BAE Systems of Arlington, VA announced on August 19 that it has launched its next-generation XTS Guard 7, which provides U.S. intelligence organizations with secure access to geospatial imagery and data through multi-directional transfer of different data types across classified and unclassified domains. XTS Guard 7 is a cybersecurity appliance solution that resides between networks with differing levels of security classification, and is a key component to secure information sharing between programs and agencies using intelligence libraries.
Equipped with the company’s Geospatial eXploitation Products™
(GXP), BAE Systems’ newest guard builds on the proven, reliable XTS Guard 5
platform. XTS Guard 7 meets the National Security Agency’s (NSA) recently
released National Cross Domain Solution “Raise the Bar” design and
implementation requirements for filtering, sanitizing, and decomposing data. Raise
the Bar (RTB) is a cyber-security initiative created by the NSA to combat escalating threats while
continually improving the status quo in the cross-domain community.
“Our product is the guard of choice for Department of Defense
and other Intelligence Community enterprises,” said Douglas Steil, general manager
of Cyber Security Products at BAE Systems. “We created a superior product
predicated on design patterns outlined by the NSA, and have proven XTS Guard 7’s
readiness to deliver operational success for a number of U.S. government
entities and agencies.”
Built to support the simple plug-in of
leading content filters, XTS Guard 7 offers easy and secure communication with
coalition partner countries. The product’s “STOP” operating
system further enhances security by allowing for data heterogeneity, reducing
vulnerabilities across the architectures defined by the NSA.
XTS Guard 7 protocols include Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Secure File
Transfer Protocol (SFTP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP), Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), and DSG, which is a persistent
socket proprietary protocol. The product’s architecture can support multi-enclave and
multi-compartment controlled information sharing, with advanced administration
and auditing. It supports up to 28 enclaves or domains, and is compatible with
filters or Data Format Description Language libraries. Additionally, the XTS
Guard 7 is available in a small form factor that handles up to 10 domains for
land, sea, and airborne vehicle deployments.
XTS Guard 7 is operationally cost-effective for customers upgrading their current architectures and migrating to the RTB-accredited design patterns. BAE Systems currently offers an affordable upgrade path for existing and accredited XTS Guard 5 customers to the new XTS Guard 7 platform for customers requiring a move to the Raise The Bar architecture. The company is the only vendor to build and offer both the XTS Guard 7 and the unidirectional data diodes required in RTB solutions.
Source: BAE Systems
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