Why Encrypt?

In a globally-interconnected world, governments, businesses and individuals exchange billions of online messages and transmit millions of megabytes of data every day...much of it high value, some of it high risk.

The hundreds of millions of kilometres of optical fibre cable crossing the globe give us the freedom to communicate instantly with anyone, virtually anywhere.

But this enabling technology is a double-edged sword: the benefits of instant communication through voice, video and data must be weighed against the time and cost to ensure the confidentiality of personally identifiable information (PII), corporate IP and secret government information travelling anywhere along the millions of kilometres of network fibre.

As the global economic crisis continues, there are widespread reports of increased activity by cyber criminals and electronic hackers who can steal millions of dollars in seconds, but who also trade in user names, passwords and corporate intelligence captured from data hacked during transmission.

The widely-held belief that optical fibre is inherently secure has been debunked – over two years ago Senetas demonstrated that a readily available device that clamps onto the fibre bending it sufficiently to extract a signal, could be used to capture information without damaging the fibre or disrupting communications. Watch this video to know more.

Encryption is the solution to totally securing optical fibre and other data networks. Senetas is the global leader in high speed network encryption and the only manufacturer that is certified to the two major global standards: Common Criteria EAL4+ and FIPS 140-2 Level 3.

Senetas technology, proved over more than a decade, is now in use by governments, military, law enforcement and corporate networks worldwide. It employs AES 256 bit algorithms and high speed public and private key exchange technology to verify and then secure everything transmitted over the information network. In the event that a hacker intercepts the communications, all information is encrypted and unusable, therefore protecting against threats to corporate productivity or reputation and individual loss.