With the fast adoption of electronic services and eGovernment initiatives, governmental organizations are today increasingly dependent on the underlying unsecured TCP/IP networks in their daily interaction with other government groups, businesses, and citizens. The risks of external cyber-attacks and insider threats are driving the need for more comprehensive data security solutions that protect sensitive information end-to-end. A unique challenge for governmental organizations is how to establish practices for identifying the users in a reliable yet scalable manner, especially when communicating between different government agencies.
SSH Tectia is a unique end-to-end communications security solution designed to cost-effectively deploy and centrally manage end-to-end secure communications within both internal and external government networks. It protects government applications and file transfers, and enhances secure remote administration of servers and other network appliances. 
SSH Tectia employs strong encryption and optionally two-factor authentication based on smart cards and other security tokens, thus providing an effective security solution for protecting mission-critical IT applications. The cryptographic libraries used by SSH Tectia are FIPS 140-2 certified, required by many governmental agencies.
The key benefits of SSH Tectia for governmental use include:
- Improved risk management against cyber-attacks and insider threats enabled by end-to-end secure communications and strong, two-factor authentication
- Lower TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) with centralized management and transparent end-user security
- Adaptability to heterogeneous IT environments eliminating the need to re-engineer existing infrastructure or business applications
- Extensive support for PKI (public-key infrastructure) for scalable and reliable identification of users and servers
