KG-255XJ Encryption Device Provides Added
Capabilities in the Protection of Defense Customers' Satellite
Networks
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 23, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global
communications company, today announced its next-generation
ground-to-space encryption product, the KG-255XJ, is now National
Security Agency (NSA) Type-1 certified. The KG-255XJ End
Cryptographic Unit (ECU) is now certified for protecting classified
Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) and below,
including Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) and mission
data communications between Satellite Operations Centers (SOCs) and
satellites on orbit. Type-1 is the highest security certification
level awarded by the NSA, and the KG-255XJ is the only
cryptographic solution in production today with the capability to
access every TT&C link on all current orbiting U.S. Department
of Defense (DoD) satellites.
The KG-255XJ builds upon Viasat's KS-252
programmable/multi-functional space crypto with the
addition of modern non-proprietary RESTCONF interfaces. This
HTTPS-based protocol will provide for easy integration to enable
complex satellite operations to now be conducted at the speed of
machine learning and artificial intelligence driven algorithms.
This allows users to closely control, monitor and aggregate data
across large satellite constellations operating in multiple orbits.
The KG-255XJ expands Viasat's family of KG-255X products that have
long provided flexible encryption solutions by offering encryption
at Layer 2 or Layer 3 network levels, which will enable easy
software upgrades to enhance security, and providing a solution for
multiple use cases with a single device. Viasat's Programmable
Scalable Information Assurance Model (PSIAM) cryptographic
technology in the KG-255XJ provides the foundational security
capabilities to replace multiple legacy ECUs into a modern,
multi-functional encryption device.
"The proliferation of satellites in space and the complex nature
at which they operate—at multiple orbits, altitudes and
frequencies—can increase an adversary's ability to attack and take
over a satellite communications system," said Craig Miller, president, Viasat Government
Systems. "Our KG-255XJ solution, built in coordination with deep
customer insight, provides a single device that protects satellite
command and telemetry links while reducing the complexity and costs
associated with integrating multiple satellites and space systems.
This encryption capability will deliver value for both government
and commercial customers, and Viasat is committed to developing
future capabilities to ensure the access control security of our
nation's vital strategic space assets."
The KG-255XJ is configurable for multiple cryptographic
functions and offers new security features to address emerging and
expanding threats. Viasat continues to coordinate with military
customers and satellite integrators to utilize this software
reprogrammable capability to add additional functionality to meet
the evolving needs of the space community and bring a holistic
approach to securing the entire ground-to-space system versus
protecting a single asset or data set.
Learn more about Viasat's industry leading portfolio of
ground-to-space crypto solutions here.
About Viasat
Viasat is a global communications company
that believes everyone and everything in the world can be
connected. For 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how
consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the world
communicate. Today, the Company is developing the ultimate global
communications network to power high-quality, secure, affordable,
fast connections to impact people's lives anywhere they are—on the
ground, in the air or at sea. To learn more about Viasat,
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Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to the safe harbors
created under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements include statements
about Viasat's end-to-end space encryption solutions and the
KG-255XJ device features and capabilities, including its ability to
integrate complex satellite operations to be conducted at the speed
of machine learning; control, monitor and aggregate data across
large satellite constellations operating in multiple orbits; and
reduce the complexity and costs associated with integrating
multiple satellites and space systems. Readers are cautioned
that actual results could differ materially and adversely from
those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Factors that
could cause actual results to differ include: risks associated with
satellite failures, including the effect of any anomaly,
operational failure or degradation in performance; contractual
problems, product defects, manufacturing issues or delays,
regulatory issues, technologies not being developed according to
anticipated schedules, or that do not perform according to
expectations; and other factors affecting the government and
defense sectors generally. In addition, please refer to the risk
factors contained in Viasat's SEC filings available
at www.sec.gov, including Viasat's most recent
Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on
which they are made. Viasat undertakes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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