Secure Messaging Solutions &
Company Overview
Presentation to
AFCEA Rome
Kieron Sambrook-Smith – Sales & Marketing Director
29th March 2007
What Do We Do
Boldon James provide a suite of High, Medium and Basic grade secure messaging
software based upon Microsoft Solutions. We deliver STANAG 4406 compliance at a
low cost, packaged for simple, rapid deployment promoting ease of management.
These Solutions deliver both X.400 and X.500 capability to Defence and Government
organisations around the world.
Military & Aviation Message Handling Systems• Defence, Intelligence, Military & Civil
Homeland Security• Government, Security & Intelligence services
Connectivity• Legacy connectivity software to all sectors
Consulting and Services• Penetration Testing, Security Consulting
• Software implementation and integration
Increasing functionality, offering the right interface for the user (in role) whilst
delivering a cost effective, secure, standards conformant solution.
Boldon James Approach
Basic GradeBG Users
need to see
Sec Label
High Grade
MG Users
need to read
HG Message
Properties
HG Users need
to read MG
Sec Label
Restric
ted
X ?
Inter-
OperabilityMedium
Grade
• Standard forms are created
• Server side enhancements
• Fire and Forget
• Time Sensitive Delivery
• Profiling
• Time Sensitive Delivery
• Label Reader
• Directory Look-up and Browser (MasterKey Plus)
• Draft, Review and Release Workflow
• Email enabling APIs
A formal Messaging Client
Formal Instant Messaging - Login
• Simple Log-On Screen
• Linked to Windows NT Logon
• All Clearances etc held in AD
• Zero desktop footprint
• Can only see rooms with approved access
• Simple select and click to join a room
• Locked rooms are not displayed
• Multiple rooms per server
Formal Instant Messaging – main screen
• Simple obvious interface
• Room Label is displayed
• Padlock to lock/unlock room
• List of participants
• Configurable persistent conversation
• ZULU DTG
• Invite a guest
• Label Changes and Flashes
• Guest cannot see persistence
• Guest cannot see participants
• Simplicity is key virtue
Company Overview
Boldon James are the leading provider of secure messaging solutions globally in the
Defence sector. We are taking advantage of strong demand growth around the world,
generated by organisations such as NATO, and from new communications needs to
suit the changing nature of warfare and counter terrorism. Homeland Security and
Intelligence are proving to have very similar requirements that match our solution set.
• Established 1985
• U.K. company, Maidenhead, Crewe, Sydney, Paris & Washington
• Owned by the management team and ISIS Equity Partners
• 85 staff
• $20m revenues in 2007
Who Are Our Customers
We have 178 customers and 1.5m High/Medium Grade clients deployed in
U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific regions, some of whom we are unable to
reference.
Referenceable Countries - Defence
• U.K., U.S., Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Australia, NZ, Hungary
• Intelligence, MoD, Army, Navy & Air Force
Referenceable Organisations – Non Defence
• Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
• Home Office
• Cabinet Office
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Offender Management (Prison Services)
• Many local government boroughs
• Northern Rock
• Queensland Police
• Hong Kong Treasury
• Great Eastern Life Assurance
Similarity of Requirements in Homeland Security
• What’s driving growth in requirements for secure messaging
– Growth in demand for secure messaging due to changing nature of warfare.
– Massive increase in demand for inter-agency information sharing due to:
• Terrorism, Border control, Justice & Public safety
• Requirements for secure information exchange growing massively
• Low cost infrastructure already there – Email – so lets use it….
…..as long as we can ensure security and reliability:
– Authentication, identification & non-repudiation
– Security: data validation, labelling, signatures
– Encrypt attachments or send links to secure repositories
– Automation: ‘Fire & Forget’ and application integration
– Enforcing virtual boundaries (gateways)
Sharing Information Between Agencies
• Anti-terrorism Information Initiative (Intelligence Services)
- Secure exchange of intelligence information between agencies
- Central government Home/Foreign Office, Police, Criminal Justice, Intelligence Services
- SQL, Exchange, Biztalk
‘Central Hosting’
organisation
Military Intelligence
Ministry D’InterieurSecret Service
Foreign Affairs
Police
Duane
MTA
MTAMTA
WTS / Citrix
Hosted
system
PolicePoliceInterpol
MS ExchangeMTA
WTS
SAFEmail
MS Outlook
RDBMS
Link/secret_document_police
Police
London
Interest Group:
Terrorism
Email addresses:
Superintendant@Paris
DC@London
GSN Functionality:
Alert group
OOO
Role based
Guaranteed delivery
Sharing Information Between Agencies
• U.K. Anti-terrorism Information Initiative (Intelligence Services)
- Secure exchange of intelligence information between agencies
- Central government Home/Foreign Office, Police, Criminal Justice, Intelligence Services
- SQL, Exchange, Biztalk
Police
Paris
AlertAlert
Company Pedigree
• Established 1985, 1st Microsoft product 1988 (18 years)
• 1st formal messaging customer (UK Automobile Association) 1990
• 1st defence messaging user (Belgiam Armed Forces/Siemens) 1993
• Primary Microsoft partner on US Defense Messaging System 1996
• OEM embedded LDAP tools in Microsoft Outlook (100m users) 1997
• 1st STANAG 4406 system deployed in Greece 2003
• 1st ACP145 prototype development for CCEB committees 2004
• 1st STANAG 4406 system deployment in Germany (Nukom) 2004
• 1st ACP123 system deployment in New Zealand (Fujitsu) 2005
• 1st Outlook Web Access (OWA) ACP120 implementation 2005
• 1st deployed ACP145 project UK MoD 2006
• 1st pan-UK-MoD defence messaging solution (DII) 2006
• 1st Microsoft LCS defence grade CHAT solution (SIM) 2006
Microsoft Relationship
We have been partnering with Microsoft for 14 years.
• Exclusive Global ‘Go To Market’ Partner for Defence Messaging
• Relationships at Global, Defence and Country levels that ‘get things done’
• Part of major Homeland Security initiative
• Development level relationships direct to Redmond, U.S.
• MS LDAP Address book extensions (200m + users)
• MS Exchange X.400 support
• Visibility of products and releases 6-12 months in advance
• Advantage to Support function
• Ability to influence direction eg. X.400 in Exchange 2007
• Microsoft Gold Partner
Typical Boldon James MMHS Solution
Defense Messaging System
High GradeProfiling
Time Sensitive Delivery
Fire and Forget
Military Properties (Precedence, SICs, PLAD Etc.)
Mailguards
Firewalls
Gateways
Medium GradeAbility to Create and Display S/Mime ESS Labels
Clearance and capability check before sending
Signature and optional encryption
Ability to view High Grade Messages
Management of READ and DELIVERY reports
Basic GradeStandard Microsoft Exchange Outlook
Ability to Display S/Mime ESS Security Labels
MMHS Solution Set
• SAFEmail.mil / ATS Client
• SAFEmail.net
• SAFE Instant Messaging
• MS Exchange Extensions
• Gateways (ACP145, AFTN, MFG)
• Guards
• Profiling & Archiving
• SAFEAgent (Exchange to XML/BizTalk Adaptor)
• Annex E Gateway
• SAFEmail Accelerator
Services
• Consultancy Services
– Architecture Design
– Product Implementation, Configuration and Integration
• Security Services
– Penetration Testing (CHECK listed)
– CLAS consultancy
– BS7799 Compliance Services
– BS7799 Risk Assessments
– Business Continuity Planning
– Security Training and Awareness
– Web application Security Assessments
– Security Policy Definition & Training
• Bespoke Development
– Outlook / Client Extensions
– Exchange Server Extensions
– Gateway Technology
– Windows/Unix
Defence Messaging Systems of the Future
Boldon James is committed to looking at the market and to ensuring the Defence, Intelligence and Government markets have the right products at the right time and in a cost effective format. Areas we are researching include:
• Annex E support for radios without IP
• STANAG 4406, Annex E, TMI-4• User Agent to User Agent
• Multi-functioning Gateways
• High Assurance, Protocol Conversion, Interoperability in a single appliance
• Integration of Boldon James Defence and Microsoft Collaborative Tools
• Secure Chat
• Directory Guards
• ACP133 Enabled Active Directory
Areas we already have products released or due for release in 2007:
• X.400 Support in Exchange 2007
• Secure Chat
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