KEMP Introduces Support for Federal Identity Smart Cards

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Dec 15, 2014) -  KEMP Technologies just announced that its LoadMaster™ line of products now includes technology support for Federal Identity Smart Cards, including the PIV (Personal Identity Verification), the DoD CAC (Common Access Card), and the TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential). KEMP is the only ADC/load balancer provider that offers this type of smart card support for hardware, virtual, cloud and bare-metal platforms.

Smart cards are used for identification of active duty military personnel, selected reserve, US Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees and eligible contractor personnel. In addition to providing physical access to buildings and protected areas, it also allows access to DoD computer networks and systems satisfying two factor authentication, digital security and data encryption. It leverages a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Security Certificate to verify a cardholder's identity prior to allowing access to protected resources.

"KEMP is committed to providing the sophisticated technologies required to support the efforts of the US Government and Department of Defense, while delivering substantial value when compared to alternative competitive offerings," stated KEMP CMO and co-founder Peter Melerud.

KEMP's LoadMaster™ Load Balancer ADC natively provides a range of integrated security capabilities including edge security, Layer 7 IPS/IDS, DDoS mitigation, application publishing, client authentication and single sign-on -- all included as standard features on KEMP's entire range of ADCs. With the release of KEMP's "Application Firewall Pack" (AFP), KEMP is now delivering comprehensive Web Application Firewall (WAF) protection. Based on one of the world's most widely deployed Open Source web application firewall engine, ModSecurity, and augmented by threat intelligence, research and security rule sets from information security provider Trustwave, KEMP's AFP capabilities provide real-time threat protection for packaged and custom published applications, data leak prevention (DLP), mitigation of the OWASP Top Ten most common vulnerabilities and support for PCI-DSS compliance.

About KEMP Technologies

KEMP Technologies is the leading provider of software-centric and cloud-focused load balancer solutions, used by thousands of businesses that consider IT, e-commerce, web and business applications as mission-critical to their long-term success. KEMP helps companies rapidly grow their business by providing 24/7 infrastructure availability, better web performance and secure operations -- while streamlining IT costs.

KEMP's LoadMaster™ products include Layers 2-7 application load balancing, SDN integration, content switching, server persistence, SSL offload/acceleration, and application front-end capabilities (caching, compression, intrusion prevention system), plus one full year of product support -- delivering industry-leading price/performance advantages.

The company is headquartered in New York City with significant operations in Limerick, Ireland. For more information, visit KEMPtechnologies.com, or call at +1 646-374-0060.