DBsign® is Committed to Supporting High
Security Environments such as the U. S. Department
of Defense
Gradkell Systems has been implementing digital
signatures for the Department of Defense since
1991 -- long before DoD started issuing PKI
certificates. DBsign® was developed from years
of knowledge gained working with DoD in the
development of paperless information systems in
security sensitive financial environments.
DBsign® is now deployed in large scale,
DoD-wide and department-wide applications such as
the Defense Travel System as well as dozens of
smaller applications.
DBsign® has proven it's commitment to high
security environments in the following ways:
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NIAP CCEVS Validation: The NIAP CCEVS is
governed by the National Security Agency and
ensures that IT security products are designed,
developed, implemented, tested and documented in
accordance with the internationally recognized
Common Criteria. Essentially, NIAP CCEVS
validation ensures that security products do
what they say they will do and that they are
properly designed, developed, tested, and
documented. NIAP Common Criteria validation is
required for all security products in DoD
according to DoD Directive 8500.1. DBsign has
been successfully validated under NIAP CCEVS
twice.
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JITC Public Key Enabling (PKE)
Certification: JITC PKE certification is performed by DoD's
Joint Interoperability Test Command and ensures
that PKI related products are interoperable with
the DoD PKI and operate according to DoD's PKI
security policies. DBsign® has passed JITC
PKE Certification three times.
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Support for FIPS 140 Validated
Cryptography: Since DBsign®, itself, is not a
cryptographic module, it cannot be directly
validated under the FIPS 140 specification.
However, DBsign® is committed to maintaining
the ability to utilize FIPS 140-1 validated
cryptographic modules. Actually, the use of FIPS
140 validated modules is a requirement of both
NIAP CCEVS and JITC PKE evaluation.
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High Performance and Scalability Levels to
Support Large Scale Systems: The DoD PKI and the DoD user base is among
the largest in the world. DBsign® is
committed to the maintaining the performance and
scalability demands that are required to handle
the demands of very large systems.