In the eyes of public and private organizations, security, both for people and property as well as for data (information and communication systems security), is a critical challenge today and for a long time to come. It is also a fast growing market.

CS combines its skills in information and communication systems to offer powerful leverage for the deployment of critical defense and security systems, essential to the mastery of information, systems interoperability and operational command.

OPERATIONS COMMAND AND CONTROL CENTERS – C4ISR

Systems interoperability
CS is a prime contractor for systems that collect, interchange and display in real time the information necessary for operations planning and control among armed forces. CS brings together the skills needed to deploy C4ISR solutions (Computerized Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance).

CS develops information and communication systems that meet the needs of command centers at strategic, operational and tactical levels, covering:
• joint operations (Joint Operations Centers – JOC),
• land operations and/or land support (Land Forces Operations Centers – LFOC),
• air operations (Air Force and Air Defense Operations Centers – AOC),
• naval operations (Naval Operations Centers – NOC),
• special forces (Special Forces Operations Centers – SFOC),
• intelligence (intelligence-gathering centers),
• logistics.

These C4ISR systems are integrated, interoperable, adaptive, secured and available. Designed for network-centric warfare, they enable optimum decision-making, thanks to their network-centric architectures.

These systems provide critical resources for coordinating multiple units in various kinds of operations. The different armed forces are the first to be interested by a capacity for coordination. However, civil defense planners also find these kinds of centers appropriate to the coordination of civilian resources for purposes of crisis management.

CRISIS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

C2/C3 civil defense
Crisis management systems combine command capability with timely information gathering. This lets decision makers anticipate crises, manage them, prepare for their resolution and provides them with return-on-experience to enable continuous improvement. One example is the crisis management system implemented during the 1988 floods in Nîmes, France. Since then, radar-based detection and sensors, linked to management and communication systems, help experts anticipate rising water levels in rivers and prepare action plans.
In another development, the French Ministry of the Interior awarded CS a contract to design, integrate and deploy the system, PEGASE (Pilotage des Evénements, Gestion des Activités et Sécurisation des Equipages, or event supervision, activity management and team safety assurance). In command & information centers, PEGASE enables centralizing calls, handling each call from the moment it is received to the time police arrive on the scene, and then filing a report using an electronic case book application.
Each mobile unit and its team are geo-positioned, which allows an operator to see in real time what police forces are present or nearby the scene, and to dispatch additional units if necessary.
The system is intended to speed police intervention for greater security among the population and, in parallel, to ensure enhanced safety for police officers while optimizing their deployment. It is currently being deployed throughout France.

INTELLIGENCE

Information at the service of intelligence
Intelligence can come from electromagnetic sources and from imagery. The wealth of know-how at CS in the area of intelligence puts it at the heart of major military challenges and the fight against terrorism. Both in strategic and tactical terms, its intelligence centers meet the growing security needs of governments and bring them total mastery of their sources of information.
In order to succeed in their day-to-day missions, government intelligence agencies need precise information in real time. From listening devices to the supply of complete intelligence centers, CS provides them with a broad range of high-performance tools.

AVIATION AND MARITIME OPERATIONS

Tactical situation and threat analysis
CS develops aviation operations centers (C2), which are command centers that provide air forces with the capacity to handle information necessary to their decision processes.
These aviation operations centers ensure tasking for air space management, air traffic control and air defense. The systems enable tactical situation views, analysis of aircraft information and communications, and when necessary, threat analysis and response in terms of identifying possible countermeasures. CS thus covers the complete scope of aviation operations centers – a capacity required to meet the new needs of the European Union and NATO.

French air bases transition to CLA 2000
Airfield control centers are the foundation of aviation operations centers. Designed by CS for the French Air Force and composed of two parts, one fixed, the other mobile, they blend the functions of approach control and surveillance. Easily transported, they deploy in just a few hours. Twenty-three air bases are set for modernization between now and 2016. In a first phase, CS will deliver three mobile systems, equipped for nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) theaters of operations, and three replacement systems. The French Air Force chose the CLA 2000 from CS because it employs an innovative solution, which is economical and meets primary objectives. The French Navy also chose this type of solution and plans to adapt it to the needs of naval air bases, with a first deployment at its base in Lanvéoc-Poulmic, France.

A flexible, highly secured ground-air radio communication system
Within the framework of renovations for French Air Force Command Centers, CS has been asked to design and deploy across continental France a ground-air communication system. Highly secured, the communication system is shared, so several operators can use the same system at a time, according to rules governing priority.
The deployment of this system ensures comprehensive coverage of continental France and its coastal areas. The system guarantees complete redundancy and optimal security, thanks to auto-backup for the ground network.

Referenced by NATO
All of the NATO countries are soon to receive an Air Command and Control System (ACCS), a single system, validated and reproducible, which uses a communication system from CS. The entire system, SAF 3000, is digital. Thanks to its performance, it offers exceptional availability for communication resources with numerous features, such as ground-air encryption and frequency hopping. The system thus allows for establishing both unsecured and secure radio links, depending on operational requirements. Furthermore, radio communications can be cross-border, which adds a European dimension to air space security.

PROTECTION FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Major economic stakes in information and communication systems security
Information security is a major economic challenge in terms of protection for strategic assets. CS's capacity to provide expertise, acknowledged by the DCSSI (Direction Centrale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information, or central information systems security division) empowers it to play a leading role. Based on its expertise in cryptography and public-key infrastructures, CS offers a complete range of solutions, including mastery of integration, encompassing all components, a guarantee of data integrity, a security policy that is an essential part of the process, and user training.

If it is critical for a country's high-value systems, it naturally must be heavily protected. Indeed, this is true for anything that is vital to a country's people: protection for information, information systems, telecommunications, and more. The banking service network, RSB (Réseau de Service aux Banques), is a good illustration of CS expertise in this area. The economic interest grouping, GIE des Cartes Bancaires (CB), affiliates 20 member banks. CB awarded CS a contract for the complete overhaul of its RSB network, a job that is in progress.
For the French association of notary publics (Conseil Supérieur du Notariat), CS designed infrastructure that allows it to conduct business using digital resources. Nowadays, electronically notarized documents are a reality and provide the same guarantees of certification and validation as a classic notary seal.
The French Ministry of Defense also placed its confidence in CS, awarding it responsibility for developing a system that helps defend against hackers in order to provide optimal security for its information and communication systems, while providing highly-secure messaging.


The DCSSI granted its label to PKI security solutions from CS. This label was created in response to the expectations of government bodies and ministries, but also of ancillary public organizations that are more and more likely to require certified solutions. By the end of 2008, all of CS's PKI time-stamping and e-signature solutions will have undergone evaluation. Thanks to this review based on common criteria, CS will be the first to bring to market a fully-evaluated solution, including time-stamping. In a related innovation, it is also updating the complete set of its PKI modules in Java multi-platform mode.
Digitization moves ahead
The digital age is here – this includes secure archiving of legal documents, archiving mail and accounting records with guaranteed traceability, authenticated e-signatures, and more. These applications are increasingly vast. On the heels of notary publics come banks and insurance companies among those taking an active interest in electronic safes from CS. E-safes provide secure storage of archives for up to 100 years, while integrating periodic refresh features to prove the integrity of archives.
For the French postal service (La Poste), CS implemented a time-stamping platform that provides this service for the electronic documents of its different subsidiaries as well as for the corporate customers of La Poste.

Innovation
Today, CS is ready to accompany national governments in setting up structures and nationwide expertise centers for their information security, covering regulatory, organizational and technological considerations.
Encryption and its implementation in networking equipment, non-repudiation of transactions, data confidentiality and interchange, secured application flows, rights management and authorizations – CS markets a full range of security application solutions (its Trustycom product suite).


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Our clients: CEA DAM, CNES, Conseil Supérieur du Notariat, DCNS, DGA, EADS, GIE Cartes Bancaires, LRBA, Ministries of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice, MOSS, SGDN, Thales...

CS is member of :

GIFAS, the French Aerospace Industry Association

PROAVIA, the French Airport and Air Traffic Control Industries Association

GICAT, the French Military Land Equipment Industries Association

GICAN, the French Naval Armament & Equipment Industries Association