Communications security

Details emerging on Pentagon's top-secret phone

Defense Department CIO Terry Halvorsen recently let slip the Pentagon's plans to develop a top-secret mobile device to allow classified communications any time, anywhere. He's declined to offer any further details beyond a pilot expected this fall, but it appears that test run could be the start of something bigger.

"I don't want people to know when we're actually going live with those," Halvorsen said when asked about the top-secret smartphone capability on a call with reporters on Sept. 15. But he did say there has been preliminary testing, and the Pentagon is "continuing to see great results on that."