Press Release
Blue Ridge Networks Announces 5-Year Contract to Secure United States Attorneys Office Communications Nationwide
HSRA Project enables high speed access, increased mobility, solid security
CHANTILLY, Va.- May 22, 2006 - Blue Ridge Networks™, the premier provider of secure communications products and managed virtual private network (VPN) services, announced today that the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) awarded Blue Ridge Networks a five-year, blanket purchase agreement to provide an Enterprise Managed Secure VPN that will support nationwide secure remote access. The High Speed Remote Access (HSRA) project will support up to 14,000 users across 254 United States Attorneys offices located throughout the U.S and U.S. Territories.
Under the agreement, Blue Ridge Networks will implement a secure managed VPN based around the BorderGuard® secure communications platform. The company will also provide a 24x7x365 help desk, provisioning, and a proactive trouble alert and maintenance system. HSRA end-users who require secure VPN access will be online in less than 24 hours enabling EOUSA to leverage all Internet access media, including Wi-Fi, dial-up, DSL, cable modem, and dedicated circuits.
"With government facing the same pressures to maximize resources as the private sector, resources can now go a lot further," noted Blue Ridge Networks' CEO, Tony Russo. "Our customers reap all the benefits of outsourcing the VPN function such as cost saving and resource maximization. They rely on a technology that has an unblemished eleven year history - no reported vulnerabilities. In a time when competing solutions see 10 or more critical vulnerabilities in a 3-year period, it's a huge relief to our customers to know important communications are well protected."
About the Executive Office for United States Attorneys
The Executive Office for United States Attorneys was created on April 6, 1953 by order of the Attorney General to serve as a liaison between the Department of Justice in Washington, DC and the 93 United States Attorneys districts located throughout the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
About Blue Ridge Networks
Blue Ridge Networks develops secure communications solutions for wireless and wired environments. The company was responsible for the industry's first commercial virtual private network and has completed widespread deployments across commercial and government sectors. The Blue Ridge Networks BorderGuard product suite has been deployed globally and in demanding applications such as wireless LAN, extranets, site-to-site and remote access VPN, and secure thin client computing. The BorderGuard product suite is built on mandatory neutral public key authentication - central to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and Department of Defense Public Key Infrastructure (DoD PKI). The company has earned several Government Agency Certifications, including: FIPS 140-2 validation, Common Criteria certification, HIPAA compliance, and the Department of Defense SPOCK validation. Information about the company's products and managed services can be found at www.blueridgenetworks.com.
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