KIV-21

The KIV-21 is an in-line network encryptor (INE) approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) to process network traffic classified up to TS/SCI. The KIV-21 provides Type 1 encryption for networked users, allowing them to securely pass Internet Protocol (IP) data packets across private intranets, wide area enterprises, or the public Internet.

Most of today's secure networks rely on point-to-point extensions to build hub-and-spoke style networks, or use static configuration tables to build multi-point networks. The KIV-21 is the first Type 1 INE to address the costs associated with managing, installing, and maintaining large-scale secure meshed networks in order to unleash the full benefit of secure virtual private networks (VPNs). Its full-mesh connectivity improves network performance and reliability and reduces network management.

Based on the NSA-approved Embeddable INFOSEC Product (EIP), the KIV-21 is a plug-and-play device that functions similar to a router on the secure network. It is simple to administer because it uses network protocols to perform most of the configuration and path discovery dynamically. The KIV-21 provides encrypted data packets with the information necessary for them to navigate through standard wide area commercial infrastructure to their secure network destination for decryption. The KIV-21 interfaces to the secure network via Ethernet and the wide area network through a high-speed serial (RS-449/LAP-B) interface.

The KIV-21 is easy to configure. Once loaded with its Red-side IP address via a console port, the KIV-21 is managed via a commercial Web browser from any PC on the Red LAN. No special hardware or software is required to set-up, configure or manage the KIV-21.

ViaSat has demonstrated the KIV-21 successfully in diverse applications. In May 1999, KIV-21s were used to secure IP traffic transmitted over a ViaSat StarWire VSAT network in a live demonstration at the AFCEA/SPAWAR Systems Center C4ISR Symposium in San Diego. This demonstration introduced secure "bandwidth-on-demand" (SBOD) satellite-networking services, combining Type 1 network security with a commercial satellite network. The KIV-21 was used to create multiple secure VPNs over a coalition wide area network for the Joint Warfare Interoperability Demonstration (JWID '99). More recently, ViaSat and TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) demonstrated mobile voice/data operations over a KIV-21 -secured network at AFCEA's TechNet 2000. In all cases, the KIV-21 quickly established secure, reliable network operations, demonstrating its superior performance and ease of installation/management.

Besides superior performance, we have designed the KIV-21 for low cost of ownership as well. ViaSat pricing for the KIV-21 includes 18 months of software maintenance (including free upgrades), a three-year hardware warranty, 18 months of free Help Desk telephone support and a free training course at ViaSat's facility in Carlsbad. Contact us for quantity pricing or help designing your secure networks.

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