Trusted Computer Solutions Announces New Trusted Gateway

Trusted Computer Solutions Announces New Trusted Gateway

Transfer Solution Built with Industry’s Most Advanced Security

Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc. (TCS), a leading supplier of cross domain solutions, today announced the general availability release of SecureOffice® Trusted Gateway™ 4.1 on Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5 (RHEL5). This release embodies the most secure method to date for any multi-directional transfer of information between networks at different classification levels.

SecureOffice Trusted Gateway 4.1 represents a significant upgrade to the Trusted Gateway System (TGS), which has been fielded and operational for almost a decade, and is included in the Unified Cross Domain Management Office (UCDMO) CD Baseline list of approved mechanisms. Trusted Gateway 4.1, running on Linux, offers greater security than the previous version and is already named on the UCDMO R&D list, which represents products that are ready to be accessed, evaluated, and approved for the Cross Domain Baseline.

All TCS software products require a trusted operating system as a primary mechanism for security policy enforcement. Trusted operating systems extend the capabilities found in standard operating systems by providing additional safeguards against internal and external threats. The employment of Discretionary Access Controls (DAC), Mandatory Access Controls (MAC), Multi-Level Security (MLS), and Type Enforcement (TE) offers powerful and customizable levels of protection for users and data.

“Trusted Gateway 4.1 contains the most comprehensive use of SELinux based Type Enforcement of any guard technology on the market today,” stated Ed Hammersla, Chief Operating Officer for TCS. “This represents a big step forward in the basic underlying security of a cross domain transfer mechanism.”

Trusted Gateway 4.1 continues to provide rapid bulk one-way secure transfer while also supporting rapid and flexible multi-directional transfer capabilities. The product not only employs new and more secure technologies, but it has also broken file size barriers previously experienced with other guard solutions. Trusted Gateway 4.1 is able to exceed 10 GB file transfer where the industry standard is 2GB. A new web-based user interface in Trusted Gateway 4.1 supports drag-and-drop, automated workflow, and two-person reliable human review. In addition, Trusted Gateway 4.1 provides a mechanism to support existing third-party content validation software; such as Purifile®, for hidden data detection in Microsoft® Office files. There is no product installation at the desktop; all that is required is a common web browser.

“Trusted Gateway’s ease of use coupled with unprecedented security provides Civilian, Intelligence, and Military communities with the assurance that the right sanitized information is securely going to the right people, and that it is being moved quickly,” Hammersla continued. “There is now a transfer solution that gives the government hardware independence and the backing of the first trusted Linux operating system to receive an Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4) by the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) against Common Criteria requirements. This makes Trusted Gateway 4.1 the most viable solution available today.”

About Trusted Computer Solutions

Founded in 1994, Trusted Computer Solutions (TCS) is an industry leader in cross-domain solutions. The company’s SecureOffice® Suite of software products enable government and industry to securely share information, striking the right balance between information protection and information sharing, a vital component to national security. All SecureOffice products adhere to the most stringent security standards set by U. S. Government Agencies such as the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. SecureOffice products run on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Trusted Solaris, and are installed and accredited in operational systems around the world today protecting our nation’s most sensitive digital information. TCS is headquartered in Herndon, Va., with offices in Champaign-Urbana, IL and San Antonio, TX. For more information, visit www.TrustedCS.com.

SecureOffice is a registered trademark of Trusted Computer Solutions, Inc. and Linux is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries

Contacts

Trusted Computer Solutions
Sherryl Dorch, 703-537-4364
sdorch {at} Trustedcs(.)com
or
Welz & Weisel Communications
Evan Weisel, 703-218-3555
evan {at} w2comm(.)com