CipherOptics Launches Industry's First 10Gig IPsec Encryption Solution, Simplifying the Complexity of Managing Data Security.

Customers Empowered with Highly Flexible, Scalable Modular Design That Can Expand as Security Needs Grow

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Responding to the market demand for a more comprehensive approach to scalable encryption, CipherOptics, the recognized innovator of easy to install, cost-effective solutions for data protection, today announces the general availability of the CipherOptics SG10G-B, the industry's first 10Gig IPsec encryption solution. With 10-Gigabit Networks showing signs of becoming the general-purpose successor to Gigabit Networks, the SG10G-B removes the limitations of traditional encryption, allowing organizations to customize secure data streams with an automated security policy generation and distribution method that simplifies the complexity of managing encrypted links.

As security breaches rise and network boundaries continue to disappear, enterprises are struggling for solutions that seamlessly integrate data protection into the network. Because the CipherOptics SG10G-B integrates into any network without requiring changes to the existing IT architecture, the solution delivers the lowest cost of ownership and highest return on investment in the industry today. Providing enterprises with the functionality and support to secure their data in motion as it has never been possible before, the SG10G-B allows for simplified security configuration policy management, saving time and money while increasing productivity and simplifying network operations.

The SG10G-B is the first encryption solution that virtualizes a set of encryption modules as a single 10-Gigabit IPsec system that supports stateful failover between encryption modules, supports policy and key synchronization between the installed encryption modules, and provides a centralized management tool that reduces the time for system installation and management. With this unique approach, end users can optimize encryption and traffic flow resources, pool them for full 10-Gigabyte Network performance or use the SG10G-B as an aggregation point for thousands of high speed IPsec data streams.

Enterprises moving to 10 Gigabit Networks are collapsing independent Networks into one corporate or wide area backbone. As a result, voice networks, storage networks and corporate e-mail networks are increasingly sharing the same high speed connections. The CipherOptics SG10G-B gives customers the ability to prioritize encrypted traffic by available bandwidth, maximizing the performance of their network with advanced traffic priorities that encrypts the right traffic to ensure that high priority traffic such as VoIP is transmitted securely without delay.

"As data breaches engulf the front page, organizations are beginning to examine their end to end security and discovering that there are significant gaps," said Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT Harvest. "Organizations need to look to solutions that will provide the necessary speed and control to encrypt data across traffic streams to effectively plug these security gaps."

CipherOptics SG10G-B includes value-added features such as:

* An advanced modular design that grows as enterprise data protection needs grow;

* Handling of all types of IP traffic without dropped packets;

* Stateful redundancy for fail-over;

* The industry's only encryptor with optimized traffic grooming for prioritizing critical traffic and data protection;

* Secure one-touch set up and add/change/deletes from anywhere, freeing resources and saving valuable time and money; and,

* Automated security policy generation and distribution service that allows for easier updates and refreshes.

"CipherOptics has long been committed to negating the limitations of the network and providing customers with the lowest total cost of ownership for their network security investments," said Ron Willis, President and CEO of CipherOptics. "As the only solution to provide group security configuration policy management, CipherOptics SG10G-B allows for exponentially less policies to manage and store, ensuring non-disruptive network operation while cutting the cost of operation and management by up to 50 percent."

About CipherOptics

CipherOptics, the leading network security solution innovator for enterprise-wide data protection, provides unrivaled data security for multi-national organizations including: Fortune 100 companies, top-tier financial institutions, healthcare providers and government agencies. Their breakthrough security technology is transparent to any network, offers virtually no network latency and is easy to deploy and configure.

CipherOptics' solutions are ideal for: protecting data storage, protecting data over 3rd party networks, protecting wireless end to end, and securing sensitive virtual networks. CipherOptics help organizations comply with government regulations including: HIPAA, Basel II, GLBA, Sarbanes Oxley and many others. CipherOptics has the network security solution for your company.

For more information about CipherOptics, visit www.cipheroptics.com