Encino, CA, Monday, September 15, 2003 — Meganet Corporation, a pioneer data security software solutions developer, has announced today the recent achievement of two new NIST certifications for its core engine.

The US Government, as well as organizations around the world, now requires IT security products and solutions to meet stringent industry standards based on defined standard security schemes. NIST’s FIPS certification is an internationally recognized standard used for this testing.

In the United States, NVLAP accredited Cryptographic Module Testing (CMT) laboratories is the body granting certificates for conformance. This organization is governed jointly by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA).  

“Meganet Corporation is proud on the addition of these important certifications to its core engine” said Saul Backal, CEO and Chairman of Meganet, “..this will further our penetration into higher levels of compliance with government initiatives for data security solutions, helping to preserve data private in a viable solution for today’s security-conscious business climate”

VME Office has been designed to support the requirements and regulations for privacy concerns. The certifications have been provided as follow:
AES Validation list Certificate # 77 for ECB(e/d; 256); CBC(e/d; 256) modes.
http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/aes/aesval.html

Triple DES Validation list Certificate # 188 for TECB(e/d; KO 1,2,3); TCBC(e/d; KO 1,2,3). http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/des/tripledesval.html

VME Crypto Engine is a suite of tools that make data encryption and decryption easy and reliable. VME Crypto Engine also provides tools that allow you to encrypt and decrypt email messages, chat sessions, files transmitted ftp, and more.