NCP Engineering

NCP Engineering
Private
Industry Information technology
Founded 1986
Headquarters Nuremberg, Germany
Key people
  • Peter Soell (managing director)
  • Patrick Oliver Graf (managing director)
Number of employees
 50+
Subsidiaries NCP Engineering, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA
Website ncp-e.com

NCP Engineering (styled 'NCP engineering') is Nuremberg-based company produces software for remote access, industrial Internet of things security and information security. NCP's products use virtual private network (VPN) and other technologies like encryption,[1] personal firewalls and electronic certificates in a public key infrastructure (PKI) to secure data communication.[2][3][4]

NCP has made its IPsec VPN client compatible with the Windows 8,[5] Windows 10,[3] iOS,[6] OS X, Linux and Android operating systems.[7][8]

Name

NCP is the abbreviation of "Network Communications Products". The supplement "Engineering" describes that the company produces software for in-house data processing.

History

Peter Soell, Founder
Patrick Oliver Graf, CEO
Beate Dietrich, CFO

NCP Engineering was founded in Nuremberg, Germany in 1986.[9] The company produces software for secure data communication through the Internet, networks) via 3G/4G and wireless LANs.[10] At the core of NCP's business is provisioning secure communication connections between stationary and mobile end-devices as well as affiliate and branch networks to a company's headquarters.[11][12][13][14]

In 2007, NCP partnered with WatchGuard Technologies.[15]

In January 2010, NCP-E established a North American affiliate, NCP Engineering, Inc.

In February 2010, NCP Engineering was awarded US Patent 8811397 B2 for a "System and method for data communication between a user terminal and a gateway via a network node".[16]

NCP Engineering has been involved in the ESUKOM project for the development of a real-time security solution that protects corporate networks using integrated security solutions based on a unified metadata format since 2010.[17]

As a SIMU project partner (security information and event management for small SMEs), NCP Engineering is focused on optimizing IT security in corporate networks.[18]

After many years of working together, in 2017 NCP Engineering and Juniper Networks have intensified their collaboration in a technology partnership.[19]

References

  1. ↑ Kohlen, Manfred (9 September 2013). "NCP engineering optimiert Android-VPN-Lösungen". ITespresso.de. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Mays, Kim. "Why SMBs Should Consider VPNs for Secure Network Access". IT Business Edge. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 Patrizio, Andy. "IoT Security Issues: How to Secure the Network". Datamation. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Universal IPSec VPN client for Android 4.0". Heinz Heise. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "NCP VPN client becomes Windows 8 compatible". TechRadar. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "NCP stellt VPN-Client für iOS 9 und iOS 10 vor". ZDNet (in German). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ajoomal Asociados firma un acuerdo de distribución con NCP engineering". MuyCanal. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Narcisi, Gina. "NCP Android IPsec VPN client promotes universal communications". TechTarget. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Wir haben alle Höhen und Tiefen erlebt". www.nordbayern.de. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  10. ↑ Weinberger, Julian. "What makes an SMB network a target for cyberattacks?". TechTarget. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "First Universal IPsec VPN Client (Preview) for Android". Daily News and Analysis. 30 April 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  12. ↑ Frommel, Oliver. "NCP bietet IPsec-VPN-Clients für Android 5.0". ADMIN-Magazin. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "VPN client from NCP in new version". International Data Group. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "NCP Rolls Out VPN Management For Linux Networks". Dark Reading. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  15. ↑ Grant, Ian. "NCP to double client base with Watchguard tie-up". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "Patent US8811397 - System and method for data communication between a user terminal and a ... - Google Patentsuche". Google Patentsuche (search). Retrieved 16 February 2010.
  17. ↑ "ESUKOM". www.esukom.de. 2010-10-05. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  18. ↑ "SIMU". simu-project.de. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  19. ↑ "NCP engineering announced alliance with Juniper Networks, Inc.(NYSE:JNPR) to enable secure VPN remote access solution". www.benchmarkmonitor.com. Retrieved 2017-03-30.
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