Mykotronx

Mykotronx

Mykotronx is a Californian company owned by SafeNet, Inc that makes security devices for the United States Government. Products include the KOV-14 Fortezza Plus PC card which was developed as part of the NSA's NSSI program and is used on Secure Terminal Equipment. [http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/25773-1.html] . They previously developed the clipper chip. [http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Key_escrow/Clipper/mykotronx.notes] [http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/14.52.html]

The company was founded in 1979 as Myko Enterprises. It changed its name to Mykotronx, Inc in 1987 and merged with SafeNet in 2004. [http://www.safenet-inc.com/mykotronx/company/index.asp]

It is mainly a US government contractor [http://www.safenet-inc.com/mykotronx/company/quality.asp]

External links

* [http://www.safenet-inc.com/mykotronx/ Mykotronx]


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