NATO says iPhones are secure enough to handle confidential data

NATO’s restricted classification is the lowest level of classified information, and applies to information that would be “harmful to NATO interests” if disclosed, according to Security document Posted by the Marine Corps. BlackBerry 10 phones I was similarly approved To retain this level of confidential information in 2013.

After an “extensive evaluation” by the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), iPhones and iPads were allowed to handle confidential information from the German government. But now, BSI has signed off on Apple devices running iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 being used in all NATO countries.