Protect mission-critical information with sovereignty and control.
Because when secure collaboration is too complex, teams find workarounds. For primes, subcontractors, and agencies navigating classified information, export controls, and compliance obligations, these workarounds expose sensitive ITAR, USML, and DISP data.
The consequences are severe. Fines, program suspension, and national security risk.
Objective Connect provides an interoperable, sovereign Australian infrastructure with zero-trust architecture that teams willingly adopt. EAR, DISP, and AUKUS obligations are supported by design. Not left to chance.
Your Defense data is hosted on AWS PROTECTED zones, built on Defense in Depth architecture. Foreign jurisdiction claims are blocked by infrastructure, giving you full sovereign control over your most sensitive programs.
Independently verified against the Australian Government's Information Security Manual and Defense security frameworks. Not self-assessed. Proven.
AES-256 encryption in transit and at rest across your contractor network, from prime to subcontractor to allied agency. Controlled technical data stays protected as it moves through your supply chain.
Automated and independent penetration testing runs continuously. Weaknesses are addressed before they become incidents.
Tag-Based Access Control (TBAC) manages dozens of organizations, clearance levels and ITAR requirements without workspace silos or duplicate documents. Tag users, set policies, tag assets. The right people get access, every time.
ITAR-controlled and USML-category data is invisible without clearance or citizenship tags. Accidental disclosure is eliminated by design.
Set precise permissions at a workspace level - view, edit, download or preview-only. Define exactly what the role or clearance level requires.
Revoke access instantly. No former contractors left with access to classified program data.
Primes, subcontractors and allied agencies operate in one secure workspace from day one. No complex setup. No fragmented tools.
Assign review and sign-off tasks, leave comments and co-author directly within the secure workspace. Faster decisions. Shorter program timelines.
CAD models, technical drawings and USML-category specifications are often too large for email and too sensitive for consumer tools. Transfer instantly across primes, contractors and agencies up to 25GB. No physical media or risky workarounds.
Every participant works from the same controlled document. Every revision is saved, recorded and reported. No conflicting versions or technical drawings.
Every upload, preview, download and approval is logged automatically in real time. A complete, individual-level record of who accessed what, when, and under what authorization.
Sign contracts, ECPs and specifications within the platform. No documents are to leave the secure environment. Signatory identity, authority and timestamp are recorded on every file.
Transform your audit trail into an executive-ready compliance report on demand. Always ready for ITAR, DISP and export control authority reviews.
In any export control or DISP review, proving unauthorized users never accessed controlled data is as critical as proving who did. The complete access record gives you both answers.
Approved users view ITAR-controlled files without the ability to download, print or copy. Controlled technical data stays where it belongs.
Restrict access to approved regions to comply with export controls and sovereignty requirements.
Personal accountability for every export certification and contract, without leaving the secure workspace.
Only verified users gain access. Credentials alone are never enough.
Easily manage users, permissions and workspace ownership across entire programs or organisations.
Secure collaboration from smartphone or tablet. Field teams and headquarters, connected without compromise.
Objective Connect became the digital control room for a complex and innovative space project.
Michelle Sutherland
Project Coordinator for Strategic Projects, Space Hub Sutherland
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Objective Connect is built around the compliance obligations Defense programs face daily. Sovereign, in-country infrastructure ensures classified and ITAR-controlled data never leaves your jurisdiction. Tag-Based Access Control enforces need-to-know automatically, and every interaction with controlled technical data is logged in a tamper-proof audit trail, giving export control authorities an unalterable record of who accessed what and when.
Tag-Based Access Control allows administrators to tag users with attributes such as clearance level, citizenship, and ITAR authorization, and tag documents with corresponding classifications. Once policies are configured, the system enforces visibility automatically. Users without matching tags and the required policy permissions cannot see controlled files. When a clearance changes or a contract ends, access is revoked instantly across every file and workspace.
Objective Connect is purpose-built for Defense and Defense Industry environments. Unlike generic secure file sharing platforms, it combines sovereign data residency, Tag-Based Access Control for automated need-to-know enforcement, and immutable audit trails that satisfy export control record-keeping requirements, all within an IRAP PROTECTED, independently assessed platform.
Yes. Objective Connect integrates with platforms such as Objective Nexus and Content Manager, enabling documents to inherit access controls, compliance standards, and audit trails, ensuring external collaboration stays aligned with your internal Defense governance framework.
Yes. Objective Connect is available on iOS and Android, allowing mobile users to view, edit, and share files securely, while administrators maintain full control over permissions and access in a protected environment.
Objective Connect combines zero trust architecture, granular need-to-know permissions, and secure online editing with no local file copies, reducing the risk of accidental leaks, unauthorized downloads, and the shadow IT workarounds that create compliance gaps in Defense supply chains.
Yes. External partners, contractors, and allied agencies can be invited into a secure workspace instantly without lengthy IT provisioning. Zero trust architecture and Tag-Based Access Control ensure external users access only what they are authorized to see, nothing more.
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