Enables Secure Management of Remote Laptops
Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions has introduced a new capability set to its PacStar IQ-Core suite of products. The End-User Device Manager (EUDM) provides setup, configuration, monitoring, and updating of user systems for remote governmental and industrial organisation workers.
The PacStar EUDM manages networks that require a National Security Agency (NSA) Commercial Solutions for Classified (CSfC) approved solution for transmitting classified information over untrusted networks. The end-user devices employ a highly secure real-time operating system (RTOS) environment, rated at Evaluation Assurance Level 6+ from INTEGRITY Global Security (IGS), a subsidiary of Green Hills Software.
The device can quickly bulk provision IGS secure laptops with a desired state configuration, including automatic creation and installation of certificates. It supports remote ‘over the air’ updating, which eliminates the cost, time, and logistics incurred when a remote worker’s secure laptop must be physically returned (sometimes via diplomatic pouch) to a data centre to update critical software. It can also extend the existing certificate and VPN management capabilities of PacStar IQ-Core software, which simplifies the management of NSA CSfC solutions, significantly reduces equipment costs, compared to Type 1 encryption hardware, and enables US Coalition Partner interoperability – all without using controlled cryptographic items (CCI).
“Over the last few years, we’ve witnessed an exponential increase in remote working, which poses complex challenges for network managers who must track and update the secure networks used by Federal defense and civilian organization workers […] Until now, the only option for renewing security certificates or updating software on secure laptops has been to physically ship the device back to the data center. The addition of PacStar EUDM to our PacStar IQ-Core Software enterprise network management suite enables these laptops to be managed remotely ‘over the air’. This means a remote worker, based overseas, can have their device’s software patched and their network certificate updated automatically, ensuring timely security upgrades with significantly reduced costs of delivery,” explained Chris Wiltsey, SVP/GM Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions division.
