Blue Ridge Networks Achieves NIAP Common Criteria Certification; Only VPN Vendor to Earn Both FIPS 140-2 and Common Criteria Certifications.CHANTILLY, Va. -- In keeping with its goal of providing communications products and services that meet the needs of the most demanding Federal Government applications, Blue Ridge Networks announced today that it earned Common Criteria Certification at the EAL2 assurance level. The evaluation was conducted under the stringent provisions of the NIAP See Common Criteria. Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme drafted by the National Information Assurance Partnership and the National Security Agency. Tom Gilbert, Blue Ridge Networks Chief Technology Officer, said, "The value that we bring our clients is that we seek to meet and exceed the toughest security standards they set. For years, our customers in intelligence, defense, and civilian agencies prove in practice what we test for in the lab - that you can never compromise where security is concerned." To that end, Blue Ridge Networks is the only VPN vendor that has attained both FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) A series of publications issed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that specifies information security guidelines for federal government departments and agencies. 140-2 and Common Criteria certifications and the company remains the only VPN vendor who has obtained certification for a VPN Management Platform. The company's security target can be obtained by visiting the NIAP web site (nist.niap.gov) or by contacting Blue Ridge Networks at 703-631-0700. About Common Criteria The Common Criteria is an international standard agreed to by six industrialized in·dus·tri·al·ize v. in·dus·tri·al·ized, in·dus·tri·al·iz·ing, in·dus·tri·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To develop industry in (a country or society, for example). 2. nations - the U.S., Canada, U.K., France, Germany, and Australia - for verification of security protocols. Adherence to the protocols that ensures international acceptance is performed by accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. independent testing laboratories in each of the listed nations. About Blue Ridge Networks Blue Ridge Networks develops secure communications solutions for wireless and wired environments. The company was responsible for the industry's first commercial virtual private network and has widespread deployments across commercial and government sectors. The Blue Ridge Networks BorderGuard product suite has been deployed globally and in demanding applications such as wireless LAN, extranets, site-to-site and remote access VPN, and thin client computing See thin client. . The company has achieved several Government Agency Certifications, including: FIPS 140-2, Common Criteria, HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, compliance, and the Department of Defense SPOCK Spock , Benjamin McLane 1903-1998. American pediatrician, educator, and writer. His book Baby and Child Care, originally published in 1946, had a great influence on child-rearing. Noun 1. validation. |
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