Nexor ISTAR Gateway

Secure Cross Domain Interoperability

Force Protection is a key objective for the MOD today. The ability to connect disparate networks – often belonging to different coalition forces – and share information securely is a major enabler to meeting the objective by increasing commanders’ situational awareness and informing the decision making processes. Successfully accredited for demonstration as part of the UK MOD Force Protection programme at Empire Challenge 2009 and 2010, the Nexor ISTAR Gateway enforces security policy at the domain boundary. The EAL7+* Nexor Data Diode guarantees one way transfer of information from a lower classified domain, for example RESTRICTED, into a higher classified domain, such as MISSION SECRET. The diode ensures no information is released back from high to low. The information that flows from low to high is controlled using the Nexor Guardian data guards, which can check a variety of contents such as video clips, still images and track data to ensure the content is formatted correctly and does not include any malicious data.