HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 22, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Alabama-based AvaLAN Wireless Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce its new hardware-based VPN device that allows devices to be remotely accessible over a typical network without requiring remote firewall ports to be opened or fixed IP addresses assigned. The AW-HSNetAppliance is fully FIPS140-2 Level 2 certified. Anyone in a government agency or sensitive private industry such as health care, energy or financial with a need to transfer sensitive but unclassified data is now required to encrypt this data with a method that conforms to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Standard FIPS 140-2. AvaLAN Wireless has developed a hardware encryption module (AW140) that has been validated by CMVP (the Cryptographic Module Validation Program) to FIPS 140-2 Level 2. We have packaged the module together with an Ethernet interface in a convenient inexpensive device that can encrypt data in a FIPS 140-2 certified manner for your network.
"AvaLAN's new secure network appliance product is opening new opportunities for anyone needing to remotely connect devices securely through the Internet," said Matt Nelson, Chief Executive Officer of AvaLAN Wireless Systems, Inc.
The AW-HSNetAppliance is used in pairs, one to encrypt data on the trusted LAN where the sensitive information originates, and the other on a second trusted LAN to decrypt the data at its destination. In between, the securely encrypted data may be passed over a public network such as the Internet. The two products together allow creation of a private and secure tunnel that provides a FIPS-validated data path.
Security Validated to NIST FIPS 140-2 Level 2 (Certificate No. 1452)
- Physically separate data paths for encryption keys and encrypted data
- USB port to set encryption keys and passwords
- Built-in browser interface to configure Ethernet data paths
AvaLAN is continuing its market leadership position in providing robust, reliable and secure wireless solutions for security applications, access control, industrial automation, remote sensing and remote control markets. AvaLAN products are a replacement for installations where systems are under-performing or failing completely due to insufficient range, excessive interference, unsatisfactory reliability or lack of security. AvaLAN's products offer the ideal combination of price, range, data rate, security, interference avoidance, quality-of-service, and a simple plug and play set up with minimal user programming required. No other company can match the price-performance characteristics of AvaLAN's products.
The new FIPS 140-2 High Security Ethernet Network Appliance (Model# AW-HSNetAppliance) is now shipping and available with a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $499 USD per unit.
About AvaLAN Wireless Systems, Inc.
AvaLAN Wireless is an industry leading developer and manufacturer of long range industrial wireless radios and cryptographic technology. AvaLAN's products are designed to enable affordable secure wireless connections in perimeter or remote locations that require long range, interference immunity, superior reliability and uncompromising data security. AvaLAN has grown each year since 2004 and has shipped over 50,000 radios to the networking, surveillance, digital signage, robotics, industrial automation and access control markets. Specializing in Cellular and the unlicensed 900MHz, 2.4GHz and 5.8GHz radio bands, AvaLAN offers a family of encrypted wireless Ethernet and data communications products. We believe our "Unique Secure Products for a Connected Planet" offer unmatched price-performance values and are proudly engineered, supported and made in the USA and Canada. AvaLAN Wireless Systems, Inc. is headquartered near Huntsville, Alabama and can be contacted at 866-533-6216, by email at info@avalanwireless.com, or by visiting www.avalanwireless.com.
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