Secure IP-based intersections
- TAGS:intersections, IP traffic, StrongPoint, Uniloc
- IT TOPICS:Data Center, Hardware, Networking, Security
You know IP-based information is everywhere; even at stoplights where traffic engineers can get real-time data on vehicle flow from loop detectors and video feeds from cameras. But does traffic intersection data need to be secured? Casey Potenzone, CIO for Uniloc USA Inc. in Irvine, Calif. argues that it does. He says cities are beginning to merge their IP data traffic from various sources, including information from intersections, onto single metropolitan networks. While IT secures other data, what's happening at street stoplights is ignored. He claims that could be a problem if hackers decide to mess with a city's traffic as depicted in the film "Live Free or Die Hard." Since most urban areas won't have Bruce Willis to save the day, Potenzone contends they'll need to put a StrongPoint appliance at critical intersections to secure the site. Unveiled today, the appliance links to a StrongPoint server in a data center and encrypts all communications between authorized personnel in the data center and the intersection. Pricing for the field-hardened appliance starts at $2,500. Server software starts at $5,000 to manage up to 25 appliances. "Nobody says no to security,"Potenzone says. Or, as Willis character John McClane says, "Welcome to the party, pal."
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