We’re delighted to announce that 12 January 2025 saw the 10th anniversary of the founding of Armour Communications. In that time the technological and threat landscape has changed considerably. Our product set has grown from a single solution to provide robustly secure voice, video conferencing and instant messaging capabilities for high assurance industries such as military, defence and central government, to a comprehensive platform for secure collaboration that is used by a much broader client base including enterprise, financial services, and the wider public sector, both in the UK and internationally.
The solution of choice for higher assurance, and beyond
Armour Mobile is now used extensively throughout the MOD for a wide range of different use cases, and is the solution of choice for a number of multi-national systems integrators that work closely with Armour to deliver solutions to defence organisations around the world.
A growing network of alliance partners
Our work with chosen alliance partners including systems integrators, cyber security solutions partners, and managed service provides (MSPs), means we are able to address specific industries and geographies. As a result, Armour is used in many international markets, spanning a wide range of security-conscious industry sectors.
Packaged solutions to meet different requirements
The Armour Secure Communications Platform is now available in a range of flexible packages to suit most deployment requirements from a fully managed, turnkey solution; to hosted/self-managed; and full on-premises installations. Each of the three packages, can be tailored to meet specific needs.
Armour Cloud
A fully managed SaaS solution for standard deployments for SMB/SME sized organisations, with one simple affordable price. Armour Cloud™ is aimed at organisations looking to replace the use of consumer apps, improve security of mobile communications mitigating deepfake and impostor-based cyber threats, retain control of corporate data including data sovereignty, and for improved security, GDPR and regulatory reasons.
Armour Cloud is also ideal for organisations looking for an out-of-band communications channel with which to handle incidents or to protect sensitive C-suite communications.
Armour Cloud+
A SaaS solution for SMB/SME sized organisations to manage their own users for standard deployments. The package includes secure recording, archiving and audit of voice and instant messaging conversations, with interoperability by extending the reach of mobile secure communications to enterprise unified communications systems which include desk phones and IP soft phones.
Armour Cloud+ is ideal for any regulated organisation needing auditability including responding to Freedom of Information requests.
Secure video conferencing can be added as an optional extra.
Armour Enterprise
A solution that supports the robust requirements of higher assurance and SME/Enterprise organisations that need complete control over all aspects of their secure communications. Armour Enterprise™ is provided as either an on-premises implementation or via a number of SaaS options. Secure interoperability with enterprise unified communications including desk and IP soft phones, secure video conferencing and secure archive and audit are also included within the packaged price.
Multi-award winning products
The multi award-winning Armour Secure Communications Platform now incorporates secure video conferencing, file attachments, and comprehensive interoperability via any number of integrations and bridges to other technologies. Secure archive and audit are now also available – a hugely complex piece of engineering to support the compliance requirements of regulated industries such as financial services, health and legal, and, those that need to comply with Freedom of Information requests, such as local authorities, NHS, blue light services and organisations providing critical national infrastructure.
Standards-based quality
We’ve worked with the UK’s NCSC and other technical authorities to ensure that the Armour Secure Comms Platform is developed based on security industry standards and that it meets the NCSC’s 7 Principles of Secure Communication and is Secure by Design and Default. With a range of deployment options including secure hosted cloud and on-premises, it can provide data sovereignty – something which mass adoption services such as Microsoft Teams cannot even for government customers. Armour® holds ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials+ certifications and Armour Mobile™ is approved for use at OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE, NATO RESTRICTED and higher assurance levels.
Rising to the challenge
As we start back to work after the New Year, we reflect with optimism on what the next 10 years may bring. With the rise of AI and impersonation-based attacks now a stark reality, our aim remains the continued development of standards-based secure communications solutions, that are every bit as easy to use as consumer-grade apps but with robust security to thwart the ever changing attack vectors that we now see on a day to day basis.
For more information about how Armour Comms can help your organisation to safeguard privacy of messaging, voice and video communications, read our Securing Communications Channels Buyer’s Guide, or contact us today sales@armourcomms.com
