About TSCP

SECURE INFORMATION SHARING
FOR THOSE WHO WORK TO SECURE THE WORLD

The Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP) is the only government-industry partnership specifically focused on facilitating solutions to the most critical issues in Aerospace and Defence (A&D) today: mitigating the risks related to compliance, complexity, cost and IT that are inherent in large-scale, collaborative programs that span national jurisdictions. To do business in the world today, A&D companies must balance the need to protect intellectual property (IP) while demonstrating willingness and ability to meet contractual requirements from government customers for auditable, identity-based, secure flows of information. This duality requires that security be both within organisations and across extended supply chains and partners.

That’s where the TSCP comes in: its charter engenders a common framework for secure collaboration and sharing of sensitive information in international defence and aerospace programs. A collaborative forum that includes BAE Systems, Boeing, EADS, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop-Grumman, Rolls-Royce, the Netherlands Department of Defence, the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.K. Ministry of Defence, the TSCP supports the shared vision of the partners for a new A&D trading platform – where community-standard, enterprise-wide specifications and reference-able implementations make secure information-sharing a reality.


A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
TSCP: ACCELERATING FEDERATED TRUST ENVIRONMENTS

TSCP’s guiding imperative is that A&D supply chains are collaborative by definition and participants need to share information externally as a result.TSCP recognises that its chief aim is to protect proprietary, intellectual property and key technologies. Managing this dual dynamic adeptly is key to TSCP’s success.

TSCP is multinational and speaks as a unified voice for A&D participants. Its credibility comes from a proven track record of advancing trust mechanisms that mitigate risk and promote competitiveness.

Its status gives it considerable strength to:

  • Work with defence and aerospace agencies to ensure that regulations and policies enable secure collaboration
  • Work with vendors to provide technology solutions
  • Engage potential participants in the supply chain
  • Socialize issues more widely, particularly through the engagement of trade associations

NAVIGATING TODAY’S BIGGEST CHALLENGES

Your organisation must demonstrate trustworthiness to government agencies, project partner companies and supply chains in a manner acceptable to all involved. Many A&D programs struggle to interpret the full implications of current – and emerging – regulatory frameworks for information assurance. Non-compliance, however inadvertent, may debar companies and their partners from contracts or open them up to serious punitive actions and fines.

The TSCP offers a collaborative environment where leaders in A&D can explore ways to navigate these challenges together, by providing a community that defines mutually beneficial operating rules and mechanisms for federated trust environments. .All participants in A&D have the same need for secure, identity- based information sharing in order to compete, grow and win new customers and partnerships. Solving these problems is not your core mission; a forum decreases cost and improves the efficiency with which we resolve these challenges.

Members in the TSCP understand that the solutions to problems of identity can take many forms and the ability to influence what the TSCP promotes as its specifications can deliver great benefits to those who must ultimately implement the specifications.

History.

TSCP was started over 5 years ago by the MoD and UK Council for Electronic Business (UKCeB.) At the Outset the DoD joined together with a number of Aerospace and defence companies in Europe and the US The objective was to solve a number of problems concerning security of information when undertaking collaborative activities between companies, governments and individuals in a post 9/11 world.

Note that TSCP is a collaborative programme, not a company. It works for the common benefit of al members, and is funded entirely from annual contributions from members.