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Thales Deploys High-Speed Link Encryptor To Protect Govt Networks
Weston FL (SPX) Dec 07, 2004
Thales today announced that its Datacryptor Advanced Performance (AP) E3/T3 High-Speed Link Encryptor will begin shipping to U.S. Government customers throughout the globe this month.

The deployment of the Datacryptor AP E3/T3 High-Speed Link Encryptor comes after extensive customer testing and validation. Under the deployment plan, the units will begin to secure significant numbers of unclassified circuits provisioned by the U.S. Government in North America, Europe, and Asia.

This worldwide network now secured by the Datacryptor AP E3/T3, provides a wide-range of information services to U.S. Department of Defense users, including voice telephony, formal messaging, data networking and video applications.

With few high speed link encryption devices available in the market, the Datacryptor AP E3/T3 delivers wire-speed encrypted data transfer at rates from 34 to 45 Mbps, together with the easy to use centralized management application, Element Manager, which is common across the Datacryptor range.

Element Manager enables single-point monitoring with secure control of the entire Datacryptor family of encryptors in a customers' network infrastructure, thereby reducing the total initial investment and recurring training costs.

"Thales understands the Government's need to secure SBU data and the tremendous efficiencies achieved by using robust Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) products. The Datacryptor AP E3/T3 fulfills this critical need and provides Government and commercial customers with proven certified cryptography that is easy to deploy, easy to monitor, and easy to maintain," said Cindy Provin, President of the e-Security activities of Thales in the Americas.

With over 20 years of experience in the design and implementation of secure, robust, and independently certified cryptographic solutions, Thales continues to address the network privacy and information assurance needs of nation's critical infrastructure.

Thales' Datacryptor AP E3/T3 platform has been designed to the highest commercial standards to protect sensitive networks such as those used by the U.S. Government throughout the globe.

Centralized remote management capabilities, approved cryptographic algorithms such as 3DES and AES, provide unparallel security for Sensitive but Unclassified (SBU) data without the unnecessary overheads and costs associated with Type 1 encryption solutions. The product's ability to support both AC and DC power provides unmatched deployment options in fixed-plant, field and shipboard environments.

E-Security At Thales