From email exchanges, web, sensor data, social media interactions to file uploads and web applications, technology generates the digital information that is the lifeblood of every organization in Government and commercial enterprises. This digital information is shared and communicated across business partners, mission operations, and customers, local and remote consumers of data. Information sharing on this scale has created a huge attack surface for cybercriminals to exploit.
For many years, those working on secure networks in high trust environments have looked on enviously at the internet freedoms enjoyed by others in less secure environments. Where the risk of interconnection with other networks has been considered too high, high trust networks have remained siloed, and users have operated within strictly controlled environments without network contact to the outside world.
However, in recent years, thanks to the portfolio of Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) from BAE Systems, an increasing number of government and high trust networks have transformed their digital operations. Our range hyper-secure FPGA hardware based access and transfer solutions enable secure connectivity between networks of different trust levels, thus removing network and data silos, making operations and missions more efficient, and enabling new ways of working.
Our CDS reduce security risks
Although it is never possible to eradicate risk altogether, BAE Systems’ CDS reduce the attack surface to a level where the benefits far outweigh the risks, and allow organizations to decrease the cyber risks otherwise posed by existing processes or unofficial workarounds.
A global portfolio
We are the only global vendor of CDS with local research and development teams on three continents, providing sovereign capability to different regions. We work closely with the U.S. National Cross Domain Strategy Management Office, and the UK’s and Australia’s National Cyber Security Centers to ensure compliance with their design patterns and security requirements, and to enable future collaboration between nations.
Our CDS are available globally subject to export restrictions and authorizations being granted. This enables organizations from one area to select and deploy the CDS that best meet their requirements, and then deploy them across multiple continents, as required.
Local support
To support our customers, BAE Systems has a global team delivering operational capability on a daily basis. We have security-cleared 5-eyes teams based in the UK, Australia and U.S., with deep expertise in hardware, firmware and software development, as well as in-country manufacturing capabilities. As a leading global cross domain supplier, our teams continue to work closely with the standards agencies and cross domain community across the 5-eyes to understand future requirements for security.
Our solutions raise-the-bar for secure information exchanges
Our CDS deliver an entire raise-the-bar compliant solution using software and hardware according to design patterns required by the NSA.