San Francisco California, Frankfurt Germany -- February 15th, 2005
SAN FRANCISCO, CA . February 15, 2005 . Navastream, a world leader in managed security services, announced the addition of a major U.S. water bureau district to its client list. The utility will deploy the Imperial Cipher Suite to encrypt voice and data communications for its executives and supervisory board of directors.
"Wholesale water is a critical commodity, so it's a natural maneuver to safeguard it on all fronts", said the bureau spokesperson in charge of the program. "After completing an audit of likely menacing activities against our water district, we determined that traditional security technologies on our devices today are not enough to protect our voice and data communications. We then began working with Navastream, because the company has the most impressive track record in the world in encrypting communications for management teams." "It has never been more important than now to secure communications for companies and vital public resources such as a water supply", said Altura S. Ewers, founder and CEO of Navastream. "Today, there are serious security loopholes in everyday voice and data communications, which make them especially vulnerable to a menacing hack. The Imperial Cipher Suite eliminates risk by providing a closed-door, secure setting for executive teams, no matter which communications device they are using"
The Imperial Cipher Suite is a bundle of hardware and software that secures email, audio, video conferencing, data files, hard drives, and mobile telephones with AES-based (Advanced Encryption Standard) 256-bit algorithms. Most of the world's top automotive, finance and aerospace companies use Navastream to encrypt their executive-level communications, especially at times of extreme sensitivity including mergers and acquisitions and highly classified projects.
"Ultimately, I believe we'd all like to see this kind of protection applied to all areas where there is a potential risk to public health and safety", said Ewers. "With wireless communication a greater part of business and government than ever, executives are looking for ways to ensure their conversations and emails are not accessible to eavesdroppers and prying eyes."
Navastream's latest bureau project signals a trend that Gartner Group predicts will grow significantly through 2008: the need for organizations to take advanced security measures to encrypt voice and data communications until the computer industry reaches a point where all devices on the Internet and other major network infrastructures are reasonably safe from technology attacks. Because most communication devices on the market today were developed in the absence of looming threats such as cyber crimes and information warfare, it will be at least a few years for the computer industry to catch up on the current vulnerabilities on today.s core networks.
About Navastream
NAVASTREAM is a worldwide leader in managed security services (MSS). Navastream solutions consist of encryption services for video, voice, and data sent over broadband communications infrastructures including ISDN, IP, ATM, and Gigabit Ethernet. Security modules can be leased or purchased and are remotely manageable through a central management interface. For more information, please call +1 415 552 4192 or visit us on the web at www.navastream.com.
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