Senforce, Panasonic, and GTSI Join Efforts to Provide Secure, Reliable,
Online/Offline, Tough and Mobile Computing In Support of Pending Department of
Defense Wireless Directive
WASHINGTON, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- FOSE -- Three leading technology
companies today announced the immediate availability of 'STORM' (Secure,
Tough, Online/Offline, Reliable, and Mobile), a joint solution designed to
support Department of Defense (DoD) Wireless Directive DoDD 8100.2 for mobile
technology usage in government agencies and organizations.
Senforce(TM) Technologies, Inc., Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, and
GTSI(R) Corp. (Nasdaq: GTSI) joined efforts to produce STORM to meet several
key requirements in DoDD 8100.2 which allows use of commercial wireless
devices, services, and technologies on the DoD Global Information Grid. STORM
combines the technological expertise of these companies in delivering mobile
PCs configured with a complete, integrated solution meeting stringent
government agency requirements.
Key elements of the STORM solution support such requirements as:
-- Ensuring encryption of unclassified data for transmission to and from
wireless devices
-- Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 140-2-
compliant cryptographic module validation
-- Mitigating denial of service attacks, and threats from both outside,
and potential interference from friendly sources
-- Restricting wireless transmissions in classified areas
-- Stopping wireless capability when devices are connected to DoD-wired
networks
-- Preventing introduction of wireless vulnerabilities undermining
assurance of interconnected systems
-- Enforcing anti-virus software use and updates thereof by Defense
Information Systems Agency-maintained sites
-- Ensuring commercial wireless procurements immediately comply with the
Directive
In meeting these requirements, the STORM solution proves well suited for
the DoD, and for all other federal, state, and local government agencies.
Secure
Senforce Technologies, Inc. provides the secure part of STORM with its
Senforce Enterprise Mobile Security Manager (EMSM) version 2.5. EMSM resides
in the operating system kernel and ensures a higher level of security than
first-generation personal firewalls. The EMSM client resides in the NDIS
driver level, utilizes advanced, stateful packet inspection technology, and
provides managed endpoint firewall protection. Other security settings are
enforced through policies that adapt based on a mobile user's network
location, communication adapter and network access type-both wired and
wireless. These security policies are centrally managed, and highly
customizable by network administrators. Endpoint client security is
automatically enforced without any additional user intervention.
"Senforce is pleased to provide the technology securing the STORM user and
enforcing agency security policies in STORM-ready notebook PCs," said Allan
Thompson, Senforce president and CEO. The EMSM Panasonic Toughbook(R) PCs
with Intel(R) Centrino(TM) mobile technology combination makes and keeps users
policy-compliant and secure whether connected to wired, wireless, broadband,
or dial-up networks, or when working standalone. EMSM provides government IT
professionals with the flexibility to activate, roll out, and control mobile
and wireless connectivity when they are ready, and with confidence that mobile
endpoints are secure."
Tough, Reliable, and Mobile
Panasonic Computer Solutions Company provides the tough component of STORM
with its leading Toughbook(R) line of ruggedized, mobile PCs. Through years
of close work the US Federal Government market serving military, defense,
intelligence and civilian agencies, Panasonic continues to manufacture
innovative, reliable mobile PCs. With key features including shock-mounted
hard drives, magnesium encased LCDs, and integrated wireless WAN or LAN
communications ensure Toughbooks endure every bump and shock while providing
increased productivity for STORM users. Toughbooks also take advantage of the
added mobility benefits of Intel(R) Centrino(TM) mobile technology.
"Panasonic's successful track record of working with government agencies
and our manufacturing facilities to deliver tough and reliable mobilized
computing solutions brings key technology to STORM," said Rance Poehler,
president of Panasonic Computer Solutions Company. "The combination of the
dependable and highly-acclaimed Toughbook platform with its long list of
ruggedized features designed for unique federal space requirements and
Senforce security technology gives the added value and confidence to agencies
seeking Wireless Directive DoDD 8100.2 compliance for mobile PCs."
Online/Offline
Making the combination of hardware, software and security technology aware
of the online/offline nature of mobile users and their data is another
essential part of the STORM solution. The combination of Intel(R)
Centrino(TM) mobile technology and Senforce technology enables government
agencies' security policies to follow mobile devices and users and apply
regardless their connection state -- either online or offline. Senforce's
WhereAware(TM) technology enforces security policies at multiple locations
either inside or outside your network perimeter. Users in locations and
networks outside the office -- connected or not, online and offline -- at
home, in the coffee shop, at the airport, or in a hotel are all protected and
compliant with centrally-managed security policies.
Delivering STORM
GTSI Corp. combines the technologies from Panasonic and Senforce to
deliver the STORM solution for government agency procurement and integration.
Upon agency request, GTSI will deliver mobile systems that are pre-configured
with STORM. STORM systems delivered in this fashion include system recovery
disks with STORM integrated into the recovery data to prevent circumventing of
security by rolling hard disk contents 'back to factory.'
With its 10-year partnership with Panasonic Solutions in the federal space
and a recent distribution agreement with Senforce Technologies, GTSI's
exclusive focus on customers in federal, state, and local government IT
solutions means the distribution support services for STORM -- including
installation, equipment maintenance, site survey, system configuration and
integration -- will meet the demands of all government agencies.
"The STORM solution advances the mutual goal of GTSI, Panasonic Solutions
and Senforce Technologies to provide the 'best in class' mobile solutions to
our government customers," said Scott Friedlander, group vice president-sales,
technology teams at GTSI. "STORM allows DoD and other government agencies to
immediately advance their compliance efforts with the DoD Wireless Directive.
GTSI is pleased to participate in STORM to provide these needed security
solutions for our government customers."
Availability
STORM is available immediately to all government agencies from GTSI. Both
Panasonic Toughbook and Senforce EMSM solutions are available pre-configured
for STORM support. A variety of scalable maintenance options are also
offered. Please direct inquiries to GTSI, Senforce Technologies, and Panasonic
Solutions.
About Senforce Technologies
Senforce Technologies, Inc. is the leading developer of location-aware
security software for enterprise mobile computing. Senforce's flagship
product, Enterprise Mobile Security Manager(TM), allows IT Managers to create,
deploy, enforce and monitor computer security policies for mobile clients
across the enterprise. The company is based in Orem, Utah, with offices in
California and Virginia. Senforce products are distributed to the United
States federal government by GTSI Corp., the leading government technology
solutions provider. Senforce Technologies is privately held, and is funded by
Rocket Ventures, EsNet Group Ltd., Ridgewood Capital and Panasonic /
Matsushita. Information about Senforce Technologies is available on the Web at
http://www.senforce.com .
About Panasonic Computer Solutions Company
INNOVATION. RELIABILITY. CONFIDENCE.
Panasonic Computer Solutions Company's core competency is manufacturing
innovative, reliable mobile PCs with confidence and access to corporate
resources in responding directly to customer requirements. Panasonic
strengthens this strategy with an organization of vertical teams focused
solely on customer markets like the US Federal Government-dedicating account
managers to work closely with the military, defense, intelligence and civilian
agencies.
Innovation. A US military base approached Panasonic with a set of issues
for their digitized flightline project-they needed rugged, mobile computers
for use in aircraft flightline maintenance; wireless access to depot network
for aircraft replacement parts, availability and orders; an LCD with easily
readable display in direct sunlight; systems for use in 120 degree heat while
working on a tarmac. Panasonic's account manager worked directly with our
factory in addressing and solving this problem resulting in a deployment of
over 300 fully-rugged, MIL-STD-810F Toughbooks with integrated CISCO wireless
LAN cards, new Transflective LCD technology and silver-coated units for heat
reduction. Reliability. The combination of Panasonic Toughbook features like
shock-mounted hard drives, magnesium encased LCDs and integrated wireless WAN
or LAN communications ensure increased user productivity in the field-reducing
costs in employee downtime, data/information loss, and tech rep
troubleshooting labor hours to mention a few. The Toughbooks offer a direct
advantage over Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products that cannot endure
abuses such as knocks, drops, and sun-glare that are a reality in field
applications. Confidence. Panasonic has over 18 years experience in mobile
solutions and is one of the few remaining Core Mobile PC Manufacturers
utilizing our own resources for key components like LCDs, CD/DVD-ROMs and
batteries. Panasonic is a Matsushita Company, one of the largest in the
world, with sales over $61.5 Billion providing our division access to ISO 9001
certified factories, 250 + engineers, worldwide service programs, and R&D
expertise. This combined with Panasonic's 10-year partnership with GTSI Corp
in the federal space provides secure, wireless and mobile technology solutions
to the federal government worldwide supported by dedicated product and service
specialists, diverse contract offerings, and access to GTSI's top secret
clearance, ISO 9001:2000 standards for quality management facility.
Panasonic: Innovation. Reliability. Confidence. -- Leading rugged, mobile PC
partner to the US Federal Government. http://www.panasonic.com/toughbook/federal .
About GTSI Corp.
GTSI Corp. is an information technology (IT) solutions leader, focusing
exclusively on Federal, State, and Local government customers worldwide. For
two decades, GTSI has served those customers by teaming with global IT leaders
like Panasonic, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Cisco, and Sun Microsystems.
Offering a broad range of products and services, an extensive contract
portfolio, and ISO 9001:2000 standards for quality management, GTSI uses its
unique Technology Teams to deliver "best of breed" solutions that help
government customers do their job more effectively. GTSI is headquartered in
Northern Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. Further information about the
Company is available at GTSI.com/About .
Senforce, Enterprise Mobile Security Manager, WhereAware, AdapterAware,
AccessAware, and Senforce Wireless Connectivity Control are trademarks of
Senforce Technologies, Inc. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel
Corporation. Centrino is a trademark of Intel Corporation. Toughbook is a
registered trademark of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America. Windows
and XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. GTSI is a
registered trademark of GTSI Corp. in the U.S. and other countries. Any other
names or marks may be the property of their respective owners.
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Related links:
http://www.panasonic.com/toughbook/federal
http://www.GTSI.com/About http://www.senforce.com
CONTACT:
Media, Kip Meacham of Senforce Technologies,
+1-801-932-2400, kmeacham@senforce.com , Cory Maloy of Snapp
Norris Group, +1-801-226-3223, cory.maloy@sng.com , Jeff Ayers of
Panasonic Computer Solutions Co., +1-516-609-9500,
jeff_ayers@p2c2.com , Paul Liberty, +1-703-502-2540,
paul.liberty@gtsi.com , or Fern Krauss, +1-703-502-2054,
fern.krauss@gtsi.com , both of GTSI Corp.
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