German IT Security Certificate for Biodata Babylon; Biodata Encryption Application Certified for Government and Industry Use.Business & High Tech Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 29, 2001 Biodata Information Technology, global leader in network and communication security, today announced it has been awarded the German IT Security Certificate for its ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. Biodata Babylon encryption technology. The encryption solution for ISDN lines is now certified under ITSEC See NCSC. and Common Criteria (Common Criteria for Information Technology Security) An international standard process for defining security objectives and for evaluating compliance with those objectives. The Common Criteria have largely replaced the Trusted Computer Security Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC), the Canadian by the Federal Office for Security in Information Technology and included in a list of certified products. Said Al Ewers, Chief Sales Officer of Biodata, "The certification, which is widely accepted internationally, attests that all security functions and the power of the applied mechanisms of Biodata Babylon are effective `weapons' against external `attacks'. It strengthens the position of Biodata Babylon as the world-leading high-security range of devices for the encryption of communication lines." Germany's Federal Office of Security in Information Technology (BSI BSI - British Standards Institute ) is in charge of granting certificates for IT products. The manufacturer induces a certification process for his product. After the evaluation and certification processes are successfully completed, the appliance is included in a regularly published list of certified products. Verified appliances are based on the officially approved criteria ITSEC and Common Criteria (CC) that are accepted by numerous countries worldwide including Australia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the UK and US. The ITSEC and CC agreements mark a significant step forward for Government and industry in the area of IT product and protection profile security evaluations. It provides grounds for confidence in the reliability of the judgments on which the original certificate was based. High and Consistent Security Criteria The technical verification of Biodata Babylon, an encryption device for tap-proof communication, is conducted based on the generally approved high and consistent security criteria. Eliminating duplicate evaluations of IT products and protection profiles, the testing is done by a national 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. laboratory, in this case the Competence Center Informatik GmbH, which performed the certification process for Biodata Babylon. The verified Biodata ISDN encryption device encodes both B-channels of an ISDN BRI ISDN BRI Integrated Services Digital Network Basic Rate Interface (also seen as ISDN-BRI) line independently at a transmission rate of 64 Kbps. Moreover, the product uses 128 bit TripleDES encryption for cryptographic processing of sensitive data. The security solution can be easily installed between a basic ISDN extension (NTBA NTBA Network Terminator Basis-Anschluss NTBA National Transit Benefit Association NTBA North Tennessee Beekeepers' Association ) or PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). and any ISDN-based phone, fax, PC, router, etc. Communication between two synchronized encryption devices is secured by means of a call numbers list with individually determined keys for receiver and sender or a default key. After the rigorous evaluation process, the encryption solution Biodata Babylon is granted the German IT Security Certificate. For more information on Biodata Babylon, go to http://www.biodata.com/us/products/babylon/biodata_babylon.cphtml About Biodata Biodata Information Technology is a global provider of network, PC and communications technology products. The company's portfolio includes Internet firewalls (Biodata BIGfire, SPHINX sphinx (sfĭngks), mythical beast of ancient Egypt, frequently symbolizing the pharaoh as an incarnation of the sun god Ra. The sphinx was represented in sculpture usually in a recumbent position with the head of a man and the body of a lion, PC Firewall), high-speed data and e-mail encryption products (Biodata Babylon, Biodata SecureDesk), plus security alerting and monitoring hardware for IP-based systems and network services. With Biodata Babylon, the company is world market leader in ISDN encryption -- Biodata SecureDesk won the prestigious "Microsoft Application Partner of the Year 2000" award. Biodata solutions are trusted by financial institutions, Fortune-500 companies, and government agencies around the world, including DaimlerChrysler, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Sony and Citibank. Biodata offers worldwide support and distribution with a total of 22 offices in 14 countries, its network of distribution partners extending to more than 70 countries. www.biodata.com |
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