# Columbitech

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{{Short description|Cybersecurity company in Sweden}}
{{Infobox company
| name        = Columbitech
| logo        = Columbitech logo
| type        = [Private](/source/Private_company)
| founded     = 2000
| hq_location = [Stockholm, Sweden](/source/Stockholm%2C_Sweden)
| industry    = Mobile Communication
| products    = Columbitech Mobile VPN
| website     = [http://www.columbitech.com/]
}}

'''Columbitech''', founded in 2000, provides [wireless security](/source/wireless_security) to secure [mobile devices](/source/Mobile_device),<ref>[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119717610996418467 "Lost Connections", ''Wall Street Journal'', December 11 2007].</ref> with support for [WLAN](/source/Wireless_LAN) and public networks, including [3G](/source/3G), [4G](/source/4G) and [WiMAX](/source/WiMAX). The company is headquartered in [Stockholm, Sweden](/source/Stockholm%2C_Sweden) with offices in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).{{Citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==Columbitech Mobile VPN==
The Columbitech [mobile VPN](/source/Mobile_Virtual_Private_Network_(Mobile_VPN)) provides remote network access to field mobility users, corporate WLAN users and [remote work](/source/remote_work)ers – mobilizing the enterprise.<ref name="Mobile Enterprise">[http://www.mobileenterprisemag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=D7B7F1A7229743C1A55EFC1BD55DF05F "Mobile VPN for the Field", ''Mobile Enterprise'', February 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421170006/http://www.mobileenterprisemag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=D7B7F1A7229743C1A55EFC1BD55DF05F |date=2008-04-21 }}.</ref> The service is encrypted on standards-based [Wireless Transport Layer Security](/source/Wireless_Transport_Layer_Security) (WTLS) and holds a [FIPS 140-2](/source/FIPS_140-2) certification.

The technology is utilized in the retail industry to meet [PCI DSS](/source/PCI_DSS) requirements,<ref name="Stores Magazine">[http://www.stores.org/LPinformation_new/2008/05/LPiEdit2.asp "LINUX-based VPN system has NEXCOM running a tight ship", ''Stores Magazine'', May 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518005119/http://www.stores.org/LPinformation_new/2008/05/LPiEdit2.asp |date=2008-05-18 }}.</ref> and in other industries where mobile devices are used over wireless networks.

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Category:Computer security companies
Category:Information technology companies of Sweden
Category:Mobile technology companies
Category:Companies based in Stockholm
Category:Computer companies established in 2000
Category:Electronics companies established in 2000

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