Secure partnership

KoolSpan Inc has entered into a reseller partnership with Australian Utilities and SCADA Technologies to resell KoolSpan's bi-directional two-factor authentication solutions to authenticate and protect critical industrial infrastructures including SCADA-based networks in Australia.

Using a smart card-to-smart card architecture, KoolSpan's per-packet 256 bit AES ethernet encryption protects sensitive information without impacting bandwidth utilisation or performance, operating at Layer 2. Its product, SecurEdge, provides a secure and consistent way for trusted users inside and outside of the firewall to access their company's private control or business network. The solution bridges networks, users and devices for encrypted network layer access to control systems with critical security requirements. In both wired or wireless and remote or local situations the SecurEdge solution is said to be simple to configure, support and install into industrial networks, including remote outposts.

From control networks to enterprises, KoolSpan's two-factor authentication system is designed to be used to secure video surveillance and other sensor data in the field, VoIP communications, as well as provide protected remote access without a VPN, secure Wi-Fi in offices or the field and secure ethernet for multi-site bridging or backbone encryption across private or public networks.