I.D. Rank Security (IDRS) was organized in 2005 focusing on the development of solutions to protect information and physical assets against perpetrators from both outside and inside the organization.  To date, we have nine patents filed, and provide a series of solutions around secure communications and data leak prevention.

The IDRS approach is beyond the norm in the application of authentication and encryption for securing communications. Out of the box?  What box?

We are different because:

• We trust NO ONE
• We require multiple factors of authentication
• We provide anonymity of encryption keys
• We rotate encryption keys
• We deliver self service key management
• We implement server-less based communications
• We enact upon every packet
• We deploy honey pots for misinformation and obfuscation

Establishing trust for a communications session is the first step in security and privatizing the communications.  On the internet, for example, there is no trust established.  Everything you place on it is open to the world to access.  The same is true for cellular communications and text messaging.

We define trust as establishing a minimum of three (3) of the following for securing a communications session:

• Who you are
• What you have
• What you know
• Where you are
• When you are

In addition, we utilize a method of authentication referred to as symmetric authentication (SA).  By utilizing SA, the management of authentication and encryption keys provides the ability to:

• Place key management in the hands of the users as opposed to a costly centralized staff.
• Allow for securing the communications without the expense of centralized servers.
• Assure communications from one end point to the other end point with no ability to listen into, copy or record a communications session successfully.
• Obfuscate the IP addresses of all endpoints to the largest degree possible.

IDRS protects all communications with AES 256 bit encryption.  AES 256 bit is the encryption method dictated by the U.S. government communications for all NSA Type 1 communications, following the definition by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standards Publications (FIPS) 197 standard.  As a reference, the standard for all online financial services is SSL that utilizes AES 128 bit encryption.  The government standard is an order of magnitude stronger than the banking standard.

IDRS uniquely provides an additional layer of security in the security products – encryption key rotation (EKR).  EKR is one of our key patents pending inventions.  In short, we have the ability to rotate a key in the middle of a communications session and rotate the key without a quality of service interruption.  This is possible for voice, chat and more.

Additionally, by applying the methods defined above to a communications session, we have the ability to communicate with any end point with the ability to apply EKR for different communications purposes.  For example:

• Converse with another person with one encryption key (EK) and text chat with them or another part with a second EK.
• Conduct an encrypted conference call with one EK while transferring a file with a second EK.
• Send an encrypted text message to one person with one EK while receiving another text message with another EK.

Our solutions do not require any special network to achieve this level of secured communications.  We do not required hardware encryption devices at the point where your network leaves your facility, nor do we require complicated virtual private networks (VPNs),  We have designed our products with an easy-to-use method to authenticate them and communicate securely at U.S. Government levels on the internet, over a GSM cellular network, or via satellite. By utilizing the internet and cellular carriers, we provide:

• Low cost mechanism for secured communications.
• The ability to communicate globally in a fashion well understood by users of the current unsecure communications devices.

Our solutions interoperate with each other regardless of underlying platform or operating system.  IDRS will soon be releasing our security communications on multiple smartphones and personal computer operating systems.  We are committed to producing product lines which do not requires users to switch, for example, to a specific smart phone in order to communicate with the remainder of their organizational team.

There is no other firm that has taken this multi-dimensional approach to securing communications.

• There are firms that supply NSA Type 1 security communications to the U.S. government.  Their approach is different. Specifically they do not utilize public networks.  In turn, they require expensive private networks with public-private key authentication.  They do not rotate keys. They do not have the ability for quick and secure conference calling.  They do not encrypt text messaging.  Their costs is in the tens of thousands of dollars per device per year.
• There are firms that settle for utilizing VPNs for encrypting all traffic.  Their encryption point to point is not unique, doesn’t support key rotation, multi-threading of different communications simultaneously with different keys, etc.  Their costs are thousands of dollars per year.
• There are firms which perform standards based encryption, e.g. SRTP, but do not address where in the network (Session Border Controllers) an attack vectors exist.  Given the performance impact of the standards, they are mostly not utilized since their deployment negatively impacts the cost and performance of a so-called end to end encryption solution.  Their costs are thousands of dollars for initiation.
• There are firms in Europe and South America providing U.S. government non-certified solutions.  The limitations are similar not providing the enhanced security features of our solutions.  Once again, their costs are in thousands of dollars per device.

Why the cost difference?  Simple: complexity!  Our patent pending designs took into consideration not only enhanced security and authentication, we addressed the elements which drive up cost - complex servers, networks, authentication schemes and the staff to manage all of this in a 7x24x365 time requirement.  By driving the security into the end points and delivering a self service model, we provide cost effective solutions.  When combined with our security enhancements, there is now cost comparison analysis which can equate the IDRS approach and solutions to the marketplace without coming the conclusion below.

We believe this multi-dimensional, easy to use, and practical approach to cost effective secure communications and network security capability delivers a superior result without all of the complexity, cost and effort.