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We鈥檝e come to expect our smartphones and tablets to give us quick access to information鈥攁nytime, anywhere.

What if that information is critical to national security? How can government leaders use mobile technology to view privileged data without opening themselves up to a new host of security concerns? That was the challenge facing our nation鈥檚 top government leaders at the Department of Defense (DOD).

Every day, the DOD uses controlled unclassified information and classified information to make real-time decisions about real-world events, such as nuclear threats, cyber attacks, or civil unrest.聽

Yet DOD leaders can鈥檛 pick up any commercially available mobile device and start communicating with one another. Their government-issued mobile devices鈥攁long with live full-motion video feeds for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; email; voice; and other command and control communications鈥攏eed special security, all while maintaining a similar user experience as their personal devices. 蘑菇视频 Allen was called in to help.

It was a tall order. 鈥淥ur clients at the DOD came to us for some outside-the-box thinking,鈥� says Mark Battaglini, enterprise mobility project manager. 鈥淚n addition to large compute power, their mobile devices needed to be secure enough to address strategic communications at various classification levels.鈥�

Starting with a four-person team in 2012, we collaborated with our clients to develop a mobile-first strategy and a plan to get there. 蘑菇视频 Allen then deployed a small pilot of a few thousand unclassified users. 鈥淎t the time we didn鈥檛 know how big it was going to grow,鈥� Mark says. 鈥淥ver time, we ultimately realized this project was going to require the collective knowledge of our experts across the entire firm.鈥澛�

In just 5 years, that small project has grown by leaps and bounds. We鈥檝e transformed the agency鈥檚 IT enterprise, developing and delivering core secure mobile capabilities鈥攚ith an integrated framework of engineering and requirements, rigorous testing and evaluation, and strategy and governance.

Now, more than 100,000 DOD mission partners are using the secured devices, enabling secure mobile communication at three different classification levels, including Top Secret for senior executive leaders. 鈥淲e鈥檙e putting the full power of mobile computing into their hands with full DOD-grade security,鈥� says Jeff Prevett, enterprise mobility support portfolio manager. 鈥淲hether it鈥檚 a government official or a tactical user overseas, we鈥檙e enabling real-time access to data and services to enhance open collaboration and near real-time decision making.鈥�

Now that DOD is mobile first, it鈥檚 time for the next step in their transformation. We鈥檙e further supporting the enhancement of the DOD mobile enterprise, introducing new, more sophisticated capabilities like location-based awareness and mobile threat detection. The result: We鈥檙e able to deliver a secure, reliable mobile ecosystem that our clients require to evolve to a mobile workforce.

鈥淲e鈥檝e built a functional brand, while making significant impact and bringing more value to our clients, championing everything that 蘑菇视频 Allen brings to bear,鈥� Mark says. 鈥淲e鈥檝e set the stage for a mobile capability that will be around for years to come.鈥�