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nCipher Corporation Ltd. nShield

Product Version Certified: nShield F2-3000
Certified for use with: Check Point NG

Product Description: nShield™ Hardware security module

Providing a highly secure platform for the management of cryptographic keys and the protection of sensitive applications:

  • Tamper-resistant protection for all cryptographic keys
  • Trusted hardware perimeter for application code protection
  • Secure key management
  • Powerful acceleration
  • FIPS 140 Level 3-validated security
     
Key Features and Benefits
OPSEC Integration 		  nCipher Corporation Ltd
 
Company Description: nCipher is redefining cryptographic security to protect points of risk across the enterprise-from network appliances to Web servers, to custom software applications and back-end databases. nCipher provides hardware and software solutions that enable organizations to implement best practice security by addressing the challenges of cryptographic key management and performance. Many of the world's leading organizations-from Microsoft and Barclays Bank to PricewaterhouseCoopers and the U.S. Navy-rely on nCipher to deliver a sound e-security infrastructure. nCipher's products are particularly well suited to organizations with high volumes of security-sensitive transactions, such as banking and financial institutions, government departments, e-retailers and online service providers.
 
 
Key Features and Benefits

The nCipher nShield hardware security module easily integrates with the Check Point VPN-1 NG to provide FIPS 140 Level 3 security by securing the private key of the VPN's identification certificate. Compromise of the VPN certificate could enable unauthorized access to the VPN as well as jeopardizing the security of user credentials. nShield features include:

  • Ease of integration with VPI-1 NG via PKCS#11 an industry standard interface.
  • A highly secure hardware environment for the protection of the VPN identity certificate used to secure the user/VPN validation process
  • Independently validated security - nShield has been certified to the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140, the most widely recognized industry benchmark for security best practice
  • Convenient, flexible management of your nCipher hardware security modules - Facilitate key management across distributed networks of devices and create architectures for fail over, redundancy and disaster recovery
  • Enforce security policies at a local level through the use of smart cards - With nShield you can delegate and share administrative responsibilities, removing the need to create 'super users' that act as a single point of compromise
  • Complete key life cycle management through KeySafe, nCipher's key management software - Included as a standard component of every nShield, KeySafe makes it easy to create, store, import, back up, restore or remove application keys
  • Extensive PKI interoperability through partnerships with leading PKI vendors to help accelerate deployment, reduce time to market and reduce implementation expense.
OPSEC Integration

The nCipher nShield hardware security module integrates with the Check Point VPN-1 NG via PKCS#11 to provide added security to the VPN by creating, managing and storing the private key of the VPN's identify certificate in a FIPS 140 Level 3 certified hardware module. The result is the identity of the VPN is protected thus organizations can be assured that all information available via the VPN is secure. Additionally, users can be confident that their private credentials are not compromised.