German Military Representative

SINA for a secure and performant access to different networks

The German Military Representative (DMV) to the Military Committee / NATO, European Union and Western European Union opted for the use of the SINA Thin Client.

The project implementation involved these special challenges: 

• Providing access to server areas classified as national, NATO and EU with strict separation of information ("multi-level separation")
• Ensuring reliable performance of the connection between the DMV in Brussels and the German Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn or Berlin.

SINA Thin Clients consist of a diskless standard PC with TEMPEST and manipulation protection plus a network interface and smart card reader. The client's system boots from a CD-ROM as a secure medium. Up to six different terminal server sessions can be configured on a SINA Thin Client.

SINA has been used successfully by the DMV since 2007. Performant access to the available subnetworks is possible for more than 50 users, even during peak periods. 

Notebook-based SINA Virtual Workstations are being tested for connection of mobile users.