Sectra speeds up Swedish network encryption

Sectra speeds up Swedish network encryption

Sectra has been commissioned by FMV, the Swedish Defense Materiel
Administration, to develop a high-speed crypto. The new crypto will protect
sensitive information in national networks used by Swedish government
authorities and defense forces. The speed is 10 Gbit/s, which is extremely
faster than the encryption applied today. The order value is SEK 23 million.

Sectra's high-speed crypto protects voice, data and video and the security level
is the highest, Top Secret. Delivery will be in 2012.

“An information explosion is under way and our customers need to be able to
communicate ever-increasing amounts of data in a secure manner,” says Michael
Bertilsson, President of Sectra Communications. “Sectra's high-speed crypto
guarantees the highest security and provides the authorities and the defense
forces in Sweden access to rapid and secure transmission of information.” 

Traffic in the Swedish civil and military networks is already protected by
encryption from Sectra, of which the fastest version at high security levels
encrypts at a speed of 155 Mbit/s. Sectra is the leading supplier of crypto
products to the government authorities and defense forces in Sweden. Encryption
from Sectra covers all security levels and protects everything from radio
communications in TETRA networks to test data from the JAS 39 Gripen aircraft
and the tactical radio communications of Sweden's peacekeeping forces.

For further information, please contact: 
Dr. Michael Bertilsson, President Sectra Communications AB, tel +46 (0)708-23 52
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Dr. Jan-Olof Brüer, CEO and President Sectra AB, +46 (0)13-23 52 09


About Sectra's secure communication systems
Sectra develops and sells products for secure voice and data communications. The
customers are primarily government authorities and defense departments in Europe
with strict demands on communications security. Sectra has strong core expertise
in encryption and is one of the world's leading companies in the design and
development of secure communications systems. Sectra's products for secure
telephony are used by customers in more than half of all EU member states.

About the Sectra Group
Sectra successfully develops and sells cutting-edge products in the expansive
niche segments of medical systems and secure communication systems. The company
was founded in 1978 and has its roots in the Linköping University in Sweden.
Today, Sectra has offices in twelve countries and operates through partners
worldwide. Sales in the 2008/2009 fiscal year totaled SEK 863 million. The
Sectra share is quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm AB exchange. For more
information, visit http://www.sectra.com