[Satellite TODAY 01-18-12] ViaSat has received U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) certification for the second release of its AltaSec IPS-250 inline network encryption system, a software-only upgrade for ViaSat’s IPS-250, the company announced Jan. 17.

   The IPS-250 is used for operations in high risk and unmanned environments. The new release of the AltaSec IPS-250 was designed enable over-the-air and network HAIPE-to-HAIPE key transfer to minimize the risk of manually re-keying in the field, ViaSat said.

   “Avoiding personal delivery of keys to each network node in high risk and remote locations is a significant new advantage for setting up secure networks. Many times the users of these networks are in motion, and anything that enables them to manage the network from physically secure locations saves time and makes them safer,” ViaSat Vice President and General Manager of Information Security Chris Wren said in a statement.