SILANTA'S HOSTING FACILITIES
The Facility:- 3,600 square foot
facility
- Dual power grids for
redundancy
- Dual generators, 26
hours of fuel storage
- Full UPS clean power
protection
- Three air conditioning
units for constant 62ºF temperature
- Raised floor for flood
protection
- Balanced cooling system
- 24 hour monitoring for
security
- Two-zone (laser and
ION) smoke detection systems
- De-ionizer systems
located in strategic locations to protect
against static electricity
- Six level lightning
protection system
- Redundant Internet
Backbone connection
- Redundant Routers
- Low voltage network
protection on each server
- Full category 5 and
fiber-optic wiring throughout
- 7/24 Support is available
Our Servers:- Dual & Quad Xeon
Pentium systems
- 1Gb-4Gb per server
- 4 Seagate Cheetah
Drives per server
- Supermicro Motherboards
- Redundant power
supplies
- 8 cooling fans per
server
- Live updates for virus protection
Hosting Security:
For e-commerce, Silanta uses 128 bit encryption from Verisign - the best name in security, which enables Silanta to offer Secure Digital Certificates for individual companies.
In terms of Network & Hosting security, our servers are monitored every 5 minutes for problems and are in a highly-secured (locked) environment with access, key cards, Steel Doors, 24 hour monitoring, etc.
We also make sure our servers are up to date with all server patches and upgrades to provide virtually, uninterrupted service.
Class C2 Security Rating Questions & Answers
Q. What is a Class C2 security rating?
A. Class C2 is a rating granted by the National Computer Security Center (NCSC) for products that have been evaluated against the Department of Defense Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC). The standard TCSEC evaluation is frequently referred to as the "Orange Book" (because it is bound in an orange cover). The Trusted Network Interpretation (TNI) of the TCSEC is called the "Red Book" and includes additional evaluation criteria for networks.
These criteria are the measurement against which products are evaluated for degrees of trust that can be placed on any given computer system to provide a level of confidence for government offices and businesses that process classified or other secure information. The Class C2 evaluation criteria is the minimum security rating required by many government agencies and offices (branches of the military, IRS, Federal Reserve, intelligence agencies, etc.) and by many corporations.
Q. What is the significance of a Class C2 rating?
A. Products achieving a Class C2 security rating have been evaluated and tested by an independent third party against a known criteria. In this case, the third party is the federal government. This independent evaluation allows customers to make good purchasing decisions with a basis of trust established by an objective analysis, not just on claims of the vendor.
Q. What is the difference between Orange Book and Red Book classification?
A. The Orange Book evaluates standalone systems only. The Red Book evaluation extends the rating structure of the Orange Book to include network systems. Novell chose to have NetWare evaluated using the Red Book criteria because it is the appropriate test for network security measures.
