"Data Secret Service" at work

I wanted to give an update about some of the VPN (Virtual Private Network) services that were "at work" during the Republican Debates. We'll look at this from a very high level to preserve the anonymity of those who used VPN services and the end users security policy.

HTC's Network Engineering made it possible for several companies to bypass the firewall and make direct VPN connections to their central offices using the internet. Using a combination of authentication, encryption, and tunnelling HTC's engineers were able to provide secure connectivity to those companies.

Using VPN connectivity allows users to "appear" to be part of the corporate network and have access to all of the resources of that corporate network. This is the Virtual part, you can be physically sitting at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, but from your PC's standpoint you are sitting at your desk at work.

During the VPN session all Data being sent is encrypted for confidentiality. Packets that are intercepted are indecipherable without the encryption keys. It would be like overhearing someone speaking Chinese and you only understand English. The words mean nothing without an interpreter (the ecryption keys are the interpreter). This is the Private part of the VPN equation. It gives end users the assurance that the correct information arrives at the correct place, at the correct time.

The Network piece of the equation is the internet. The internet physically allows the data to get from one place to the next.

Much the way the Secret Service ushered the Republican candidates to the debate podiums last Thursday, HTC's own "Data Secret Service" made sure that information was safe and secure. We did it for the Republican Debate. We can do it for you.