The Britestream Difference

Data Privacy Solution

We rely heavily on the digital transfer of messages, files, confidential information and even money. But recently, headlines containing phrases like ‘Data Privacy Breach,’ ‘Vulnerable Networks Hacked,’ or ‘Confidential Information Lost’ have become all too common.

As the complex issues surrounding data privacy continue to grow, the need to share information is also growing at a rapid pace. This need takes place at all levels within an organization, with each having its own unique set of data privacy solution challenges. But this need to share information across today’s porous networks must be superseded by security measures to ensure data privacy. From ubiquitous mobile devices and supply chain partners to electronic business processes and outsourcing partners, sharing data and securing that data are two mutually exclusive issues that all businesses must address.

Given this increased need to securely move data within organizations and the increased frequency of both malicious internal breaches and external attacks, IT managers must look for new data privacy solutions to protect the data on their networks.

Software or Hardware? Choosing the Best Data Privacy Solution

Enterprises have traditionally relied on software-based data privacy solutions for security. In a software-based data privacy solution, the encryption keys and certificates remain within reach of an experienced hacker who gains access to the underlying operating system.

Of course, the SSL protocol is designed to enable applications to transmit information more securely. But it requires a lot of computational power on the server side. The SSL protocol can be very slow, and cause bottlenecks which may slow applications as much as 10- to 100-fold.

A software-based data privacy solution coupled with an accelerator continues to burden the overall system. Accelerators that offload the security processing from CPUs still require the main
processor, memory and the system to help them do their job, so delays are still unavoidable.

In short, software-based data privacy solutions are vulnerable to attacks, require continuous updates and patches, and can negatively impact the performance of servers. Meanwhile, constant maintenance to the underlying operating system is always required. Software patches must remain up-to-date to eliminate vulnerabilities, which sometimes can mean repeating the
integration with the security software or accelerator card.

A Unique Data Privacy Solution from Britestream Networks

Britestream Networks provides a breakthrough SSL hardware solution for the growing challenge of securing data. From web and application servers to load balancers, firewalls, and fast-growing emerging applications such as SSL VPNs, XML/Web Services, and secure e-mail gateways, Britestream’s SSL hardware solutions remove the barriers and penalties to deploying—and ensuring—data privacy.

The Britestream SSL hardware solution is unique. It is one of the only plug-and-play SSL Security NIC (network interface card) based upon the SSL standard. It is also one of the few SSL hardware solutions that provide 100% SSL offload to the server or the network edge device in which it is installed.

The award-winning Britestream data privacy solution provides a secure, scalable and simple solution to processing SSL-encrypted network traffic. Britestream's SSL Security NIC is a breakthrough solution for the growing challenge of data privacy and regulatory compliance.

SSL Security NIC

SSL hardware is far more secure than software-only implementations, which can be vulnerable to corporate identity hijacking, root operating system access, timing attacks, encryption key exposure, and more.

The Britestream SSL Security NIC supports advanced encryption while storing private keys and certificates within the tamper resistent hardware. This SSL hardware is not dependent upon any potentially vulnerable operating system and does not require regular patching or updates.

Performance & Scalability of Britestream's SSL Security NIC

100% SSL offload provided by our SSL Security NIC, frees valuable CPU cycles to run applications at their full potential and thus lowers the total cost of ownership. Better CPU utilization results in faster application processing, which in turn translates into better response times for user requests. The Britestream SSL hardware solution delivers up to 50 times greater throughput than software-based SSL solutions.

Plug & Play Simplicity of the Britestream's SSL Security NIC

The Britestream SSL Security NIC appears to the host as a standard PCI NIC, making installation and configuration intuitive and easy. This SSL hardware is both OS and platform independent, allowing for ease of use within all facets of the IT environment.