The first universal security key for the digital economy

Paris, November 2, 2004. Evidian and its parent company Bull are broadening their security and e-transactions solutions offer, with the launch of a new generation of cryptographic hardware and solutions for Public Key Infrastructures. At the heart of this new offer, a USB security key will be the first highly secure individual and universal confidence tool.

Based on new cryptographic component architectures developed within European and Defence projects, the TrustWay 2005 Generation products are dedicated to enterprises and administrations in the defence, bank, public services and sensitive industries sectors. The new TrustWay products notably include:

• TrustWay RCI, the first highly secure individual and universal confidence means. Based on a USB key with an integrated cryptographic processor, fully developed in France by Bull, TrustWay RCI enables the generation and storage of certificates and keys for the user and the management of all ciphering, deciphering, and signature operations required. A major innovation in individual security, TrustWay RCI offers a particularly simple, powerful and safe solution for multiple applications, such as strong authentication/access control, e-signature, encryption for hard disk and files, encrypted telephony on IP, messaging security and nomad VPN.
• TrustWay CRX, a low cost VPN IPSec solution for large distributed environments (such as networks of agencies, subsidiaries, remote workers). TrustWay CRX completes the range of TrustWay VPN appliances, which now ranges from VPNs for individuals or agencies (xDSL up to 4 Mb/s) to high capacity VPNs for central sites.

The TrustWay cards and appliances are undergoing the Common Criteria certification process:

• CC EAL2+ for the TrustWay VPN2 appliances
• CC EAL4+ for the TrustWay Crypto PCI appliances

This submission for certification, which is being undertaken by an independent laboratory, and with the French DCSSI qualification, guarantee users that TrustWay VPN and Crypto PCI products are compliant with their specifications and their security objectives, therefore offering a high level of attack protection.

Backgrounder: Technical details about TrustWay RCI and TrustWay CRX

TrustWay RCI

Based on a USB key integrating a cryptographic processor, fully developed in France by Bull, TrustWay RCI enables the generation and storage of certificates and keys for the user, and operates all ciphering, deciphering and signature operations for him.

Unlike smart-cards or USB keys available today, which must rely on the PC software environment to ensure the encryption operations, thus opening security breaches, TrustWay RCI offers both a complete security and embedded encryption power, making its potential use universal. All ciphering / deciphering operations are undertaken by TrustWay RCI. In addition, TrustWay RCI uses Crypto Ignition Key (CIK) technologies, usually reserved for military products, which guarantee a high level of key security, in case of loss or theft of TrustWay RCI.

A major innovation in individual security, TrustWay RCI offers a particularly simple, powerful and safe solution for multiple applications, such as strong authentication / access control, e-signature, encryption of hard disk and files, encrypted telephony on IP, messaging security and nomad VPN.

TrustWay CRX

TrustWay CRX is a low-cost VPN IPSec solution for large distributed environments (networks of agencies, subsidiaries, remote individuals).

Using the same CIK-based cryptographic components as TrustWay RCI, TrustWay CRX brings both the high security and performance of all TrustWay VPN hardware solutions, with a great simplicity of deployment and centralized administration, even for environments including thousands of distributed agencies or remote individuals. TrustWay CRX completes therefore the range of TrustWay VPN appliances, which range now from VPNs for individuals or agencies (xDSL up to 4 Mb/s) to high capacity VPNs for central sites.