SmartSynch has selected AuthenTec’s carrier-grade network security platform, the QuickSec/IPsec toolkit, to provide standards-compliant authentication, confidentiality and data integrity for its smart grid systems.
Stephen Johnston, CEO of SmartSynch, said: “The future of energy in the US depends upon smart grid technology, and as such the infrastructure must be extremely robust and secure against hackers. SmartSynch solutions already use the same security measures that protect millions of highly sensitive financial transactions every day.
“By working with embedded security leader AuthenTec, SmartSynch’s solutions will be further optimized to securely and reliably deliver critical smart grid data over public wireless networks – thereby enabling quicker, easier, and more scalable deployments while raising the return on resources for utilities.”
AuthenTec’s QuickSec/IPsec toolkit is a carrier-grade IPsec security platform in the networking industry, delivering the advanced levels of protection, reliability, and performance mandated by OEM vendors and latest industry standards, the company said. QuickSec can be integrated with AuthenTec’s SafeXcel security processors to enable complete security systems.
