Wickr selected as secure comms platform for AFVentures
NewsApril 09, 2020
NEW YORK, N.Y. Wickr, Inc., secure collaboration platform, announced the company was awarded a strategic financing contract from the U.S. Air Force's (USAF) AFVentures Strategic Financing (STRATFI) program. According to the company, Air Force personnel will be able to securely communicate anywhere in the world, without the risk of being breached or hacked.
USAF refers to the military's self-hosted instance as Wickr RAM, which is an end-to-end encrypted collaboration platform deployed to address the requirements to serve Recall, Alert, and Messaging needs. Wickr RAM is a scalable version of Wickr Enterprise, with full administrative and compliance controls. All features are designed to use the exact same encryption.
USAF introduced AFVentures as the collaboration between the Air Force Acquisition, AFWERX, and the Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program to fund technologies for the warfighter. The umbrella organization has identified 21 companies, including Wickr, who are tentatively selected to receive part of a combined $550 million in Strategic Financing contracts as part of the initiative.
Earlier this year, Wickr received the Authorization To Operate (ATO) on DoD communication networks approved for FOUO documents on government issued and personal devices. As part of the ATO evaluation, Wickr's secure collaboration platform was put through testing to ensure the product is hardened to DoD standards.
