CALIENT and American Networking Solutions partner on first solution that secures fiber-optic physical networks

SANTA BARBARA, USA: CALIENT Technologies Inc., the global leader for Optical Circuit Switching technology, has teamed with American Networking Solutions to debut the CyberSecure Infrastructure Protection System (IPS).

The CyberSecure IPS is the first five-level cyber security solution designed to secure physical fiber cabling infrastructure and automatically protect data traffic of government and enterprise networks from physical plant cyber-attacks - minimizing the risk of physical intrusions and the loss of mission critical classified information.

Fiber-optic cables can be tapped and classified data compromised without alerting data security systems. To prevent physical plant cyber-attacks on secure networks, agencies and companies typically deploy protective distribution systems (PDS), data encryption devices or concrete-encased conduit banks.

The CyberSecure IPS combines the S320 optical circuit switch from CALIENT with the CyberSecure Infrastructure Management System (IMS) from American Networking Solutions, creating an alarmed carrier protective distribution system unparalleled in the IT security industry.

When an optical disturbance is detected on a data network infrastructure cable, the CyberSecure IMS software notifies CALIENT's S320 of the intrusion attempt and the S320 then quarantines network elements. The S320 can instantly shut off or reroute data traffic to a new network infrastructure to prevent any sensitive information from being transmitted across compromised circuits.

This routing capability can also be used to direct traffic to optical tap couplers for network packet monitoring.