Hacking the hackers: Calient teams with contractor on re-routing technology

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Hacking the hackers: Calient teams with contractor on re-routing technology

By Stephen Nellis / Friday, September 6th, 2013 / Comments Off on Hacking the hackers: Calient teams with contractor on re-routing technology

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Goleta-based Calient Technologies makes photonic switches, pictured above, that help companies and governments re-route data traffic if hackers physically tap a fiber optic cable to siphon off data. (courtesy image) Goleta-based Calient Technologies has teamed up with a Maryland-based government contractor to provide a system that can detect when a fiber-optical cable is tapped by…

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