U.S. Department Of Energy Selects Kasten Chase's RASP Secure Media To Secure And Protect Fixed And Portable PCs
10/05/2000 08:21:00 / KASTEN CHASE APPLIED RESEARCH LTD
KASTEN CHASE APPLIED RESEARCH LTD ("KCA-T;KCARF-L")
- U.S. Department Of Energy Selects Kasten Chase's RASP Secure Media
- To Secure And Protect Fixed And Portable PCs
Kasten Chase Announced That It is working with the United States Department of Energy (DOE) on deployment plans for its RASP Secure Media product. This
represents the single largest scale deployment opportunity for RASP Secure Media since receiving approval from the U.S. Government's National Security Agency
this past June.
The system will be used to fully encrypt and otherwise totally secure the operating systems, applications and user data resident on DOE PCs, thereby rendering them
useless and fully inaccessible by unauthorized users and totally protected in the event of loss or theft of the device.
Jim Davies, president and chief operating officer at Kasten Chase commented: "Once again, we believe that being first to market with this highly advanced and truly
compelling security technology will pay off as we drive to expand market share both in the government and commercial market places."
"We are increasingly reading media reports and seeing industry studies on the loss or theft of PCs containing highly sensitive information, both in the private and
public sectors," added Mr. Davies. "This troubling trend has the potential of reaching epidemic proportions. Much of the security industry's efforts have focused on
securing communication links with little emphasis on protecting the devices that actually store and process the sensitive data; in particular, PCs and web-type servers. This is where much of today's risk really lies and there is little doubt that RASP Secure Media provides the best means of protection available in the market today."
The Department of Energy has purchased an initial supply of RASP Secure Media units for immediate deployment within key classified working groups, making it the
first federal department to undertake the standardization of media security. The DOE expects to begin deployment of RASP Secure Media later this year.
Kasten Chase RASP Secure Solutions is the only system that offers the user the ability to protect both data resident on computing devices and data communicated
between computing devices. The result is that customers can achieve fully integrated end-to-end data security from a single source.
About RASP Secure Solutions
Certified by the U.S. National Security Agency, RASP Secure Access(TM) is the first complete remote access security solution designed to access and protect
Government mission-critical information. When used in accordance with NSA policies and guidelines, RASP Secure Access may be used to protect Classified
(up to and including the Secret-level) and Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) data.
Portable and cost-effective, RASP Secure Access provides remote laptop users with secure, dial-up connections to local-area networks (LANs) from any location
that offers a connection to the local telephone service. These remote users can access the same services available to users attached locally to the LAN. RASP
Secure Access is a multi-faceted remote access security solution, providing user authentication and link encryption. It prevents unauthorized network access and
protects against intercept attacks on data transmitted over public telephone lines.
RASP Secure Media(tm) is the only NSA-certified data-protection application that ensures the confidentiality and integrity of information stored on a personal
computer. RASP Secure Media encrypts sensitive data stored on the PCs hard disk and removable media, including the operating system, system files,
applications and user data. It protects all sensitive information stored on laptop and desktop PCs, and it works in conjunction with RASP Secure Access to
safeguard data downloaded from secret networks.
To learn more, please visit www.rasp4secret.com.
About Kasten Chase
Kasten Chase is focused on providing technology for the purposes of delivering advanced, fully integrated data communications solutions in the areas of data
security, Internet access and wireless data communications. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with U.S. offices located in Reston, Virginia.
For further information, visit www.kastenchase.com
TEL: (905) 238-6900 x3315 John Carlesso, Investor Relations
Kasten Chase, j.carlesso@kastenchase.com |
