benelux forum 2014 - alliance remote gateway & alliance managed operations

Alliance Remote Gateway

BNL forum March 2014

Michel Desmet – Technical sales expert

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is Alliance Gateway

in the cloud

What is Alliance Remote Gateway?

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Alliance

Connect

Alliance

Access

or

Alliance

Entry

HSMs

Alliance

Gateway

Customer premises

SWIFT

Customer

premises

Customer premises


Back-office

applications

Replace your

Gateways,

SNLs, HSMs

Alliance

Connect*

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* All Alliance Connect versions are supported (Bronze / Silver / Silver+ / Gold), optional internet

Alliance Remote Gateway – Light footprint


2

SWIFT security tokens (USB) * support for software certificates coming soon

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SWIFT VPN boxes (Alliance Connect) • All options supported (Bronze/Silver/Silver+/Gold)

allowing to connect using leased lines and/or internet

• Secure & reliable, with resiliency built-in

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Alliance Access or Entry on Windows, Linux,

AIX and Oracle Solaris

Simplify your systems:

• No need to run Alliance Gateway, SWIFTNet Link or HSMs at your premises

• No need for additional software (just Alliance Access or Entry at release level 7.0.65 or higher)

Alliance Remote Gateway – Highlights


Alliance Gateway hosted by SWIFT

Peace of mind through SWIFT’s highly secure

and reliable operations and support

Less complexity, effort, and infrastructure for you

No change to features, screens and

integration capabilities of Access or Entry

All SWIFT messages, all SWIFT flows

including FIN, InterAct, FileAct and Browse

Consider Alliance Remote Gateway if …

• You want the benefits of Alliance Access or Entry at your premises

without needing to operate Alliance Gateway, SWIFTNet Link and

HSMs

• You want to reduce technical complexity, effort and infrastructure

for SWIFT messaging, while keeping control and application

integration at your side

• You want to reduce your total cost of ownership (TCO)


Alliance Remote Gateway is designed for customers with

up to five BIC-8 destinations, up to 20 concurrent users,

and low-to-medium message volumes (up to Alliance

Gateway band 5)

Alliance Remote Gateway Pricing

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Messages and files sent are charged

as per standard SWIFT prices

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One-time setup fee

Yearly subscription fee replaces Alliance Gateway, SNL & HSM yearly fees

Contact your SWIFT representative for an offer

What is included

in the ARG yearly fee?


• Subscription to Alliance Remote Gateway

− Replaces SAG, SNL, HSM box licenses

− Software is part of Access/Entry – no

additional software required

• For max. 5 BICs, max. 20 Browse users

• Max. 20 USB security tokens

− Customer gets 10 tokens by default

− Customers can request 10 more (free)

• PKI certificates related to the tokens

• Standard set of PKI certificates for signing

SWIFTNet live & test traffic

• Standard Plus support from SWIFT

• Access/Entry license & maintenance fees

• Alliance Connect fees

• Other elements needed to connect to

SWIFT, such as:

− Messages & file traffic (NBI)

− Minimum NBI fee (if applicable)

− BIC / LT yearly fee

− User Handbook subscription

− RMA yearly fee (if FIN)

− MA-CUG/SCORE subscription (if

applicable)

− Subscription to applications and services

such as Sanctions Screening, Browse

services …

• Additional (>20) tokens & PKI certificates

Other elements on your

SWIFT bill stay the same

Setup and Support Services


• Remote setup and assistance with activation • End-to-end migration management • Customisation to your specific needs (*)

Setup

• Assistance with migrating FTA/FTI of Alliance Gateway to Alliance Access (*)

• Other options available – ask your SWIFT representative (*)

Additional options (*)

Operations / Support

• Standard+ Support (Global 24*7*365) • Highly secure and reliable SWIFT Operating Centres

(*) Additional charges will apply


Integrated

service

offering

Best-in-class SWIFT security,

reliability and

support

Cost-effective Save money by

letting SWIFT host

technical

components

Light footprint Cloud-based

Gateway solution

Peace of

Mind

Full-featured

All SWIFT message

types, SWIFTNet

flows and Browse

services


Q&A

?

BNL forum March 2014

Alliance Managed Operations

Pieter Van Vlaenderen – Account Director BeNeLux

Alliance Managed Operations SWIFT operational Excellence at your premises

Alliance

Managed

Operations

• Free-up time to focus on your core business

• Data control and privacy

• Expert service delivery with clear roles and

responsibilities

• Predictable cost and scalable resources

• Proactive risk mitigation

Benefits

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Scope

• SWIFT software (residing at your premises) remotely managed by our experts

Standalone Access

Alliance Managed Operations Where are you spending your time today?

Business

Applications Alliance Web Platform

Mid

dle

ware

Alliance Access VPN

SWIFT Managed

Your premises

Alliance Gateway

HSM

• Expert SWIFT knowledge required in-house

• Distraction from core business

• Higher risk due to manual actions


Standalone Access

Alliance Managed Operations What's included?

Business


Mid

dle

ware

Alliance Access VPN

SWIFT Managed

Your premises

Alliance Gateway

HSM

• Continuous remote monitoring

• Proactive troubleshooting and problem resolution

• Housekeeping and recurring operations

• Change management and release management


Standalone Access

Alliance Managed Operations What's included?

Business


Mid

dle

ware

Alliance Access VPN

SWIFT Managed

Your premises

Alliance Gateway

HSM

• Continuous remote monitoring

• Proactive troubleshooting and problem resolution

• Housekeeping and recurring operations

• Change management and release management

ARG

New flavour

of AMO


Delivery

Setup

Assessment

Alliance Managed Operations A step-by-step implementation process

In depth requirements definition, feasibility assessment,

solution design and business case analysis

Service setup and alignment with best practices

Service piloting and shadowing period

Service Live delivery and

responsibilities hand-over


• Engineer, design and setup the SWIFT software suite and security

devices according to best practices to ensure service delivery.

• Comprehensive Infrastructure Health Check and detailed

recommendations for best practices implementation

• Continuous advanced application health monitoring with

proactive alerts

• Proactive problem resolution & remote assistance

• Interface application operations (backup & archive,

housekeeping, failover testing, …)

• Periodic configuration and log review

• (supplemented by on-site interventions when required)

• SLA with agreed roles and responsibilities and SLA Reporting

• Implement functional change requests (e.g. new message

partners, routing, ...)

• Maintain best practice configuration, including patches and TIP

solutions/ workarounds

• Support and manage patch upgrades

Service setup

Operational

care

Change

management

Alliance Managed Operations Service description


Thank you

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