White Papers


Nexor White Papers provide an objective and comprehensive assessment of a topic. Each White Paper typically considers the definition, scope and nature of the subject, the technology enablers and the different solution types that may be considered.

CLIP & Sentinel 3: Solid Foundation, Secure Messaging Solution

This paper describes how Tresys and Nexor combined the latest security technology, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux), the Certifiable Linux Integration Platform (CLIP), and the Nexor Watchman policy enforcer to create secure solutions for inter-domain communication.

Deployed forces - Delivering messaging services over mobile and tactical networks

This paper describes the specific messaging requirements of deployed forces.

Information Assurance - An exploration of security issues and solutions

This paper describes the factors that contribute to information assurance: confidentiality, integrity, availability and accountability.

Military Message Handling Systems: A Reference Architecture

Military Message Handling Systems (MMHS) have become established as the defacto way of exchanging high grade electronic messages within a national military enclave, between military domains and within operational domains.

Military Message Handling Systems: The Requirements

Military Message Handling Systems (MMHS) provide a means of exchanging high grade electronic messages within a national military enclave, between military domains and within operational domains.

NATO Information Exchange Gateways - Reference Architecture

Today's climate of coalition based operations and network enabled capability (NEC) means that there is a growing requirement for exchange of information between security and management domains.

NETCONF: Configuration Management in High Assurance Environments

This paper considers the traditional approaches to network management and their associated limitations. It presents an overview of the recently defined NETCONF internet standard and the use of NETCONF for the central management of network devices and security applications.

Privilege Management Infrastructure

Increasingly, organisations are making corporate resources available to more users. The potential benefits of doing so include lower costs, higher productivity, greater security and better customer service.

Secure Role Based Messaging

A PhD thesis submitted to the University of Kent by Gansen Zhao.

Security Labelling in Data Loss Prevention

This paper examines the capabilities that IT systems can bring to bear to ensure that information sharing is achieved in a controlled manner, consistent with the applicable security policy.