Lynx LightLEADER Photonic Switch Series Adds Security-Intrusion Detection And Access Shut-off Systems
Will Let Government National Security Agencies Automatically Detect Intrusion on Optical Networks and Instantly Switch to Alternate Facilities
Calabasas, CA - At the McGraw-Hill Companies' Homeland Security Summit & Exposition in Washington today, Lynx Photonic Networks introduced two advanced systems to safeguard the security of critical optical communications facilities.
The new systems are the latest additions to Lynx's LightLEADER(tm) 3000 family of plug-and-play photonic switches, which are already deployed in mission-critical, real-world homeland security applications. One of the new systems (Model LL-3724) protects content-sensitive fiberoptic networks against intruders, while the other (LL-3721) enables government agencies to dynamically tap fiberoptic network lines without detection.
"In order to predict, prevent and protect against terrorist actions, governments need the tools necessary to provide effective national security, with far-reaching implications that are increasingly played out in cyberspace," said Michael Leigh, Lynx's president and co-founder. "With information traveling at the speed of light, our nation's security agencies must have automated tools that can defeat the most sophisticated would-be intruders."
deal for large financial institutions as well as government agencies, the LL-3724 provides an end-to end solution that monitors an optical network on a 24/7 basis. If an attempted intrusion occurs, the system will detect it, automatically send an alarm to the system administrator and, depending on the preferred operations procedure, close down the compromised path or switch all traffic to an alternate route. The system will continue monitoring the intruded fiber and report its status; optionally, the system will also provide the location of the network intrusion, enabling rapid corrective action. After the operator verifies that network integrity has been restored, the system can be set to revert traffic to the original link.
Complementing the LL-3724, the new LL-3721 security-access photonic switch enables dynamic non-intrusive tapping and monitoring of all required fibers. The system provides access from N monitoring points within the network to centralized monitoring equipment. The use of centralized monitoring equipment in conjunction with the LL-3721 offers an optimal cost/performance solution for monitoring applications. Being a purely photonic system, the LL-3721 can be used to monitor traffic without regard to data rate, format or protocol. It can also be used for monitoring the optical signal at either the protocol or application level.
The LightLEADER 3000 series is built on Lynx's patented, intelligent all-optical switch fabrics, using PLC (planar lightwave circuit) technology. LightLEADER photonic switches allow switching from any optical path or fiber to any other, are data-rate and format independent (including support for 10- and 40-Gbps transmission), and can be configured as strictly non-blocking. They can also provide network protection in case of inline equipment failure or fiber cut. The systems come with an intuitive graphical user interface that is hosted locally on a PC or remotely via an Ethernet connection; they can also be managed by SNMP and by CLI.
LightLEADER's switching and path management technology is solid state, so the systems have no moving parts and are ultra-reliable; their internal optical chip subsystems have survived extreme reliability tests and passed a 2-billion switch cycle test without performance degradation. Unique options available for the LightLEADER product line include photonic multicasting and built-in attenuation.
More information is available from www.LynxPN.com.
About Lynx Photonic Networks
Lynx is the leading pure-play photonic communications solutions company, with its own patented solid state, ultra-reliable switching technology, featured in the LightLEADER family of plug-and-play all-optical switching systems. The company is headquartered in Southern California, is ISO-9001-2000 certified, and has raised more than $64 million from blue-chip private and corporate investors, such as ADC Telecommunications, Goldman Sachs, HarbourVest Partners, Infineon Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Telesoft, and Walden Ventures.
Source: Lynx Photonic Networks