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Two-factor fixed disk encryption from certgate available in a new version with PKI option

July 2013 by Marc Jacob

The Nuremberg security expert certgate announces an updated version of cgBoot, a product providing companies with an interesting and inexpensive introduction to the encryption and signing of emails.

cgBoot is a combined software and hardware solution for the encryption of fixed disks in desktop and notebook PCs. The known product cgCard, a cryptochip in microSD format, is the secure hardware element. This is also part of the “Merkel-Phone“, the security product used by the federal government as part of SiMKo.

The certgate product offers protection from data theft and hacker attacks. It is just as impossible to replace the master boot record – the so-called “evil maid attack“ - as it is to hack the passphrase by brute force.

An extension to include a PKI functionality is possible In the current version of cgBoot. With the optionally available PKI enhancement kit, the microSD card contained in cgBoot can be used like any other smartcard to encrypt and authenticate emails and in a large number of other network scenarios, including VPN, Web-Login etc.

“Small and medium sized enterprises therefore have a very secure and nevertheless inexpensive solution to protect their critical corporate data on all local and mobile computers – in a comparison of competitors, the combination of cgBoot and PKI enhancement kit is the most inexpensive solution for fixed disk protection together with encryption and signing of emails“ confirms Andreas Kupfer, Head of Sales Enterprise at certgate.

Users of cgBoot with Maintenance receive the update free of charge via the download portal.

The new cgBoot is now available via specialised retailers.


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