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KINGFISHER CASE STUDY - Secure Cloud Plus
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                    BACKGROUND                                               BACKGROUND                                                                     SOLUTION                                                          BENEFITS
CASE STUDY

                    In 2017 the Ministry of Defence (MOD) contacted          Due to the complexities of the operational infrastructure within the           The solution involved an evolution of beta                        + Infrastructure expertise            + The continual development of
                    SecureCloud+, requiring support for a critical           MOD, there was a need to improve awareness and responsiveness in               development phases across ten 6-month sprints in                    and enhancements to their             training courses that keep pace
                    project. They needed to transform defensive cyber        addressing emerging inside and outside cyber threats. The immediate            which SecureCloud+ integrated their expertise in                    operational systems                   with technological advances in
                    capability across the front-line commands (FLCs)         challenge was to replace existing legacy capability with a fresh new           defence cyber disciplines, to develop a deployable                + A cost-effective solution which       hardware
                    of Navy, Army and RAF, this included replacing the       approach, this approach would include a subset of Cyber Situational            CYSAFA solution which met the strategic objectives                  enabled users to reduce costs on    + A solution that is fit for purpose
                    existing deployable cyber platform used by the           Awareness Fusion Architecture design.                                          of the project. SecureCloud+ engaged with                           operational delivery                  for military personnel in varying
                    Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs) on Operations.                                                                                            the client and project partners throughout the                    + A secure managed service              operational environments
                                                                             There was an urgent requirement to provide an operational ready                development cycle, on physical and technical
                    The client plays a vital role in terms of leading the    platform within 3 months that would provide the functionality to acquire                                                                           that supports the end-to-end
                                                                                                                                                            enhancement programs, which enabled the
                    defensive cyber strategy, supporting global military     real-time and retrospective analysis to aid the prediction of future cyber-    solution to be deployed on MoD operations during                    management and resolution of
                    operations and improving innovation and digital          attacks. This required improvement upon their current ability to test,         the beta phases of product release cycles.                          incidents in a timely fashion
                    information exploitation across Defence. Failure to      evaluate and deploy applications and technologies to counteract cyber                                                                            + The fulfilment of routine and
                    protect the data would result in a major security        threats. The result was the client’s engagement with industry partners to      SecureCloud+ retain responsibility for the build                    regular maintenance activities in
                    breach on very high classified systems.                  address this issue on a limited budget.                                        and support program associated with the latest                      dispersed environments
                                                                                                                                                            released versions of DCC Small, knowledge transfer
                                                                                                                                                            to end-user and support elements. In addition,
                                                                                                                                                            SecureCloud+ provided scheduling and work                          SUMMARY
                                                                             REQUIREMENT                                                                    services associated with preserving the extensive
                                                                                                                                                            fleet of multi-domain Cyber Defence assets at                      Working in collaboration with an industry prime, SecureCloud+ was
                   SecureCloud+ engaged with                                 The client required the provision of a secure managed service for use          high operational readiness. Operational support
                                                                                                                                                            documentation and an extensive end-user training
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               selected as a key member of the System Integration Team, helping
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               to shape each iteration of the solution. SecureCloud+ have been
                   the client and project                                    in live operations which needed to be agile so that the service could be
                                                                             deployed rapidly. Additional requirements were:                                program were also provided in support of the                       involved from the initial design phases and Beta development for
                   partners throughout the                                                                                                                  CYSAFA project.                                                    an integrated commercial offering into the Defence Cyber Capability
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               strategy along with its partners. SecureCloud+’s cost-effective
                   development cycle, on                                                                                                                    The solution enabled the processing and                            managed service allowed the MOD’s critical information to be
                   physical and technical                                   + Interoperability and interactivity
                                                                              with Cyber Situational Awareness
                                                                                                                     + Scalable to facilitate fluctuating
                                                                                                                      demands
                                                                                                                                                            dissemination of threat analysis and identification
                                                                                                                                                            of cyber vulnerabilities in real-time. SecureCloud+
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               protected and monitored through a reliable and up to date threat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               management system that is portable and deployable anywhere in
                   enhancement programs,                                      Fusion Architecture, ensuring          + A support wrap-around with a         fulfilled the role as the Resolving Agent for all
                                                                                                                                                            hardware-related aspects. This includes ensuring
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the world on operational service.
                   which enabled the solution                                 adherence to MOD standards,
                                                                              policies and processe
                                                                                                                       Resolving agent on-hand to provide
                                                                                                                       hardware updates and regular
                                                                                                                                                            that all hardware is operational and secure via ITIL               The MOD now has the reassurance that their critical networks
                   to be deployed on MoD                                    + Secure data ingestion across a           software patching
                                                                                                                                                            best practice Service Management Processes I.e.
                                                                                                                                                            Incident Management, Problem Management,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               are being protected from inside and outside threats. Throughout
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the initial roll-out phase, SecureCloud+ have demonstrated to the
                   operations during the beta                                 dispersed network in real-time
                                                                            + A real-time, fast and Secure Threat
                                                                                                                     + Rapid deployment Including
                                                                                                                       CONDO support (Contractor on
                                                                                                                                                            Change Management and Patch Management.                            client their ability to handle complex MOD requirements by rapidly
                   phases of product release                                  Management Service to give               Deployed Operations)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               delivering innovative hardware solutions at a valuable cost.

                   cycles.                                                    total visibility of the operational
                                                                              environment
                                                                                                                     + User training to maximise the
                                                                                                                       benefit from the solution
                                                                            + An agile service that could meet the
                                                                              fast-changing logistic requirements
                                                                              of the military services

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KINGFISHER CASE STUDY - Secure Cloud Plus
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