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Siemens COM Selects Eracom's ProtectDrive for CardOS Smart Cards

12/13/2004 - Eracom Technologies, a leading pioneer of cryptographic announced the successful partnership and integration of the leading hard drive encryption solutiontechnologies and Siemens COM , ProtectDrive, with Siemens COM smart cards running under the Siemens operating system.

Leveraging the advanced security of Eracom Technologies’ ProtectDrive with the physical security of Siemens COM CardOSTM smart cards, this partnership delivers the first pre-boot PKI based two-factor authentication solution to the German market. Meeting government and enterprise needs for data encryption and user authentication for servers, workstations and laptops, Eracom Technologies will play an integral role with the already planned deployment of Siemens COM smart cards to all of German government agencies.

ProtectDrive, a world-leading security solution popular within enterprise and government segments for encrypting the entire hard drives of servers, PCs and laptops, is one of the most secure software products of its type. The integration of the Siemens COM smart card under the Siemens CardOsTM operating system, delivers benefit by heightening the security even further with two-factor authentication. This authentication process consists of the combination of ‘Mind and Hardware’; what you know (username and pass-phrase) plus the Siemens smart card. This combination is therefore required to certify pre-boot access to the computing device operating system and encrypted data stored on its hard drive. Single-factor authentication requires only a username and pass-phrase as pre-boot authentication.

A Siemens COM smart card device is uniquely issued to each individual user, containing an encrypted algorithm that secures and manages the PIN certificate, which is exclusive to the system it is authenticating to. The user must insert the smart card into their PC before the system proceeds to the user authentication stage. It is then that the user enters the pass-phrase and authenticates to the device itself (assuming the PIN is correct). ProtectDrive authenticates the pass-phrase with the smart card allowing the PC to boot the operating system and transparently decrypt data on the hard drive with the only user interaction entailing username and pass-phrase entry. All data is automatically encrypted when stored on a hard drive protected by ProtectDrive.

Maximum protection against data theft requires not only strong user authentication management and data encryption, but also protection of the master boot record. Data thieves can circumvent inbuilt security systems by removing the disk and installing it on another machine to read previously encrypted data via the new computers Windows’ permissions. ProtectDrive's 'Pre-Boot Authentication' feature totally eliminates this risk, securely authenticating the user prior to booting the operating system. Data is encrypted even when the PC is switched off, ensuring non-readability via another computer.

“Integrating with and supporting the Siemens COM CardOSTM was an important initiative for Eracom Technologies and forms part of our ongoing commitment to pioneer absolute, no-compromise security solutions for the German market and our German partners” said Ansgar Dodt, COO EMEA of Eracom Technologies. “CardOSTM support ensures this level of security to both Eracom Technologies and Siemens COM customers while the corporate partnership leverages a perfect match both in vision, and in delivering a solution that addresses the needs of governments and companies in Germany.”
http://www.embeddedstar.com/press/content/2004/12/embedded17526.html

SECUDE partners with Siemens to introduce new version of SECUDE secure notebook.

14 September 2007-
SECUDE partners with Siemens to introduce new version of SECUDE secure notebook

SECUDE International AG, a provider of IT security products and solutions, has released a new version of its hard disk encryption solution SECUDE secure notebook, a result of its technology partnership with Siemens, a communications technology manufacturer.

According to the company, SECUDE secure notebook 8.0.2 features Full Disk Encryption and Pre-Boot-Authentication to protect confidential business data on notebooks, desktops, and external mass storage devices from unauthorized third parties. In addition, the new version offers faster boot time.
As part of the partnership, Siemens CardOS API has been integrated into the solution, allowing Pre-Boot-Authentication to the notebook with a range of authentication devices from Siemens, giving companies more flexibility in choosing smartcards or security tokens.

Siemens CardOS is reportedly a multifunctional, certified smart card operating system that offers active and passive protection for stored data, certificates and cryptographic keys, while Siemens CardOS API is a crypto middleware for workstations and servers, offering necessary application interfaces to perform encryption, authentication and digital signatures in connection with the common business applications.
No financial details were disclosed.
http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/software-services-applications/5525845-1.html

SECUDE, Seagate, and GammaTech Team up to Deliver Ground-Breaking Encrypting Laptop PCs

FREMONT, Calif., July 11 -- SECUDE, Seagate & GammaTech (formerly Twinhead) are teaming to deliver best-in-class security solutions designed to prevent unauthorized access to data on lost or stolen notebook PCs. SECUDE's FinallySecure(TM) authentication technology, combined with Seagate's DriveTrust(TM) security featuring hardware-based full disc encryption, is now available on DURABOOK notebooks by GammaTech.

"SECUDE's FinallySecure(TM) provides total Data-at-Rest security with Seagate's Momentus® 5400 FDE.2 hard drive. The 2.5-in. notebook drive is the industry's first system to feature hardware-based full disk encryption, access control, and password management -- all without compromising performance," Dr. Heiner Kromer, CEO of Secude International AG.

The combined solution is the first link in the authentication chain, providing an Adaptive Technology with Risk Management and Productivity gains for end to end security. The SECUDE and Seagate security umbrella protects against loss of data, fines from non-compliance, and destruction of brand value. In addition, end user transparency results in an ROI from productivity gains and also allows for migration from single user to enterprise and software to hardware, all with central management. The solution allows GammaTech customers to survive, adapt, and grow in a heterogeneous IT eco-system.

"Seagate is pleased to see our current customer base leverage this technology to add security value to their current systems," said Tom Major, Vice President of Personal Compute Business, Seagate. "The market is hungry for this type of protection, and together we offer a robust best-in-class solution with little integration impact."

Seagate DriveTrust Technology is a next-generation security platform built into the hard drive that is considerably stronger than typical BIOS, OS, or ATA based hard-drive security solutions. DriveTrust combines strong, fully automated hardware-based security with a programming foundation that makes it easy to add security-based software applications for organization-wide encryption key management, multi-factor user authentication and other capabilities that help lock down digital information at rest. SECUDE has been an established leader in key & access management, authentication, and encryption technology for over a decade with a suite of products creating an end to end security platform including Single Sign-On, Key & Token Management, and encryption technologies. SECUDE has been a strong IT security partner of SAP for 10 years and is a leading provider of key and access management technologies for Seagate encrypted disk drives.

DURABOOK laptop computers from GammaTech, the newly named U.S. sales and marketing arm of Twinhead Corporation, feature spill-resistant keyboards, patented optical disk tray locks, anti-shock LCD screens and protected hard drives, all capable of meeting U.S. military MIL 810F standards for ruggedization. All DURABOOK laptops are protected by a magnesium alloy case 20 times stronger than ordinary ABS plastic notebook housings. The highly engineered laptops fill the fast-growing demand among professionals, students, and other active, mobile individuals for ultra-durable notebooks that can withstand the knocks, shocks, drops and spills of real life.

"With the ever increasing concern for security and data protection, the need for advanced access control and data security in laptops is obvious," said Steven Gau, president of GammaTech Computer Corporation. "This combined laptop security solution will be of immense value for a wide range of applications and for government and corporate users worldwide."

About SECUDE SECUDE International AG, the End-to-End IT Security Products & Solutions Company is a market leader in the areas of authentication & authorization, encryption, data integrity and the management of digital identities, delivering a higher level of IT Security to organizations around the world. We offer solutions in single sign-on and the security of documents, applications and transactions.

SECUDE is a member of IT SEC SWISS AG and was founded in 1996 out of a partnership between SAP AG and the Fraunhofer Institute in Darmstadt, Germany. This partnership resulted in the Secure Network Communication (SNC) module for SAP AG. Headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland, we have a world-wide customer base and offices in the USA, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and United Arab Emirates.