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If you were to ask Tony Busseri, CEO of Route1, on five separate occasions what is company’s mission is, his answer will never change.
“Route1’s philosophy on data security is simple: “Protect the Fortress. All data and internal files remain should remain safely within an organization’s confines, so they are not exposed to unauthorized access or unnecessary risk.”
Route1 (TSX V: ROI), a security and identity management company, is in a very unique position to help government agencies and private companies quickly and easily cope with the escalating need for secure remote access and identity management.
As Busseri will convincingly tell you, “Only Route1 solutions are founded on the principle of assuring the identity of an individual, not a PC, tablet, smartphone or other device.”
Without question, Route1’s track record is quite impressive; it has a diverse, distinguished customer base comprised of government entities and private business/enterprises worldwide. U.S. customers of particular note include the Navy, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior and the Federal Courts. In addition, Route1 also works with ING, the Canadian Coast Guard, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Canadian Privacy Commissioner.
With the meteoric rise of mobile Internet and Cloud computing, security breaches have only increased in scope and frequency in recent years – and will continue to do so as more businesses store their data in digital files and thieves become increasingly sophisticated in how they gain access to those files. Exacerbating this issue is the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010, through which the U.S. Federal Government will soon find a significant and growing portion of its workforce operating remotely on a regular basis.
As the percentage of teleworkers continues to rise, so does the vulnerability of enterprise and government networks whose data files are accessed remotely.
Recently, Enterprise Strategy Group Analyst, Julie Lockner, noted results from a survey, in which slightly over half of IT decision makers listed management of security and compliance issues as one of the biggest challenges to meet within the database environment.
“The big issue is dealing with the mobility factor. Everyone wants to access the database through applications on their mobile devices,” said Lockner. “It’s an issue of both data volume and the increasing number of endpoints that people are accessing that data through.”
Several high-profile events of late have placed a very bright spotlight on this market. And Tony Busseri and the Route1 team believe they have the most sensible, easy-to-use product.
“Route1 empowers end-user organizations with proven solutions for data security and remote connectivity. Our customers are able to utilize the unlimited power of MobiNET – our patented communications and service delivery platform – for identity assurance and individualized access to networks and data.”
“True, multi-factor authentication,” he continued, “provides an easy-to-use security methodology to authorize users. The MobiKEY device is the “something you have” and the user’s existing PIV, CAC or FRAC smartcard in the case of the MobiKEY Fusion device or the smartcard embedded with the MobiKEY device are also “something you have”. The password or pin, which is verified against both the smartcard and the MobiNET platform, is the “something you know”.
What is interesting and also reinforces Busseri’s case, is that is unlike other offerings, such as Virtual Private Networks, MobiNET sessions are initiated from the inside out; offsite individuals benefit from an user experience identical to when they are onsite. However, no files are permitted to exit the organization’s firewall.
Simply put, only Route1 offers solutions that are not only cost-effective, but also proven, easy-to-use (THERE IS LITERALLY NO RAMP-UP TIME NEEDED) and highly secure.
With a secure IT infrastructure from Route1, organizations not only avoid the overwhelming costs of recovering from a data breach, but can also extend their applications and systems to employees wherever they are without the exponential costs of multiple vendor solutions.
So the question remains: Will you secure your fortress today, or pay the price tomorrow?
To learn more about Route1, please visit www.Route1.com