The Atalla A9100 from HP is a network security processor optimized for mid-level transaction environments and providing protection for Triple-DES and other cryptographic keys when safeguarding value-based transactions. The Atalla A9100 NSP delivers 120 Triple-DES PIN translates per second.

Additional features include an auto-sensing Ethernet interface for fast host connectivity, assured interoperability with non-Atalla environments, and support for customer-defined security policies via customer-selectable commands. The Atalla A9100 NSP incorporates more than three decades of standards-based cryptographic expertise coupled with the latest open systems technologies from HP.