alliance portfolio - swift

African Regional Conference

Alliance Portfolio

May, 2017

Alaa ALROUSAN, Jonathan LALLEMENT, Billy NYA

ARC 2017 - Alliance family and integration services 2

Agenda

• Alliance Portfolio Overview

• Updates and Roadmap

• Integration Portfolio

• AMH

The Alliance Portfolio

• Modular component architecture

• Zero down time infrastructure

• Mission critical resilience

• Multi-network support

CONNECTIVITY

INTERFACES

INTEGRATION

Alliance Integration Platform

Alliance Lite2 Alliance Access (SAA)

Alliance

Gateway

Alliance Messaging Hub (AMH)

Alliance

Remote

Gateway

• Out-of-the-box solution

• Quick-time to market

• Adaptable and configurable

• Low investment

• Low footprint

• Security

SWIFT Community Cloud Standard on-premises Modular on-premises

La

ye

rs

Solutions

Value proposition

Alliance Connect Other network

gateways



Updates and Roadmap

• Alliance Access

• Update 7.1.30

• Release 7.2

• Lite2

• AutoClient 1.2.2

Alliance Access

Update 7.1.30

• New version of the Remote file Handler

• Password policy changes (7.1.20 & 7.1.23)

• Database cleanup during the installation process (7.1.23)

• Security Best Practices Check tool (7.1.23)

• Two-factor authentication (7.1.20)

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April 7, 2017

ARC 2017 - Alliance family and integration services


Alliance R7.2

Why a mandatory upgrade?

Mandatory Technology Refresh

• Mandatory upgrade of key embedded COTS in our products and SWIFT Central Platform to ensure continued support from the vendors

• Introduce 64-bit support

• Refresh OS Baseline

Security Features

• Align the community on security features delivered since 7.0

• Large scale deployment of latest HSM enhancements

• Hardware refresh for HSM tokens and EOL for HSM cards

Product Evolution

• Release alignment as a foundation for future evolutions

Supportability

• Renew the baseline to ensure supportability and long term stability

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Alliance and SWIFTNet 7.2 Release Timeline

2015 2017 2016

Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

2018

18 + months upgrade planning 15 months upgrade implementation

Q3

Sept 2015

7.2 Release

announcement &

availability of

preliminary Alliance &

SWIFTNet 7.2 Release

Overview

Availability of final

Alliance & SWIFTNet 7.2

Release Overview,

Vendor Specs &

Updated Release Policy

Availability of release

SWIFTNet Link and

Alliance Gateway 7.2

DTK for developer

testing in ITB

End Mar 2017 End Jun 2017

General availability

of Alliance and

SWIFTNet 7.2

release

End Sept 2018

End of support of

releases 7.0.x/7.1.x

Jul 2016


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Release 7.2 impact points: Alliance Access moves to 64-bit

SWIFT

network

SNL

7.2

SNL 7.2 Alliance

Gateway

7.2

SOAP proxy WSHA

RAHA

MQHA

Third Party

SWIFT Interface

Third Party

SWIFT Interface

Alliance

Access 7.2

AMH

MQHA

SOAP

AFT

ADK WS IPLA

Third Party

SWIFT Interface

SAA

64-bit

Requires Alliance

Gateway 7.2

Transparent to IPLA

packages and existing

web services

ADK components need

to be rebuilt

Transparent to

out-of-the-box adapters

AFT, MQHA, SOAP

ADK components with

GUI on Workstation

need alternative

Alliance Workstation

GUI retired

CAS

CAS retired


Applies to: Alliance Access/Entry, Gateway, Web Platform and SNL


Release 7.2 impact points: Operating System versions – server side

Migration flow

• Take a fresh environment

• Install new OS

• Install new Alliance software & import configuration data

Release 7.0 AIX 6.1

AIX 7.1

RHEL 6.4 Solaris 10

Solaris 11

Windows 2008 R2

Windows 2012

Release 7.2 AIX 7.2 RHEL 7.2

RHEL 6.7(*)

Solaris 11.3 Windows 2016

(*) RHEL 6.7 will only be supported till 2020

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Release 7.2 impact points: Operating System versions – client side

Release 7.0 Windows 7

Windows 8.1

Release 7.2 Windows 7

Windows 10

Internet Explorer 11

Firefox

Chrome

Edge


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• It has not been refreshed since release 7.0

• Normal usage moves CPU usage and/or

memory usage significantly over 60%

• Hardware provider will not support the

hardware on the new OS levels

• You plan significant business growth

• You plan to go from bare-metal to

virtualization

• It is less than 2 years old

• Normal usage needs less than 30% of

CPU and memory

• Hardware is explicitly supported by new

OS levels

• Message volumes are declining

Release 7.2 impact points: What does this mean for my hardware

Consider hardware replacement if Consider hardware re-use if

Reference hardware will be provided when software is released

Budget the same value as what

you have currently running


Service Proposal

R7.2 Migration package - Service Proposal

1. Project preparation 1.1 Sanity Check

2. Upgrade services

2.1 End-to-End project assistance

2.2 Migration Services

2.3 Implementation of mandatory changes prior to the migration

3. Training services 3.1 User Training on Alliance Web Platform GUI Interfaces

4. On-going maintenance 4.1 System Care / Local Support

5. Advisory services

5.1 Security Excellence review

5.2 Architecture review

Mandatory module

Optional module


Lite 2

Autoclient 1.2.2

• New configuration tool

• Security enhancements

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To be installed by

June



Integration

Back Office not designed to connect to

SWIFT

Discrepancy between internal message

formats and SWIFT formats

Yearly Standards updates to be applied

to applications

Multiple applications, multiplied

complications

Involvement of more than one vendor

and team

SWIFT

Clients

Service

Providers

Typical integration challenges


Connecting your back office to SWIFT can be very complex and requires specific expertise

Interfaces

Messaging services

A secure network

Applications

Reference data

Standards

Integrating your back office with SWIFT…

Sounds easy ?


Services

Appropriate integration

poduct

Combining services and the appropriate integration product to offer a true end-to-end solution

SWIFT’s approach to integration

Services and products


SWIFT's layered Integration and Interfaces solutions

Secure and

reliable

exchange with

the financial and

business world

Financial

networks

Providing and

managing the link

to SWIFT and

other proprietary

networks

Automating and

streamlining

message exchange

Orchestrating the

interaction with the

customer’s back office

systems

Increasing

interoperability

and efficiency

Reducing cost

and risk

IPLA

Fully embedded in Alliance Access

Seamless interaction with Alliance Access

routing rules

Benefits from Access operations, maintenance,

backup, resilience

GUI based configuration and transaction

monitoring via Web Platform

Search message capabilities via Web Platform.

Alliance Integration Platform (IPLA and SWIFT Integration Layer)

One product – 2 ways to deploy

SWIFT Integration Layer

Provides integration solutions for both Lite2

and Alliance Access

Independent from Alliance Access and main

message flow

Lightweight footprint for powerful integration

Connectivity to Alliance Access using Message

Partners (AFT, SOAPHA, MQHA)

Flexible setup: Different OS than Alliance

Access, can be hosted on the same machine

or a different one than Alliance Access


IPLA

GPI connector

APIs for SWIFTRef data access

IBAN validation

New features

SWIFT Integration Layer

GPI connector


Project management

Knowledge transfer and formal training

Functional

Analysis

Technical

Design Development Test Go Live Care

Advise on appropriate integration product

and required effort

Zooming in on the Integration part Across project lifecycle



AMH

REGULATION

COMPLIANCE IT OPERATIONS

LINES

OF

BUSINESS

MARKET

DRIVERS

─ Horizontal scalability

─ Zero downtime

─ Message

transformation

─ Centralized Monitoring

─ Bridge with sanction

filtering solution

─ Compliance

─ Anonymization

─ Faster implementation of

new business flows

─ Highly flexible

─ Free text search through

all transactions

─ Any Message Standard,

FIN, ISO2022, domestic,

proprietary

─ Integration with

MyStandards

─ Message & file volume

growth

─ Payment services

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AMH – Drivers


AMH – Drivers and features

• Consolidated infrastructure

• Integration flexibility

• Message management

• Orchestration

• Message management

• Inquiries and reporting

• Targeted in AMH 3.6 as configuration

• Resiliency

• Zero down-time

• 24/7 operations

• Separate STP from manual

handling

• Upgrades, Patches, Annual FIN

Standards

AMH

Multi-network

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Key AMH features


AM

H

GU

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AM

H

SE

RV

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AM

H

DE

SIG

NE

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Operating systems:

Oracle Solaris

IBM AIX

Windows family

Red Hat Linux

Application server:

Oracle WebLogic

IBM WebSphere

RedHat JBoss

ECLIPSE BASED

DESKTOP

AM

H

DB

JMS

MQ

Configuration Database server:

Oracle: Dataguard, RAC

Financial

Networks SWIFTNet

Traditional browsers

IE, Firefox

Other

Internal

Infrastructure requirements


Architecture & modularity

AMH

Other

Networks

SWIFT

network

DOMESTIC

FILES

FIN

20022

BUSINESS

APPLICATION

BUSINESS

APPLICATION

BUSINESS

APPLICATION

BUSINESS

APPLICATION

AMH and Back office

operators

AMH DOMESTIC TRAFFIC

AMH FileAct

AMH FIN

AMH FIN

AMH for MI & ISO20022

• Dedicated service per instance

• Agility to respond to business

• Segregation of flows

• Central monitoring

Unparalleled flexibility to

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AMH pre-configured vs standard version

Liquidation Mng. & Settlement Cycle

RMM Module

Power Search

Segregate STP and Manual Entry

Instances

Upgrades, Patches, Annual FIN Standards

Sanction Screening (FIRCO)

Message Flow Designer

Report Designer

Ref. Data Distribution

Standard Msg Searching

Feedback to Backoffice App

Handling

Manual intervention of STP messages

Custom Performance Tuning

DB Replication

Archiving

DB Partitioning

Config Mng.

RMA Validation of messages

Ext. Triggers

Validations (Format, Crossfield, FINCopy, Blacklist /Wht Lists

User Mng. (Auth / Athen)

Manual Message Entry

Dublication Checks

Generic Reports

Message Monitoring

SIC, SECOM

Other Network Channels

Request / Response mech. to enrich msgs

LAU – protecting msg transports to

Backends

Active – Active Setup

Blindkey Verification (SAA like)

SwiftNet Protocols (FileAct, Interact, FIN)

Transforming / Enhancing Msgs, DB

Lookups

Anonymisation of Msgs for Security

Triggering steps via business matching of

msgs

SAA to AMH transformation /

migration support

RJE Formatted File System Channel.

File System Backend Channel.

MQ Backend Ch

Standard offering

Pre-Configured

Business applications

AMH resiliency

AMH

SWIFT

network

Alliance Gateway

AMH AMH

Business applications

Alliance Gateway Alliance Gateway

Maximum

availability with

lower TCO

• Active-active

deployment by simple

configuration

• Zero downtime

• Continuous processing

• Duplication check

shared service

• Can be expanded to

additional data center

• Central monitoring

Performance • Proven to perform

under heavy message

load using relatively

minimal resources

• Publishes benchmark

with all supported

hardware vendors

Integration • Easy transformation

capabilities on the edge or as

part of the flow

• Powerful Request/ Response

interface to any back offices

• Real-time queries to external

tables

• Open database model

Resiliency • Zero downtime

• Operates in active-

active mode

• Automatic failover

• Automatic

reconnections and

retries ,

Scalability • Use minimal resources

and grow with your needs

• Gradual approach to

migrate Lines of Business

separately

Business continuity • Traffic never stops

• Respect Cut-off times

• Around the world high

availability

• End to end message

prioritization

Single window • Consolidation of all your messaging needs (e.g.

RTGS proprietary networks, internal traffic)

• One main screen for traffic monitoring or

channel control

• Interoperability and co-existence within multiple

standards

Flexibility • Support of different service’s SLA

• Applicable to various business

requests while reusing existing

components –fast time to market

• Direct connectivity to any external

archiving system

Key Benefits

Alliance Messaging Hub (AMH)


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