KVM Solutions for Government & Military
Government Agencies, Defense Contractors, and Military applications face many unique requirements and mandates that must be supported by control and access solutions like KVM Switches. Device security features, reliability, and user rights management are often critical to these solutions.
KVM Switches Online offers a variety of products for these applications, and our technical engineers are experienced in working closely with our clients' technical engineers, project managers, and datacenter managers to offer the best product solution to meet the clients current and future needs.
KVM Solutions for Government
Local KVM Solutions
KVM Switches Online offers a large variety of local KVM solutions that are ideal for use in federally affiliated data centers, offices, or other defense applications for government agencies like DoD Department of Defense and NSA, or with security contractors like Lockheed Martin and Boeing.
NIAP-Certified "Secure" KVM Switches
NIAP-Certified "Secure" KVMs are designed from the ground up as dedicated switching devices with every element conceived to prevent unauthorized access and ensure data isolation. The design of Secure KVM switches is optimized for use in accessing networks at different levels of security, including government, military, and defense operations.
- NOTE Not all products in a federal data center require NIAP-Certified KVMs; Compliance will depend on the security mandates of the federal contract. Standard Enterprise KVMs are suitable for most Government applications.
"Local" KVM Switches
Enterprise-level local KVM Switches have advanced user access & rights management and other security features that meet most government and military security mandates including FIPS encryption, UL certification, Common Access Card (CAC) authentication, and PIV. KVM Switches that are accessible only from a local or extended user console, and are not out-bound IP Network accessible, are inherently more secure by creating less points of entry.
KVM Accessories
Secondary Keyboard-Video-Mouse (KVM) appliances such as Extenders, Cables, Rack KVM Console Drawers are also often naturally suitable for classified or unclassified federal government applications. Most KVM accessories do not naturally emulate signals, and for the ones that do, they are disposable after resetting local memory.
Over IP Network KVM Solutions
Security has come a long way for modern KVM over IP devices as they became the standard for multi-point matrix KVM applications. Advancements in encryption and networking technology allow select KVM-Over-IP solutions to meet certain government and military security mandates, such as AES & FIPS 140-2 encryption, UL certification, Common Access Card (CAC) authentication, PIV, FIPS 201, HSPD-12 and IPv6 networking. Further advancements in software allow for advanced user rights & custom profiles.
Note, for applications that require NIAP Certified solutions, the Peripheral Sharing Protection Profile (PP_PPS_v3.0 & PP_PSSHID_v2.1) and Common Criteria (EAL2 & EAL4) are not suitable for the evaluation against over-IP, network-attached switches, and matrix switches. Please refer to the "Local KVM Solutions " section above instead.
Secure KVM Guide
- Isolated
Features data pathway isolation, no-buffer design, restricted USB function, and locked firmware.
- Tamper Proof
Includes housing intrusion detection, tamper proof labels, and push button control.
- NIAP Government Certified
Ensures data isolation between secure and a non-secure networks.
