I.P. SHARP ASSOCIATES
IPSANET
& Data Security
When you commit important data to a computer communications
network, do you worry about it? About whether it will reach its proper
destination, intact and as you sent it? Or about who might read it while it's
on its way?
I. P. Sharp Associates (IPSA) worries about it too.
We know that the intrinsic value of your data is increased by its rapid,
reliable, and correct transmission, and we can assure you that this is the
treatment it will receive with IPSANET. Our international packet-switched
network was designed with security in mind.
Today's IPSANET users include international
banks and financial institutions, manufacturers and oil companies, trade
organizations and newswire services. They all depend on us to deliver their
data in the most timely and effective manner, and the fact that we've met the
security audits of our most cautious customers reinforces our claim that
IPSANET data integrity and reliability are second to none.
IPSANET & Data Security
What Makes IPSANET Secure?
We
designed it that way.
• End-to-end confirmation of delivery of each data
packet.
• Sequence numbering
of data packets.
• Immediate
notification to both ends of a connection if a call is interrupted.
• Adaptive routing
of traffic, rather than fixed routes.
• Confidential
internal protocol.
• No capability for
network operators to monitor user data.
• Timeouts on
initial dial-up connection.
•
Automatic reroute of interrupted calls, when the reroute is possible without
loss of data.
• Alternative
redundant routes and automatic dial backup to maintain high reliability and
availability.
The
unique configuration of IPSANET guarantees maximum reliability. Each network node operates
independently of the others, and the entire network can be controlled and
managed from any location. Our performance record proves the success of this
design. Since its establishment in 1976, IPSANET has been in continuous
commercial service, and has never
had a complete shutdown.
We
run it that way.
• Physical security of node processors.
• Continuous 24
hour, worldwide status monitoring.
• Immediate alarm
and
response
if network links are interrupted.
• Decentralized
support staff and facilities.
With major support centres in Frankfurt,
Amsterdam, Helsinki, London, Toronto, Rochester, New York City, Sydney, and
Tokyo, you know that any interruption in service at any point in the network
will receive quick and careful attention.
And then, if you're
connecting to a host running IPSA mainframe software, there's the additional
security of the system itself.
•
User-changeable passwords.
• Timeouts on
unsuccessful connections and idle sessions.
• Violation logging
and reporting of unauthorized access attempts and connections.
• File access
control.
• End-to-end data
encoding when needed (Mainframe——PC).
When
you have a need for extra-special security, we can provide that too.
•
Limited access.
• Encryption.