Blue Ridge Networks Announces 5-Year Contract to Secure United States Attorneys Office Communications Nationwide; HSRA Project enables high speed access, increased mobility, solid security.CHANTILLY, Va. -- Blue Ridge Networks(TM), the premier provider of secure communications products and managed virtual private network (VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. ) services, announced today that the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA EOUSA Executive Office United States Attorney ) awarded Blue Ridge Networks a five-year, blanket purchase agreement to provide an Enterprise Managed Secure VPN that will support nationwide secure remote access. The High Speed Remote Access (HSRA HSRA High-Speed Rail Authority HSRA High School Rodeo Association HSRA Half-Saddlebred Registry of America ) project will support up to 14,000 users across 254 United States Attorneys offices located throughout the U.S and U.S. Territories. Under the agreement, Blue Ridge Networks will implement a secure managed VPN based around the BorderGuard(R) secure communications platform. The company will also provide a 24x7x365 help desk, provisioning, and a proactive trouble alert and maintenance system. HSRA end-users who require secure VPN access will be online in less than 24 hours enabling EOUSA to leverage all Internet access media, including Wi-Fi, dial-up, DSL, cable modem, and dedicated circuits. "With government facing the same pressures to maximize resources as the private sector, resources can now go a lot further," noted Blue Ridge Networks' CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Tony Russo. "Our customers reap all the benefits of outsourcing the VPN function such as cost saving and resource maximization. They rely on a technology that has an unblemished eleven year history - no reported vulnerabilities. In a time when competing solutions see 10 or more critical vulnerabilities in a 3-year period, it's a huge relief to our customers to know important communications are well protected." About the Executive Office for United States Attorneys The Executive Office for United States Attorneys was created on April 6, 1953 by order of the Attorney General to serve as a liaison between the Department of Justice in Washington, DC and the 93 United States Attorneys located throughout the 50 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , Guam, the Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. 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 completed 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 secure thin client computing See thin client. . The BorderGuard product suite is built on mandatory neutral public key authentication - central to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and Department of Defense Public Key Infrastructure (DoD PKI). The company has earned several Government Agency Certifications, including: 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 validation, Common Criteria certification, 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. Information about the company's products and managed services can be found at www.blueridgenetworks.com. |
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