Guardian Series 3 for Centralized Cryptographic Management

The Guardian Series 3 brings sophisticated IT management to cryptographic infrastructure. It fulfills a variety of use cases including monitoring and alerting, device clustering, load balancing, object and key referencing, and automated failover. Importantly, it allows the creation of a shared cryptographic resource pool that can be distributed among departments, rather than siloed according to each one.

The Guardian Series 3 makes use of a highly powerful monitoring and alerting engine. It features granular monitoring parameters: temperature, access attempts, command counts, and more. Users can define alert output parameters, including log outputs via SMTP, SMS, and SNMP, as well as SIEM integration.

Hardware features

• Dual control-enabled, tamper-responsive
• Smart card reader for M-of-N key fragmentation and dual-factor authentication
• Dual, redundant gigabit Ethernet ports
• Dual, redundant, hot-swappable power supplies
• Automated, internal RAID-based backup of object management applications and databases

Operating conditions

• Power: 100 – 240 VAC 50/60 Hz. 225 Watts
• Operating temp: -40° to 140°F (-40° to 60°C)
• Storage temp: -40° to 140°F (-40° to 60°C)
• Operating humidity: 20% to 80% non-condensing
• Storage humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing

Dimensions and weight

• Weight: 40.5 lbs (18.4 kg)
• Width: 19 inches (48.3 cm)
• Height: 2U – 3.47 inches (8.81 cm)
• Depth: 22.3 inches (56.7 cm)

Compliance and functions

Industry compliance standards

• FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Compliant
• ANSI X9.24 Part 1 and Part 2—TR-39
• Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)
• RoHS
• FCC Part 15 – Class B

Centralized management capabilities

• Master Key loading
• User and permissions administration
• Log management and audit reporting
• Firmware distribution and installation
• Synchronization of keys, certificates, and configuration settings across multiple client devices

Alerting and notification formats

• Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
• Short Message Service (SMS)
• Syslog

The Guardian was the first cryptographic management tool to perform device clustering. This feature allows administrators to arrange cryptographic devices into computing clusters with simple drag-and-drop commands. This is all done in real time. It makes it easy to manage a distributed infrastructure across an organization.

The Guardian Series 3 can be deployed on-premises, in the VrituCrypt cloud, or in a hybrid environment. It manages cryptographic infrastructure deployed in any environment as well.

Enterprise Management Capabilities and Business Insights for Your Data Security Ecosystem

To create a reliable cryptographic infrastructure requires constant attention. Changing throughput rates, compliance mandates, and new functional requirements demand a wide range of cryptographic devices. Administrators and key officers normally must visit each device, often in geographically dispersed data centers.

The Guardian Series 3 delivers centralized management, monitoring, load balancing, audit logging, and reporting to your environment. It frees you to focus on other priorities while complex cryptographic device management tasks are greatly reduced or even eliminated altogether.

The Guardian’s robust monitoring engine tracks vital information for managed devices and groups in real-time. Fully customizable notifications delivered via SMTP, SNMP, SMS, and syslog let administrators oversee infrastructure health and gain actionable insights. Administrators can even customize and view graphical reports and analyses.
-Centralized Management of Futurex Devices
-Key and Certificate Replicating for High Availability
-Audit Log Repository for all managed devices
-Customized Alerting and Notifications

Endless Access, Anytime

The Guardian allows authorized users to centralize management of Futurex devices through synchronous peering and remote configuration. It makes in-person physical management of enterprise cryptographic infrastructure virtually obsolete.

Ease of Use

• Powerful user interface for intuitive operation
• Seamless addition process for new Futurex client devices
• Remote web management for lights-out data centers
• Rapid modification of resource allocation

Intelligent Load Distribution and Automated Fallover

• Active-active redundancy prevents loss of functionality in the event of a disaster, redistributing the processing load to backup Futurex devices
• Automatic synchronization of keys, certificates, and device information among client devices

Enterprise Management for Your Core Cryptographic Infrastructure

• Centralized management, configuration, log auditing, & key loading
• User-defined device grouping system with drag-and-drop functionality, simplifying the process of managing multiple environments or regions collectively within the Guardian
• Remotely “push” updates for distributing and installing firmware on managed devices, reducing travel time and expenses

Web Analytics and Management Platform

• At-a-glance health assessment for the entire crypto infrastructure
• User-friendly dashboard
• Mobile-friendly support for all major web browsers
• Ability to create custom reports of various outputs (CSV, HTML, etc.)
• Customizable global cryptographic view featuring default or user-defined graphs

Regulatory Compliance Becomes an Easy Process

• Centralized firmware updating simplifies the process of keeping client devices up-to-date
• Consolidate data logs from all client devices
• Permission-based user authentication system enables group-specific function blocking and can restrict users to job-specific functionality

Customized Notification and Alerting

• User-definable alerting parameters and priority-based notifications
• SMTP and SMS notifications let administrators see infrastructure health, receive proactive alerts, -and gain actionable intelligence
• Simple Network Message Protocol (SNMP) and syslog functionality transmit log and error messages to a central network monitoring tool