Solution expedites decision-making across classification levels through highly secure, real-time collaboration using voice, audio, video, and structured data.
Owl Cyber Defense® announced that its V2CDS Cross Domain Solution (CDS) has completed the National Cross Domain Strategy and Management Office (NCDSMO) Lab-Based Security Assessment process, achieving certification against the assessment’s standards for the solution’s new Data Format Description Language (DFDL)-based structured data capability. This extends the V2CDS certification already held for voice, audio, and video. NCDSMO certification ensures a CDS meets stringent security and operational standards required for US government and defense use.
V2CDS gives defense and intelligence users a single platform certified for secure, real-time voice-over-IP (VoIP), video teleconferencing (VTC), full-motion video (FMV), streaming audio, and structured data exchange across security boundaries. V2CDS’s structured data capability is built on Apache NiFi for flow orchestration paired with DFDL-based schema parsing, giving customers a self-customizable path to structured data transfer support that can evolve with mission needs on their own terms. Consolidating these capabilities onto a single certified platform means mission teams can achieve real-time collaboration with voice, audio, video, and data according to their unique mission requirements. This capability expedites decision-making across classification levels by arming warfighters and artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems with secure connections and data at the speed of mission.
“This milestone reflects Owl’s continued commitment to setting the industry standard for cross-domain collaboration,” said Tim Fahl, Owl’s Chief Technology Officer. “Structured data based on DFDL’s open, vendor-neutral standard means agencies can control data without vendor lock-in, giving them the freedom to evolve their data architecture on their own terms rather than a supplier’s roadmap.”
V2CDS 2.1 brings a mission-tested track record of adaptability, deployable on a variety of commercial-off-the-shelf hardware, from enterprise servers to low-SWaP rugged hardware, anywhere the mission demands. V2CDS also integrates with existing VoIP and VTC infrastructure, so operators can add certified cross-domain capability without ripping and replacing what is already installed. US Government certification means V2CDS has already cleared the toughest cross-domain bar, giving operators a validated foundation for their own Authority to Operate instead of a blank page.
