Safestick FlashID.
So if these USB devices contain an actual TPM chip, other than the fact that it is portable and not connected to the motherboard, it may operate as a standard TPM. As far as Wave’s applications like Document Manager, PIM, etc. it would perform like any other TPM.
BlockMaster and Deepnet Security Launch SafeStick FlashID
London and Stockholm, September 8, 2008 — Security innovators BlockMaster® and Deepnet Security® today made a joint statement on the immediate availability of SafeStick® FlashID, a secure USB Flash Drive with strong OATH-compliant two-factor authentication.
With SafeStick® FlashID, users can access resources with OTP and bring information securely with them. The product combines two-factor authentication and encrypted file storage (AES256) of up to 64GB in a slim USB Flash Drive.
"Accessing a remote desktop or Outlook Web Access has never been easier or more secure. Deepnet has fulfilled all the demands we had on an embedded OTP", says Johan Söderström, CTO at BlockMaster.
In short, the solution consists of stand-alone OTP software that resides on the hardware-protected SafeStick drive. The OTP application is accessible through a menu that is integrated with the SafeStick password software.
SafeStick is a secure USB Flash Drive made by IT security company BlockMaster. It encrypts and password protects all information stored on the drive, ensuring that only the rightful owner can access the information.
SafeStick FlashID is a product of Deepnet Security. On one single platform, Deepnet Unified Authentication provides a rich set of user credentials and authentication methods, including software and hardware OTP tokens, PKI smart tokens, keystroke and voice biometrics, and risk-based device authentication.
SafeStick FlashID is available from both BlockMaster and Deepnet resellers.
FIPS-certified, secure USB flash drive SafeStick® will hold 64GB
September 03, 2008 Computers News
IT security company BlockMaster today announced the immediate availability of a 64GB version of SafeStick®, its encrypted USB flash drive. In the United States, the device has also been awarded Federal Information Processing Standards 197 certification by the National Institute of Standards and Technology for conforming to the Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm. This makes SafeStick® the highest-capacity FIPS-certified secure USB flash drive in the world.
With the new SafeStick® 64GB portable hardware, users are assured lightning-quick backup of a full hard drive, and all work documents are safe and readily accessible at all times. The SafeStick® 64GB promises speeds of up to 28.8MB/s read and 15.4MB/s write. It will hold up to 6.4 million word processor pages and weighs just one-third of an ounce (10 grams).
Used by companies around the world in all industries to protect portable information, SafeStick® encrypts and password-protects all information stored on the drive, thus ensuring that only the rightful owner can access stored information. Among BlockMaster’s customers are numerous Fortune Global 2000 companies such as SAPA and many government organizations such as the U.K.’s National Health Service.
"We were impressed with SafeStick® because of the level of security it offers, as well as its ease of use and value," states James Norman, an associate director within the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. "SafeStick® drives are being deployed throughout the whole trust to replace existing memory sticks, thus providing reassurance that should any [devices] fall into the wrong hands, the data held on them will be safe from disclosure."
The SafeStick® 64GB is available through resellers in 28 countries and through BlockMaster’s SafeStick® Shop for other parts of the world. FIPS certification is available for SafeStick® drives that contain between 512MB and 64GB.
Deepnet Security and Wave Systems Sign Licensing Agreement to Introduce Hardware-Based Security for Virtual Smart Cards.
Next-Generation Security Chip Equips Cards with Strongest Key Encryption on the Market
London, UK and Lee, MA – January 11, 2006 – Deepnet Security today announced that it had signed a licensing agreement with Wave Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: WAVX), a leading provider of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) solutions, to arm Deepnet Smart ID™ virtual smart cards with TPM-based security to protect users’ digital identities.
Wave enables the encryption keys used for, and by, Deepnet Smart ID virtual smart cards to be automatically generated and protected by the unique standards-based Trusted Platform Module (TPM) hardware security chip. This new level of security supports the advanced functionality of the Smart ID, which can hold users’ personal credentials, such as private encryption keys, passwords, digital certificates and biometrics, inside the protected environment of the internal file system.
Using Wave’s TCG Enabled Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP), Deepnet will deploy its Smart ID™ virtual smart card application with hardware-generated and stored cryptographic keys. Traditionally, these keys are vulnerable to attack, and the solution according to security-conscious organizations worldwide is to store the keys in a Trusted Platform Module vault, now shipping standard in business-class PCs.
Commenting on the agreement, Yurong Lin – CEO of Deepnet Security said “This agreement allows us to offer a higher level of security to enterprise customers. We are very pleased to have signed the agreement that will benefit our customers. We value the TPM technology Wave Systems has developed and see it as a good compliment to our virtual Smart Card.”
The TPM chip, embedded directly on the motherboard of new business PCs, performs a variety of business security features when combined with Wave Systems’ EMBASSY™ Trust Suite software, such as; security policy management, data protection, password management and strong pre-boot authentication. The solution substantially improves protection against password, data and personal information theft, and provides enhanced application security, strong wireless authentication, secure email and more—all while increasing productivity.
“TPM technology has not only shipped in tens of millions of PC platforms, but it’s also beginning to saturate additional markets as trusted computing dramatically improves the security of technologies such as virtual smart cards,” says Steven Sprague, president and CEO of Wave Systems. “By collaborating with the innovators at Deepnet Security, we are enabling Smart ID to leverage the security features of the Trusted Platform Module, which is backed by an industry standards body of over 150 technology vendors collaborating to mitigate the risks of unauthorized user access or hacking theft. Today’s collaboration significantly raises the bar on security for mobile device tokens.”
Deepnet SmartID
SmartID is a 3-in-1 solution that combines virtual smart card, plug-and-play USB flash drive and onboard TPM (Trusted Platform Module) security chip, providing the same advanced security functionality as conventional plastic smart cards.
SmartID is designed to support public key infrastructure (PKI) for authentication, digital signatures and file encryption as well as securely storing Windows credentials for authentication but at the fraction of the cost of the conventional smart cards.
While the conventional smart card creates the secure storage for digital credentials in a plastic card, SmartID creates the secure storage in any of the following devices:
Hard Disk - Virtual Smart Card
USB Flash Drive - USB Smart Card
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Chip - TPM Smart Card
SmartID is an ideal choice for a wide range of applications such as Windows Network Logon, Remote Desktop Logon and Web client authentication. SmartID supports both PKCS #11 and MS-CAPI interfaces.
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