OTTAWA, ONTARIO – March 21, 2011 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls and a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX, OpenVPX™, and CompactPCI® products for the rugged deployed aerospace and defense (A&D) market, has announced that the industry leading 3U OpenVPX™ VPX3-685 Secure Router is currently undergoing a stringent Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 2 cryptographic validation at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the Cryptographic Module Validation Program (CMVP). The VPX3-685 is a fully-featured Layer2/3 managed Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) Router that features a highly integrated on-board security subsystem. For more information on the VPX3-685 validation please visit http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp.
“CMVP validation will ensure customers that the VPX3-685 Secure Ethernet Router delivers the performance and network communications security demanded by the most sensitive military and government applications,” said Lynn Bamford, vice president and general manager of Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. “This will help establish the VPX3-685 as the leading COTS solution for system designers seeking high performance, cost effective cryptographic solutions.”
Federal agencies, Department of Defense (DoD), industry, and the public rely on cryptography for the protection of information and communications used in electronic commerce, critical infrastructure, and other application areas. Cryptographic modules such as the VPX3-685, process sophisticated, secure cryptographic algorithms that are provide products and systems with security services such as confidentiality, integrity, and authentication.
About the CMVP
The CMVP was established by NIST in order to validate cryptographic modules to the FIPS 140-2: Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules. The CMVP is a joint effort between NIST in the U.S. and Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) in Canada. Those modules successfully validated as conforming to FIPS 140-2 are accepted by both countries’ Federal Agencies for the protection of sensitive information. Furthermore, CMVP cryptographic validation is also anticipated to meet many NATO country requirements for secure information technology-related applications.
To validate the VPX3-685’s cryptographic function, CWECEC is working closely with Corsec Security Inc., an independent, accredited Cryptographic and Security Testing (CST) laboratory. “Government agencies have stringent requirements on purchasing network security products and are mandated to use only approved products which have achieved FIPS 140-2 validation to ensure that the security claims stated are valid,” according to Matthew Appler, CEO and co-founder of Corsec Security. “Undergoing this complex government security standard clearly demonstrates Curtiss-Wright’s strong commitment to providing customers with proven third-party assurance regarding the VPX3-685.”
About the VPX3-685
The VPX3-685, is a rugged OpenVPX®-compliant 3U VPX card. It can be configured with up to 20 GbE interfaces. It also provides up to two (2) 10GbE ports to support switch-to-switch expansion, dual-redundant networks (fail-over), or for architecting high-performance 10Gb/s network backbones.
The VPX3-685 speeds and simplifies the integration of secure GbE switching and routing into embedded systems designed for harsh environment applications. Targeting highly secure IPv4/v6 Intra-Platform Networks (IPNs), the VPX3-685 is designed to prevent unauthorized access to critical information. It can be used to secure a data storage network, protect critical assets on the smart grid, or protect mission critical applications from hostile attacks in the forms of viruses, IP Spoofing, Denial of Service (DoS), and Trojan Horses. The VPX3-685 provides unmatched perimeter defense for critical data at the edge of the network.
VPX3-685 Performance Features:
Comprising a single card Unified Threat Management (UTM) system, the VPX3-685’s advanced security and network features include:
- Support for VLANs and VPN (IPSec/PPTP/L2TP) to protect dedicated networks
- A statefull packet inspection firewall to protect against multiple evasive attacks
- Network Address Translation (NAT) routing for IPv4 masquerading
- Port and protocol-based Access Control Lists (ACL) to prevent unauthorized access
- Broadcast Storm Control to protect against network disruption due to packet flooding
- IPv6 with IPSec tunneling for secure communications channels
- Advanced standards-based cryptographic functions (encryption, decryption, and authentication).
The VPX3-685 Secure Router is the newest addition to Curtiss-Wright Controls’ broad family of board and stand-alone switch/router products, including the VPX3-683 and VPX6-684 FireBlades, the 6U SVME/DMV-680 and SVME/DMV-682, the 3U CompactPCI 681 and the SwitchBox-II fully integrated switch/router subsystem. The boards complement Curtiss-Wright Controls’ extensive range of Single Board Computers, Digital Signal Processors, Graphics and Communications and IO products.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is the industry’s most comprehensive and experienced single source for embedded solutions, ranging from Processing, Subsystems, Data Communication, DSP, and Video & Graphics to the most advanced board level components and fully integrated custom systems. The Embedded Computing group serves the defense, aerospace, commercial and industrial markets and is part of Curtiss-Wright Controls Inc.
About Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc.
Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Curtiss-Wright Controls is the motion control segment of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW). With manufacturing facilities around the world, Curtiss-Wright Controls is a leading technology-based organization providing niche motion control products, subsystems and services internationally for the aerospace and defense markets. For more information, visit http://www.cwcontrols.com/.
