CipherOptics Launches Industry's First 10 Gig IPSec Encryption Solution

- Customers Empowered with Highly Flexible, Scalable Modular Design That Can Expand as Enterprise Security Needs Grow -

Raleigh, NC, September 26, 2006 Responding to the market demand for a more comprehensive approach to scalable encryption, CipherOptics, the recognized innovator of easy to install, cost-effective solutions for data protection, today announces the general availability of the SG10G Bundle, the industrys first 10 Gig IPsec encryption solution.  With 10 Gigabit Ethernet showing signs of becoming the general purpose successor to Gigabit Ethernet, CipherOptics SG10G Bundle removes the limitations of traditional encryption, allowing organizations to customize secure data streams with an automated and centralized security policy generation and distribution method that simplifies the complexity of managing encrypted links. 

As security breaches rise and network boundaries continue to disappear, enterprises are struggling for solutions that seamlessly integrate data protection into the network - because the SG10G Bundle integrates into any network without requiring changes to the existing infrastructure, the solution delivers the lowest cost of ownership and highest return on investment in the industry today. Providing enterprises with the functionality and support to secure their data in motion as it has never been possible before, the SG10G Bundle allows for group security configuration policy management, saving time and money while increasing productivity and simplifying network operations.

Enterprises moving to 10 Gigabit Ethernet are collapsing independent Ethernet networks into one corporate backbone.  As a result, voice networks, storage networks and corporate email networks are increasingly sharing the same high speed connections.  The CipherOptics SG10G Bundle gives customers the ability to prioritize encrypted traffic by available bandwidth, maximizing the performance of their network with advanced traffic grooming that encrypts the right traffic to ensure that high priority traffic is transmitted securely.  

"As data breaches engulf the front page, organizations are beginning to examine their end to end security and discovering that there are significant gaps," said Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT Harvest.  "Organizations need to look to solutions that will provide the necessary speed and control to encrypt data across traffic streams to effectively plug these security gaps." 

CipherOptics SG10G Bundle includes value-added features such as: 

• An advanced modular design that grows as enterprise data protection needs grow;
• Handling of all types of network traffic without dropped packets and providing a redundancy for fail-over;
• The industrys only encryptor with optimized traffic grooming for prioritizing critical traffic and data protection;
• Secure one-touch set up and add/change/deletes from anywhere, freeing resources and saving valuable time and money;
• Automated and centralized security policy generation and distribution service allows for exponentially less policies to manage and store, while also allowing for easier updates and refreshes;

"CipherOptics has long been committed to negating the limitations of the network and providing customers with the lowest total cost of ownership for their network security investments," said Ron Willis, President and CEO of CipherOptics.  "As the only solution to provide group security configuration policy management, CipherOptics SG10G Bundle allows for exponentially less policies to manage and store, ensuring non-disruptive network operation while cutting the cost of operation and management by up to 50%."

About CipherOptics
CipherOptics, the leading network security solution innovator for enterprise-wide data protection, provides unrivaled data security for multi-national organizations including: Fortune 100 companies, top-tier financial institutions, healthcare providers and government agencies.  Their breakthrough security technology is transparent to any network, offers virtually no network latency and is easy to deploy and configure.  

CipherOptics solutions are idea for: Protecting data storage, protecting data over 3^rd party networks, protecting wireless end to end, and security sensitive virtual networks.  They help organizations comply with government regulations including: HIPAA, Basel II, GLBA, Sarbanes Oxley and many others. CipherOptics has the network security solution for your company.