Austin, Texas {August 25, 2025} - Pragma Systems, a leading SSH and cryptography software provider, announces that Pragma's FIPS compliant and Cisco certified Fortress SSH ClientSuite has won a large order from US Government Department of State for secure management of its global network infrastructure of sites and installations. The company also won orders from US Department of Commerce to replace a competitor's SSH Clients.
Pragma added FIPS AES GCM ciphers to its cryptographic library using Microsoft's FIPS CNG (Cryptography Next Generation). Pragma SSH clients, SSH servers and Telemote product line use Pragma Cryptographic Library which is FIPS 140-2 compliant by calling Microsoft's FIPS 140-2 Certified CNG library APIs. Pragma is in the process of attaining FIPS 140-3 compliance when Microsoft CNG achieves FIPS 140-3 Certification (expected by December 31, 2025).
After a long evaluation process, Pragma Fortress SSH ClientSuite was selected as the CAC/PIV client software for global deployment by two US government departments. "We have supported US government entities and large enterprises with our SSH solutions and are delighted with these new large wins,"" said Beth Redd, Product Manager of SSH solutions at Pragma.
Pragma Fortress SSH Clients support RFC 6187 2-factor authentication and can perform X.509 v3 CAC/PIV smart card access to Cisco routers and switches using RSA or ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) certificates. Cisco chose Pragma as it's RFC 6187 SSH client partner as it developed RFC 6187 server-side support in its IOS/XE SSH network software and has recommended Pragma SSH clients for 2-factor authentication to Cisco devices in a jointly published white paper between the companies (Cisco Pragma white paper 2-factor authentication to combat cybersecurity threats) resulting in many customer wins.
Combatting cyber hacks and data security encryption compliance is mandatory for U.S. federal agencies, financial institutions and companies when cryptography is necessary for protecting sensitive information. Pragma's FIPS compliant SSH software is used by US Dept of State, Dept of Commerce, US Army, US Navy, Canadian Air Force, United HealthCare, HSBC bank, Cisco, Oracle, Exelon and many other Fortune 1000 organizations worldwide.
About Pragma Systems, Inc.
Pragma Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise class remote access and secure file transfer
software for Microsoft Windows platforms and is a Microsoft Certified Partner. Pragma is an industry
leader of Secure Shell (SSH), SFTP, SCP and Telnet technologies. Pragma's SSH and Telemote product line
has FIPS 140-2 compliance and runs in Windows 11/10/8.1 and Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012R2/2008R2.
Pragma's Telemote, adds graphical remote desktop and server management, built on our secure SSH transport.
Pragma's software products are deployed in the majority of Fortune 500 companies in the USA and over 5000
companies worldwide in 100 countries with millions of licensed nodes. To learn more, visit
www.pragmasys.com.
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