NIA - NATO Information Assurance

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TCE 621/C BLACK

The TCE 621/C Black is a member in the Cryptel-IP family, specially designed to allow simplified rules for handling and control. It is a non CCI device designed to protect communication between NATO and NNN/IO up to and including NATO Secret/Mission Secret. TCE 621 Black is interoperable with other members in the Cryptel IP family.

Applications

• Federated operations including non NATO nations (NNN)
• Wide spread governmental use
• Operations with high risk of loss of equipment.

Main features:

• Gigabit Ethernet
• IPv4 and IPv6
• Transparent to network services
• AES implementation approved for NATO SECRET
• Secure Multicast
• Hot Standby
• NAT and SNMP Support
• NON-CCI device

Interoperability:

• Interoperable with TCE 621/B-AES, TCE 621/C-AES,TCE 621/B Dual, TCE 621 /C Dual and TCE 621/M-AES
• 1 Gbit/s Ethernet interface
• Supports both IPv4 and IPv6
• Remotely managed from TCE 671-AES (SMC)
• Compatible with KOI-18 and DTD compliant devices

Additional Notes

The TCE 621 Black integrates fully with a network secured by TCE 621 AES encryption devices, and can therefore be managed from the same TCE 671 Security Management Centre. The TCE 621 Black will only accept encrypted keys generated and distributed from an approved offline key generation facility. A part of the equipment is the Crypto Ignition Key (CIK) in a Smart-card format. With the CIK removed, the TCE 621 is declassified. In addition, an emergency erasure feature and a tampering protection mechanism are included.

Configuration is done through the front panel, or by use of a dedicated software application. No day-to-day handling is necessary during operation. Due to the very low latency time introduced by a TCE 621, it is well suited for protection of all kinds of user traffic, ranging from office applications and web-browsing to time critical real-time traffic, e.g. VoIP and video conference.

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