San Francisco California, Frankfurt Germany -- March 14th, 2005
Navastream, a world leader in managed security services, today introduced the Imperial Cipher SuiteTM, an encryption service for top-executive teams that are especially prone to espionage and cyber attacks. Imperial Cipher is the only comprehensive service available today that offers 256-bit cell phone encryption, and the same protection for land-line telecommunications, VoIP, data and ISDN video.
"Practically every communications device in the hands of an executive today was manufactured with encryption as an afterthought," said Altura Ewers, CEO of Navastream. "Consequently, the state of communications security today is comparable to the lawless Wild West scenario of the late 1800s. Because there are so many potential vulnerabilities, Gartner Group believes that it will be 2008 before we’ll be able to purchase devices with a reasonable amount of embedded encryption. Until then, companies are on their own."
Navastream's customer base includes more than 50 Global Fortune 500 companies. The company was formed in 1997 to address a once-niche market of firewall protection, as well as encryption for email, digital voice and video, and has since expanded to offer encryption for every method of executive communications. Navastream has been the go-to encryption service provider for automotive, aerospace and financial companies, as well as public government agencies that require state-of-the-art encryption to ensure their communications are protected in highly sensitive scenarios such as mergers, top-secret R&D projects and Homeland Security issues.
"Following the events of September 11, 2001, it became apparent that our country's most precious public resources were at more risk than we ever realized, and it became a natural maneuver to safeguard them on all fronts," said an executive in charge of one of the largest utilities in the United States. "After completing an audit of likely menacing activities against our 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."
About the Imperial Cipher Suite
The Imperial Cipher Suite is a bundle of hardware and software developed by Navastream and the best encryption OEMs in the world. The suite secures email, audio, video conferencing, data files, hard drives, and mobile telephones with AES-based (Advanced Encryption Standard) 256-bit algorithms. Below is a list of products and services available today:
The Imperial Cipher Suite is available today, which is fast, secure and affordable to deploy. For more information, contact the Navastream sales department.
NAVASTREAM is a worldwide leader in managed security services (MSS). In addition to BrandSpyder, Navastream.s 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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