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Juniper solutions get security certifications

Dubai, January 23, 2011

Juniper Networks said over 20 of its solutions for network routing, switching, security and access control have won government security certifications after completing the rigorous testing and certification procedures.

A key player in the business of network innovation, Juniper said these are pursuant to the US Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) and international Common Criteria standards that are considered prerequisites in many of the world’s defense, civilian government and public sector network acquisitions.

Newly-certified members of Juniper include J Series Services Routers; M Series Multiservice Edge Routers; T Series Core Routers; MX Series Universal Edge Routers; EX Series Ethernet Switches; SRX Series Services Gateways; the LN Series Mobile Secure Router; and IC Series Unified Access Control (UAC) Appliances, said company statement.

Issued by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2 is a US government computer security standard used to accredit and validate cryptographic modules that include both hardware and software components.

FIPS-accredited cryptographic modules are used by the US government and other regulated industries, such as financial and healthcare institutions, that collect, store, transfer, share and disseminate sensitive but unclassified information.

Developed by the governments of Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the US, and now accepted by more than 25 countries, the Common Criteria international standard (officially known as The Common
Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation) defines functional and security assurance requirements that are tested by independent laboratories.

Juniper routers and switches were also certified by the UK Certification Body within Communications-Electronics Security Group (CESG), the Information Assurance arm of the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).

“The growing number of Juniper Networks solutions achieving certification via testing frameworks such as Common Criteria and FIPS demonstrates our ongoing commitment to meet the most rigorous networking demands of global public sector clients and our systems integrator partners,” said Brian Roach, vice president, Federal, Juniper Networks.

“Increasingly, public sector clients facing sharply reduced budgets recognize that the extensive testing procedures required to attain FIPS and Common Criteria certifications serve to validate the high-performance, secure and reliable solutions they need to deliver ever-more robust networking solutions,” he added.-TradeArabia News Service

 




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