Ethernet Encryption and Security

Ethernet networks offer many cost and performance advantages over the technologies they are replacing.

Customer Case Study

Learn how three cities surrounding Madison, Wisconsin are securing their data transmissions with CipherOptics.

However, because Ethernet is a shared infrastructure, your company and customer data is at an increased risk of monitoring or theft.

Many organizations are recognizing the need be proactive in protecting their data transmissions over their Ethernet links. Many others find themselves bound by increased regulatory requirements for data security. For these companies and organizations, CipherOptics Ethernet encryption solutions mitigate the risk of data leakage, loss or theft while maintaining all the benefits of an Ethernet infrastructure.

CipherOptics Ethernet encryption solutions ensure data integrity over any Ethernet infrastructure, including point-to-point, multipoint-to-multipoint, and point-to-multipoint networks , without affecting the user experience or network performance. With encryption speeds ranging from 10Mbps to 1Gbps, CipherOptics Ethernet encryption solutions provide flexibility, performance and best in class data protection for any organization.

Ethernet Encryption: Multipoint-to-Multipoint and Point-to-Multipoint
For large-scale deployments, Ethernet encryption is centrally managed using CipherOptics CipherEngine Policy and Key Manager. CipherEngine is quick to install and easy to manage, providing a simple user interface where the network or security administrator can define network security policies. CipherEngine then interprets those polices and dynamically generates and distributes the encryption keys and policies to each CipherOptics Ethernet Security Gateway encryptor.

CipherEngine gives organizations the ability to encrypt Multipoint-to-Multipoint Ethernet networks, offering a wide array of security options including the ability to:

Group endpoints together for ease of configuration and scalability

Secure multicast applications

Encrypt based on VLAN IDs to create secure communities of interest

Preserve resiliency and maintain high availability

Whether the need is to encrypt a VPLS network or all traffic (including broadcast and multicast frames) over standard Ethernet, CipherEngine enables a high level of data security while maintaining network and application performance.

Ethernet Encryption: Point-to-Point
For those organizations needing to secure links between a few LANs, buildings, or remote locations CipherOptics Ethernet Security Gateway encryptors provide a simple, and affordable solution. Our easy to install appliances allow you to start encrypting your data transmissions in minutes, without network downtime or reconfigurations.

CipherOptics Ethernet Security Gateway encryptors are:

Simple to install and manage - Installs quickly and is ready to use in minutes

Transparent to your network - No architecture changes or router upgrades needed

Wire-speed - Provides full duplex wire-speed encryption

Low Latency - Will not disrupt any latency sensitive applications

For detailed information on the CipherOptics Ethernet Security Gateways, please download the ESG data sheet.

CipherOptics Ethernet encryption solutions allow companies large or small to protect their data while maintaining their existing network and application performance that are critical to success.

For more information about CipherOptics' Metro Ethernet security solution, download our Layer 2 Security Best Practices white paper.

The CipherOptics Network-wide Encryption Solutions easily integrate into your network. For more information or to speak directly with a CipherOptics representative about your security concerns, call us at 1-877-878-6655 or feel free to ask us a quick question.