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Shown below is the first prototype of 4^thDT^™ Security's FTAP-2525 hardware/firmware product which incorporates 4^thDT^™ SIBB technology.  Due to the economic times we are forced to delay the pre-production beta release for an additional twelve months. We are still looking for beta testers and interested investors to help launch this new technology into full production. If you are interested in being a part of this contact us and we will get back to you.

FTAP-2525-PCI

4^thDT™ Security blends the best of digital and analog technologies to create a breakthrough hybrid solution that overcomes the security shortcomings of today’s totally digital software security applications. This technology is a hardware/firmware PlugN’Play solution that eliminates unauthorized access without the use of passwords or encryption keys.  This technology is operating system (OS) platform independent and can be integrated into any system where secure point-to-point data transmission and database storage are required, and has been developed to operate transparently with IPv6 protocol.

It is no mistake that throughout history the greatest encryption devices were hardware based. This technology breakthrough is not simply taking a software algorithm and putting it on silicon and then calling it a “hardware solution”; it is a true hardware based solution and not an implementation of the traditional software solutions on the market today. It is not based on existing encryption algorithms found in the digital arena, and therefore cannot be software emulated.  4^thDT™ Security completely eliminates MITM (Man-In-The-Middle) hacking attacks.

 4^th DT™ Research Findings

4^thDT™ research focused on two fronts in developing this new technology: strengthen the cryptographic scrambling methodology to eliminate brute force crypto analysis, and isolate the network infrastructure problem areas from malicious attack.

Our first market for the introduction of our product is the SCADA arena since it is one of the more vulnerable infrastructures at this time. To protect SCADA control systems, that are designed to operate unattended, the best defense is a strong offense against unauthorized access – a quantum cryptographic scrambling technology.  Current encryption technologies (RSA, DES, AES) consist of algorithms that can be hacked through brute force and other extraction methodology.  The 4^thDT™ hardware/firmware solution is a hybrid technology that integrates hardware (that cannot be digitally modeled) with digital component scrambling to defeat brute force hacking.

Research also indicates that legacy systems, which by default have outdated hardware, have the greatest probability of falling victim to the latest network intrusion schemes.  This research led to defining one of the key performance characteristics: a security technology that is transparent to the OS platform.

Medium to Small Scale and Legacy System Integration

The figure below the implementation of the 4^thDT™ Security solution for the small to medium scale legacy system configuration. The same network without the 4^thDT™ solution used the available IDS/IPS firewall technology, which has proven to be easily broken.  Even with the conventional IDS/IPS system, the wireless connection to the WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) is, creating an extreme vulnerability.

The addition of 4^thDT™ F’TAP-2525W cards eliminates all vulnerability points, and maintains the expansion capability of the wireless remote point. Since the IED

(Intelligent Electronic Device) and PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) devices are hard wired to the switch ports, the user may add as many hard wired ports as required without additional F’TAP-2525W Cards. The F’TAP-2525W card will handle up to 65,000 IP addresses and ports from a single WAP connection. This makes the 4^thDT™ F’TAP-2525 upgrade very cost effective to both current and legacy systems.

The cost of a medium to small scale SCADA systems usually run under $1 million dollars and, replacing this system also dictates a parallel system effort while the old process remains running. As with the large scale SCADA network conversion, the downtime is minimized with the 4^thDT™ Security solution and in many cases it is slightly over the time it takes to install the PCI card hardware into the associated workstations and servers. The costs associated with updating a small to medium scale systems with the 4^thDT™ solution has also been estimated at less that 15% of the total system costs.

Large Scale SCADA Network Integration

As you can see, 4^thDT™ is a PlugN’Play solution regardless of the platform running or the control algorithm used to control the system. Each F’TAP-2525W PCI card installed in the workstation and the Remote Terminal Units (RTU) ensures secure point-to-point communications. The SCADA Servers have the F’TAP-2525S2 cards installed, forming a Client/Server network connection with the RTUs and the monitor and control workstations. The F’TAP-2525W devices scramble and encapsulate the payload only.

All network communications pertaining to the transport agents are left intact to ensure the destination point. For the wireless connections, all data being transmitted through the wireless access point is scrambled and cannot be descrambled without the associated 4^thDT™ hardware. This guarantees “Absolute Security Point-to-Point” for each RTU and process. Outside unauthorized access is eliminated, as well as all encryption keys and passwords. This is almost a mandatory requirement for SCADA systems since many of the SCADA communications over the network do not use passwords or other forms of authentication.  

The cost of a large scale SCADA system generally exceeds $1 million dollars, and replacing this system dictates that this be a parallel effort while the old process remains running. The time element alone is overwhelming and extremely costly – well over the current costs of the system.  With the 4^thDT™ solution downtime is minimized and in many cases it is slightly over the time it takes to install the PCI card hardware into the associated workstations and servers.  The costs associated with updating a large system with the 4^thDT™ solution has been estimated at less that 15% of the total system costs.

Additional 4^th DT™ Security Applications and Future Product Development

The market applications for this technology are endless. 4^thDT™ Security has conducted an exhaustive market study of the areas shown in the table below and their need for secure communications. 

4^th DT™ Security Applications

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