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Every
Ingrian platform now offers new, advanced security capabilities
for data encryption, certificate administration, and
administrative control
REDWOOD
CITY, CA—January 8, 2003—Ingrian™ Networks, the leader in
application security solutions for Internet-powered businesses,
today announced several important enhancements to its family of
secure platforms. Effective immediately, all Ingrian platforms
running IngrianOS version 2.8 or higher will support Certificate
Revocation Lists (CRLs), the new Advanced Encryptions Standard (AES)
for all cryptographic operations, and the security features
defined by version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
Certificate
Revocation Lists (CRLs) are often used by Certificate
Authorities (CAs), such as VeriSign, to track and reject digital
certificates that are no longer valid or considered safe for
establishing a trusted Web connection. Ingrian can now maintain
CRLs within its platform and interface with various well-known
CAs to update the CRLs as necessary. This additional level of
security helps prevent unauthorized access to sensitive
information.
The
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) has been adopted by the U.S.
Government as its new standard for cryptographic operations. AES,
which specifies three key sizes (128, 192, and 256 bits), is the
result of five years of work initiated by the National Institute
of Standards and Technology to ensure the highest protection of
sensitive government information. By supporting AES as a
user-selectable option within its platform, Ingrian provides
customers the highest level of cryptographic security available
today.
Ingrian has also enhanced security at the administrative level
through the support of SNMP version 3, which provides three
optional levels of administrative access and control using
cryptographic keys to ensure authentication and privacy. In
addition, specific SNMP data—such as alerts and traps—can
also be encrypted and accessed only by authorized
administrators.
“These
three new features represent the kind of core security
enhancements that every customer wants and values in a
comprehensive Web application security solution,” said Matt
Blythe, Sr. Product Manager at Ingrian Networks. “Ingrian’s
unique platform architecture allows us to continue to add these
and other security capabilities very quickly as customer
requirements and threats evolve.”
The
three security features described here come standard in every
Ingrian secure networking platform running IngrianOS 2.8 or
higher. All Ingrian platforms come standard with a broad range
of Web application security functions, including data
encryption, private key management, SSL acceleration,
certificate administration, intrusion protection, and more. In
addition, Ingrian’s EASE (Extensible Architecture for Service
Engines) framework enables customers to easily add security
functionality as their business requires, simply by adding
appropriate Ingrian Service Engine software modules. The result
is a security solution that delivers an unsurpassed level of
application transaction privacy, protection, and performance. |
