Thales e-Security Introduces 100Mbps High-Speed IP Encryptor.

Business Editors

WESTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2003

Thales e-Security unveils the Datacryptor(R) Advance Performance (AP) 100Mbps High-Speed IP Encryptor, as the latest member of a proven family of network encryption products. Continuing its two-decade tradition of providing state-of-the-art solutions to the network security needs of government and industry, the Datacryptor AP 100Mbps IP answers the increasing requirement for securing the confidentiality and integrity of IP packets transmitted over a public network.

The new Datacryptor AP 100Mbps IP provides the strongest encryption technology available commercially, using Triple DES (168-bit key) or Rijndael - AES (128, 192, and 256-bit) algorithms as standard offerings. In addition the Datacryptor AP employs X.509 certificates for authentication, and Diffie-Hellman automatic key exchange, thereby ensuring minimal human intervention once commissioned.

All the Datacryptor family have the ability to accept customized/national algorithms utilizing Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology. Unlike traditional ASIC based encryptors, use of FPGAs allow loading of a physical image of the cryptographic algorithm logic into the gate array, thus achieving hardware speeds with software-like flexibility. This approach requires no hardware replacement and permits easy migration to custom algorithms.

Following the tradition set by Thales of building robust stand-alone cryptographic products, the new 100Mbps IP device is built on a tamper-evident 19 inch rack-mountable metal enclosure. Inside, the cryptographic envelope is sealed within a tamper resistant module. Any attempt to penetrate this module erases the algorithms and keys, thus enabling classified algorithms to be adequately protected. As a stand-alone encryptor, the device also addresses the important need for separation between network administration and security management. Continuing Thales's strong history of independent certifications the unit is designed in compliance with FIPS 140-2, Level 3, and the international Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4.

Datacryptor AP 100Mbps IP, facilitates high performance Quality of Service (QoS) applications like voice over IP and offers data transfer rates of over 90 Mbps. By continuing to utilize the Datacryptor Element Manager management software existing users benefit from a solution which is backward compatible with the rest of the Datacryptor 2000 family, and hence provides centralized monitoring together with secure control of a diverse range of encryptors. This not only eliminates the need for multiple management systems, but also reduces customers' deployment and training costs. Element Manager can also be easily integrated to Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for convenient enterprise-wide monitoring capability.

As the market for IP continues to grow due to the significant savings that can be realized by using shared public infrastructures, so does the increase in the frequency of network intrusions experienced by IP customers. Driven by the growing threats to the security of sensitive information in transit, customers are becoming more and more concerned over the confidentiality, integrity, and reliability of the services they employ. As users increasingly demand security without impacting performance requirements, the Datacryptor AP 100Mbps IP is now available to meet this challenge.