Saarbrucken / Berlin, March 4, 2008 - Sirrix AG, one of the leading experts for customized security solutions for telecommunication systems and infrastructures, and GSMK Gesellschaft für Sichere Mobile Kommunikation mbH, technology leader in mobile voice encryption, today signed a partnership agreement to bring mobile phones, private branch exchanges and conference systems under the roof of a common encryption protocol. This will allow travelling mobile phone users as well as users of ISDN and VoIP private branch exchanges to secure their confidential telephone calls with the strongest encryption algorithms and key lengths available on the global market.
By implementing the common GSMK CryptoPhone® encryption protocol across the product range of both companies, Sirrix' renowned BRI and PRI / E1 ISDN security gateways and encryption modules as well as its secure ISDN and VoIP PBX systems will become fully interoperable with GSMK's secure mobile phones, satellite phones, and secure mobile terminals. It will thus be possible for travelling executives and officials on the road to communicate securely with their headquarters back home, and participate in fully encrypted multi-party telephone conferences - regardless of whether the fixed-line participants are using proven ISDN or next-generation VoIP private branch exchanges.
The published and fully verifiable CryptoPhone encryption protocol features a 4096-bit Diffie-Hellman key exchange and 256-bit AES and Twofish symmetric session encryption. It has thus set the mark for military-grade, customer-verifiable encryption protocols. The protocol has proven itself in thousands of installations worldwide, and is establishing itself as a leading multi-vendor protocol for encrypted communication across network borders.
"The last years and months have shown that the interception of confidential telephone calls has evolved from a niche industry once reserved for government and law enforcement agencies to a major everyday threat. Recent technological advances have greatly decreased the time and money required to intercept and decode telephone calls on fixed-line as well as cellular networks. When confidential information is at risk, it is not only good business practice, but utterly necessary to protect this information along the entire transmission path using strong encryption. We have thus joined forces with Sirrix to provide our clients with the ability to make secure calls all the way to Sirrix' first-class ISDN and VoIP PBX and conference systems", says Björn Rupp, Managing Director of GSMK.
"With its published source code concept and fully verifiable encryption products, GSMK is the partner that we have been looking for to offer our clients a trustworthy mobile extension of their encrypted fixed-line communication channels", says Ammar Alkassar, Chairman of the Board of Sirrix AG, commenting on the new partnership. "By implementing a common crypto protocol and providing full interoperability with GSMK's secure phones for mobile and satellite networks, we can offer international clients the full depth and width of secure encrypted communications across all network borders - regardless of whether they use GSM, satellite, ISDN, or Voice over IP."
Sirrix and GSMK expect the first compatible products that feature full interoperability to be released in late autumn 2008. For more information on Sirrx and GSMK and their encryption products, visit www.sirrix.com & www.cryptophone.com.
CEO Sirrix AG, Ammar Alkassar and CEO GSMK mbH, Dr. Björn Rupp after signing the agreement
GSMK
GSMK Gesellschaft fuer Sichere Mobile Kommunikation mbH is the technology leader in mobile voice and message encryption. The company develops, produces and markets voice and messaging encryption products for clients from the business and government sectors. The GSMK CryptoPhone® product range is based on published and publicly verifiable source code employing strong cryptographic algorithms that give customers an unprecedented level of security in mobile communications. GSMK CryptoPhone secure cellular, fixed-line and satellite phones allow for secure and easy-to-use end-to-end communications across network borders. The company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
