Every coordinated operation depends on communication. Orders must be given, information shared, teams kept in step. For security and defence organisations, those communications carry sensitive information and must work in the hardest conditions, which makes communications security a mission-critical discipline in its own right.
Two demands at once
Secure communications must satisfy two demands that can pull against each other: confidentiality, so sensitive information is protected, and reliability, so the communication works when and where it is needed. Meeting both together is what makes the discipline difficult.
What it protects
- The confidentiality of sensitive information
- The integrity of orders and reports
- The availability of communications under stress
- The trust that what is received is genuine
Designed as a system
Secure communications are not a single product but a system of technology, procedure and discipline. Provided to authorised organisations under the applicable approvals, they are designed around the mission's real needs for security, resilience and interoperability.
Capabilities are shared confidentially, with authorised organisations only.