Fox-IT, for a more secure society

Numerous government and private organizations deploy separate, unlinked, high-security networks at a number of physical locations. A high-security, off-line file encryptor makes it possible to transport files securely between two separate high-security networks. After using FFFE to encrypt confidential information, files can be saved to any kind of storage medium, such as USB sticks or DVDs, and physically transported from one trusted location to another, or they can be sent through unclassified networks such as the internet. Once at their secure destination, FFFE is used to decrypt the encrypted files and the information becomes available again.

FFFE is based on the Philips C-Card system and replaces the AROFLEX. The FFFE system comprises a PCMCIA card (called the FFFE card) containing cryptographic chip hardware, in combination with the FFFE software which enables file encryption and decryption. The FFFE management software enables an organization to determine which users and/or user groups have access to the various FFFE cards.

The Dutch Intelligence Service, the AIVD, has classified the Fort Fox File Encryptor as capable of securing information in file form to the level of 'State Secret. Secret'.