Pragma SSH Adds Support of Gemalto Smart Cards, x.509 Certificates and DoD CAC

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Pragma Systems, a leading provider of enterprise-class remote access and security software for servers and mobile devices, announces that its Fortress SSH Server and SSH ClientSuite completed full scale support and integration of Gemalto's Department of Defense  CAC (Common Access Card) cards and Gemalto .NET cards. In addition, support for x. 509 v3 certificates provides secure encryption capabilities for government, military and enterprise customers that require the highest level of security and encryption accepted by the most stringent government and defense standards.  

Pragma SSH is in compliance with the latest government mandated security standards. Using Gemalto's CAC technology allows for rapid authentication and enhanced security for all physical and logical access across many government and infrastructure systems. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificates embedded in the card allow cardholders to perform single sign-on, establish secure online network connections, securely transfer files, "sign" documents digitally and encrypt emails.

"Gemalto is committed to providing our government customers with strong and secure identity credentials," said Neville Pattinson, VP Government Programs, Gemalto North America. "With integrations expanding into all elements of the network and remote connections, moving data is both secure and convenient."

"This is a key milestone for the company," said David Kulwin, CTO of Pragma Systems. "Customers with heightened security requirements can now deploy Pragma's popular SSH with DoD compliant smart cards and x509 certificates to achieve maximum security."

Pragma's SSH solutions works out of the box with Gemalto's smart card offerings providing a fully capable, functional offering for a variety of government agencies to use the most complete remote and secure access solution available in the industry. Pragma SSH is integrated with Microsoft Active Directory, PKI and Certificate store, thus easing deployment across large Windows enterprise networks.

About Gemalto

Gemalto is the world leader in digital security with 2009 annual revenues of 1.65 billion euros, and over 10,000 employees operating out of 75 offices, with research and service centers in 41 countries. Gemalto delivers on the growing demands of billions of people worldwide for mobile connectivity, identity and data protection, credit card safety, health and transportation services, e-government and national security. We do this by supplying to governments, wireless operators, banks and enterprises a wide range of secure personal devices, such as subscriber identification modules (SIM) in mobile phones, smart banking cards, electronic passports, and USB tokens for online identity protection. For more information, visit http://www.gemalto.com.

About Pragma Systems

Pragma Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise-class remote access and secure file transfer software for Microsoft Windows platforms and is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Pragma is an industry leader of Secure Shell and Telnet technology. The company's end-to-end solutions comprising servers, desktop clients and mobile clients allows data-centers and enterprises to build highly secure infrastructure to access corporate supply chain, CRM, distribution and warehouse applications. Pragma's software is deployed in the majority of Fortune 500 companies in the USA and over 4000 companies worldwide with millions of licensed nodes in 65 countries. Visit http://www.pragmasys.com.

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