In today’s corporate environment, it is imperative that businesses have options to protect their assets and information through high assurance security technology and follow guidelines for homeland security directives. Remote access security and security within an enterprise are at higher risks now, more than ever. Organizations must address these new threats and worries with a higher grade of communications security.

HighAssurance™ Remote is based on SafeNet’s de facto standard VPN software product, SoftRemote®. HighAssurance Remote, which includes FIPS technology, device authentication, and the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm, is a ground breaking stride towards security aimed at supporting the nation’s homeland security efforts, containing numerous high-level security features not currently found in any VPN software product on the market.

With pending FIPS 140-2 Level 2 certified technology and the foundation of the industry’s clear standard for VPN software, the HighAssurance Remote client is high assurance VPN software that provides secure client-to-client or clientto- gateway communications over wireless LANs, TCP/IP networks, and dial-up connections. FIPS 140-2 Level 1 and 2 certification is of particular importance since Level 1 allows the software and firmware components of a cryptographic module to be executed on a general purpose computing system using an unevaluated operating system. Security Level 2 requires, at a minimum, role-based authentication in which a cryptographic module authenticates the authorization of an operator to assume a specific role and perform a corresponding set of services.

And with device authentication, HighAssurance Remote strengthens network access password security by ensuring that all computers that attempt to log on have a second form of identification—a device identifier.

Providing high assurance VPN capabilities to desktops and portable computers for all versions of Microsoft Windows, Solaris, and now including Red Hat Linux, HighAssurance Remote offers unparalleled extended features to remote access users connecting to the corporate VPN, protecting the user from growing hazards posed by hackers wielding tools like Trojan horses, spyware, and other malicious code. Covering both direct and remote access to the corporate network, as well as Internet access, HighAssurance Remote is an “always on” application, protecting the user’s PC even when not connected to the corporate VPN.

Technology™, which provides the building blocks for security implementations that enable organizations to use the Internet and other shared networks for private communications.

Other high assurance features include AES algorithm, MD-5 and SHA-1 hashing algorithms, and compliance with current IPSec RFC standards.

Who Needs HighAssurance Remote?

• Employees of critical U.S. infrastructure organizations
• Security conscious organizations including financial, government, and commercial enterprises
• "At home" and telecommuting users accessing a corporate VPN from a desktop PC or laptop using dial-up, cable modem, or DSL connections
• "Road warriors" remotely accessing corporate VPNs with a laptop using dial-up, or Ethernet users on Windows® XP, Solaris, or Red Hat Linux