ERCOM launches a plug & play key for secure
acces to Cloud Computing and Collaborative
Platforms
June 23, 2010 06:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time
PARIS--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--To answer the security challenges of collaborative workand
telecommuting, ERCOM launchs the first plug & play key to provide a simple and highly secure solution for
authentication and encryption of voice and data flows.
ERCOM, leader in telecommunications security, extends its Cryptosmart range by offering Cryptosmart Plug & Play
for strong authentication based on a smartcard, and encryption of data and voice communications. Neither
installation is necessary on the user's computer nor modification is needed to be made. The product can therefore be
used on a spare PC or on a non-managed computer, such as a private PC.
This solution answers three needs:
l Collaborative work: during mergers and acquisitions, large-scale industrial projects or cooperative projects
between companies, shared information needs to be protected ; up to now, it is complex to install external
security tools on a computer; thanks to Cryptosmart Plug & Play, corporations benefit an easy to deploy
solution with optimum security for information flows.
l Simplicity and security for access to computer clouds: to meet the security requirements of access to clouds,
Cryptosmart Plug & Play provides simplicity and strong authentication; companies and service providers can
therefore supply an ergonomic and reliable tool to their customers.
l Occasional telecommunters : they are professional users who do not have a laptop nor a PDA ; however, they
need to connect to their intranet or to their mailbox while travelling, on holiday, or in a case of force majeure ;
thus they need a highly secure solution without specific installation to enable them to use any computer, such
as their own private computer..
According to Didier Pagnoux, Chairman of ERCOM: "Cryptosmart Plug & Play is the simplest solution on
the market which provides government-lev