ViaSat rolls out secure communications technology in UK

ViaSat has announced the roll-out of the total range of its military- and government-grade communication technologies to the united kingdom.

Following its acquisition of encryption technology vendor Stonewood a year ago, ViaSat UK now offers full network and information security products, including the best USB drives certified to store CAPS Impact Level 6 Top Secret data.

Chris McIntosh, CEO of ViaSat UK, said: “Products consisting of ViaSat UK's communications and security offerings may give the aptitude government and armed forces need without the associated financial burden or risk of procurement project failure.”

Speaking to SC Magazine, ViaSat UK's business development director, Alan Back, said: “This is communications software targeted at military applications and secure solutions with in-line encryption that sits on the end of the communications link. This provides the facility to embed a safe element from ViaSat encryption technology with deep crypto to secure data.

“There is definitely a requirement for these kinds of services within the UK, particularly inside the military where procurement was tormented by overspending, delays and under-performing equipment programmes.

“It is important that the united kingdom government and army reduce procurement risk and fees by purchasing proven products which have already been de-risked and developed elsewhere.”

He added: “The kinds of cyber and knowledge attacks that the enterprise experiences are of an analogous scale to that of governments and militaries: they're simply lagging by many years.

“Enterprises would possibly not require an identical level of security promptly: however, as threats change in future, it's inevitable that the enterprise will then seek security products at levels such as those utilized by governments.

“It also needs to come as no surprise that many corporations, particularly within sectors resembling legal, pharmaceuticals and oil and gas, already utilise high-level security products. If anything, we'd expect more sectors to start out adopting these levels because the security situation intensifies.”