Secure Collaboration in A&D

What are your technology requirements for secure collaboration?

April 20th, 2009 | Secure Collaboration in A&D | Posted by Richard Prince

Having examined some of the challenges relating to secure collaboration and the regulations mandating control of IP, the focus will shift to a discussion regarding technology solutions for secure collaboration.

When selecting a technology solution for secure collaboration, it is important to focus on business process requirements as well as linkage to strategic objectives before analyzing providers and applications.

Collaboration can be an effective strategy to grow market share, become more competitive or to develop new markets.  As such, it is important to understand these strategic drivers.  Likewise, it is imperative that the organization understand a variety of issues related to business process requirements such as:

• Have you identified all stakeholders and the various enterprise-wide collaborating communities?
• Are your business process requirements for collaboration defined and documented?
• What are your vehicles for collaboration?
• What are the forms of preexisting technology and infrastructure for enabling collaboration?

Once these topics have been answered, you can evaluate and select an appropriate, secure collaboration solution.

• In evaluating technology solutions, what are your requirements for secure collaboration?
• What are your needs for content classification?
• How detailed are your needs for access control?
• Does your organization have an identity management solution where users can be vetted and approved, based upon their organization and citizenship?
• How does your organization designate users and groups in the context of secure collaboration?
• Are you familiar with the concept of Integrated Digital Environments (IDEs) and can you identify some best-in-class implementation of an IDE?
• Can you describe some best-in-class methodologies for secure collaboration?

Describe your experiences with implementing secure collaboration technology solutions.

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