NEXCOM running a tight ship", ''Stores Magazine'', May 2008
. and in other industries where mobile devices are used over wireless networks.

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