Bluetooth: Why the “.1” Makes all the difference in Public Safety Author: Tunde Williams

CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS. We all love the wirefree convenience that Bluetooth offers. A proliferation of devices and standardized interfaces have been catalysts of Bluetooth adoption, however they also highlight a key issue: security. For public safety in particular, security is absolutely essential – it’s a tenet of mission-critical communications.

 

But security has also been a key driver in the evolution of Bluetooth. Yes, Bluetooth has got bad press in the past. New phrases like bluesnarfing and bluejacking were even coined to describe successful hacks. Today, Bluetooth is a much more secure protocol thanks especially to a critical improvement to the device pairing procedure. The new procedure called, Secure Simple Pairing offers fantastic usability without sacrificing security – something that sadly cannot be said for Bluetooth versions prior to 2.1.

 

Want to learn more? Check out the white paper ‘5 Steps to Creating a Secure Bluetooth Environment for your Two-Way Radios’.

Tunde Williams is in Global Product and Solutions Marketing for TETRA.

Tunde is on LinkedIn at uk.linkedin.com/pub/olatunde-williams/5/282/67a/

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