Description

This report covers very high assurance network and data encryptors as well as very high assurance Secure Terminal Equipment (STE) used by NATO and non NATO military and government users. These encryption devices include NSA Type 1 algorithms or algorithms and implementations that are advertised to be acceptable to NATO. These encryptors and STE are used to encrypt US SECRET through TOP SECRET information and NATO SECRET through COSMIC information. However, some encryptors included in the report are also used for NATO and non NATO country-specific classified military information rated SECRET and above, and, use algorithms that are not Type 1 or NATO approved solutions. The encryption devices are further defined by the type of network or communications venue: IP/Ethernet, ATM, trunk, lin