Symantec and G&D to Partner on Protected Security Applications for Smartphones and Tablets

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and MUNICH, GERMANY — (Marketwire) — 02/21/13 — Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC), a global leader in security, backup and availability solutions, and Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a global leader in mobile security, today announced that they have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of protected security applications on smartphones and tablets.The cooperation leverages the highly secure Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) on smart mobile devices. The innovative