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Launching your business online gives you the
chance to benefit from many advantages
gained from connecting your network to
Internet. But going online has its
disadvantages. The most fatal problem that
should be addressed with extra care is
security. Security in any systems should be
commensurate with its risks. However, the
process to determine which security controls
are appropriate and effective is quite often
a complex and sometimes a subjective matter.
One of the prime functions of security risk
analysis is to put this process onto a more
objective basis. Cryptography is large field
by itself and undergoing significant changes
since computers have arrived. Encryption has
been around for centuries and takes |
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many
forms. With the advent of computers the
ability to scramble the message has
increased exponentially. |
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For Banking Security The Spark
Provide
The Host Security Module (HSM) is the latest
incarnation of the Hardware Security Modules family,
it takes the HSM forward in terms of performance and
validated security for Banking and Financial
transaction processing. The HSM utilises technology
that has been formally validated to the most
stringent security standard (FIPS 140-2 Level 3). In
addition the HSM 8000 is MEPS II approved for use on
the French banking networks. Primarily designed to
address the ATM/EFTPOS market and back office
security services, the HSM 8000 provides all the
functionality to address the needs of acquirers,
switches and issuers for the processing of magnetic
stripe and chip card transactions (EMV). It has been
integrated with all the leading software addressing
this market. This new range is evidence of Thales
commitment to the ongoing development of the HSM
platform. It is backward compatible with the RG7000
range of HSMs and provides a range of market-leading
new benefits. The HSM range offers a range of
performance options up to 800tps (PIN block
translates per second). There are two build
variants.
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The
standard build variant offers Ethernet (TCP/IP
and UDP), and RS232 (Async and SNA)
communications.
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The
ESCON build variant offers ESCON, Ethernet
(TCP/IP and UDP), and RS232 (Async and SNA)
communications.
The
functionality is delivered as licensed software
modules on a CD with associated activation license. |
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Archiving
Systems : |
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The DIAS (Digital Information Archiving
System) solution provides a flexible and
scalable open deposit library solution for
storing and retrieving massive amounts of
electronic documents and multimedia files.
It conforms with the ISO Reference OAIS
standard and supports physical and logical
digital preservation. The DIAS solution
allows the manual as well as automated
ingest of digital information (assets) into
the system. Once the asset is successfully
stored it will be maintained and preserved.
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Preservation functionality will be enhanced
in future DIAS versions to give signals for
stored assets which must be converted or
migrated to keep it available for use.
Stored assets can be accessed either via a
web based interface (for assets having
standard file types) or via a specific work
environment on a Reference Workstation. Any
organization that has the need to store and
keep available digital information over many
years such as Deposit Libraries, National
Archives, Governmental Institutions,
Pharmaceuticals, Banks and Insurance
Companies Spark can provide the Solutions. |
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