Government spending on security-related IT products is expected to reach $56.5 billion by 2009*. That represents an enormous opportunity for technology vendors—but only if their products and solutions meet increasingly stringent security requirements such as FIPS 140-2 and Suite B.

The Certicom Security Architecture™ and Certicom® Suite B Power Bundles™ provide everything you need to quickly and economically access government markets.

Ready for action: FIPS 140-2, Suite B and Personal Identity Verification (PIV)

The Certicom Security Architecture is certified FIPS 140-2 compliant—saving you the time (up to 12 months) and expense (from US$50,000 to US$100,000 plus development costs) of having to validate your own technology. This is immensely valuable—especially considering that NIST says 48 percent of custom cryptographic modules have security flaws the first time they’re submitted for FIPS validation.

The Certicom Security Architecture is built around elliptic curve cryptography (ECC), which is specified by the National Security Agency's Suite B cryptographic specifications to protect both sensitive but unclassified information as well as classified information. As standards continue to evolve, Certicom is committed to ensuring that its architecture always remains ahead of the curve. That makes for one less thing you have to worry about.

Using components from the Certicom Security Architecture, Certicom® Suite B Power Bundles™ combine a wide range of high-performance hardware and software products into a comprehensive solution that can make your entire infrastructure completely Suite B compliant.

The Certicom Security Architecture also includes a board support package for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards, including DoD CAC cards, in compliance with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). This allows you to build devices and applications that support a common PIV standard under FIPS 201, which will be mandatory by October 2006.

*SOURCE: Datamonitor PLC, 2004