Certes Networks

Certes Networks
Certes Networks
Type Private
Industry Information security
Founded Raleigh, NC USA 2000 (2000)
Headquarters Pittsburgh, PA
Key people

Thomas J. Gill, Chairman and CEO
Gary Brunner, Senior Vice President & CFO
Jim Doherty, Senior Vice President & CMO
Kevin Nigh, Senior Vice President of Engineering

Richard Bibb, Vice President of Sales, Americas
Albert Benhamou, Vice President of Sales, EMEA
Michael Lyu, Vice President of Sales, APAC
Don McAlister, Chief Architect
Products Network Encryption [1]
Employees 45 (2009)
Website www.certesnetworks.com

Certes Networks, formerly CipherOptics, Inc. is a Pittsburgh based information security company, notable as one of the leaders in policy and key management for network encryption technology.[2]

The company's products are used in wide-area networks,[3] metro-area networks, data centers, and wireless networks. Certes Networks' customers include Fortune-100 and multi-national corporations, government agencies,[4] financial institutions, and utilities.

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History

Certes Networks was founded by Michael Doss and Dennis Toothman in 2000. Originally funded from a Lucent Technologies grant, the company’s initial focus was on encrypting high-speed fiber optic links. Through the 2000s the company expanded its offering to other Layer 2 (Ethernet) and Layer 3 (IP) technologies. In 2006 the company released the CipherEngine solution, the industry’s first purpose built policy and key manager for network-wide encryption. In 2009 Certes Networks added the ability to support Layer 4 (TCP/UDP), allowing service providers to secure data while preserving netflow and traffic shaping capabilities. In July 2009 Thomas J. Gill (formerly the CEO of FORE systems) was named Chairman and CEO of Certes Networks.

Timeline

  • 2000: Certes Networks founded
  • 2002: Certes Networks releases industry’s first Gigabit-rate Ethernet encryption appliance
  • 2006: Certes Networks releases CipherEngine
  • 2010: Certes Networks announced the release of the industry's first Variable Speed Encryptors

Awards

  • Named Gartner Cool Vendor in Infrastructure Protection, 2009, for CipherEngine[5]

References

  1. ^ "CipherOptics, Inc.: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek". Investing.businessweek.com. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=2010378. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
  2. ^ "AT&T rolling out dynamic IPSec offering". Network World. http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/111606-att-dynamic-ipsec-offering.html. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
  3. ^ "Download Library » Network Security 2.0". The Lippis Report. 2007-12-07. http://lippisreport.com/2007/09/network-security-20/. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
  4. ^ "Data Voice Solutions | Commonwealth of Massachusetts Picks Certes Networks Solution | Network". Data-voice-solutions.tmcnet.com. 2009-12-11. http://data-voice-solutions.tmcnet.com/topics/network/articles/70795-commonwealth-massachusetts-picks-cipheroptics-solution.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-20. 
  5. ^ Cool Vendors in Infrastructure Protection, 2009

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