Security Enhanced (SE) Android Released

In early January (January 6, 2012) the US National Security Agency (NSA) released the first public ​version of Security Enhanced (SE) Android.  This past week, more articles mentioning it were published such as "NSA Releases SE Android With Better Sandboxing, Access-Control Policies".

SE Android is based on SE Linux (originally released back in 2000) and implements stricter access-control policies and sandboxing.  Applications, processes, and applications are now isolated from each other.  File-level permissions and and individual locking/encryption has been enabled.

News has been circulating for months that the U.S. Army is planning on using Android devices and the first device using SE Android, Dell Streak 5, received accreditation and approval by DISA in October 2011,  "First Android device certified for Pentagon personnel".  The government-issue Streak 5 also includes DISA-approved security provided by Good Technology’s Mobility Suite.