USA Banking Use Case

SIMPLE, SECURE, SCALABLE

In a world where everything is

being connected

CONNECTIVITY SCALING

Efficient Management

Minimal Personnel

Simple Interface

Unlimited Connections

COMPANY DEPLOYMENT

Installation in Hours

On-boarding in Minutes

Connections 8ms

Self Provisioning Receivers

VM Ware

Unique Device Specific Certificates

CONNECTION MANAGEMENT

External Authentication & Authorization

Dynamic Routing

Point to Point Encryption

Granular

SERVICES SUPPORTED

Web Applications

IoT Devices

PC’s

Customer Problem

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80,000 Bank Branches

500,000 ATMs

1, 940, 000 Employees

US Banking

VPN/OtherTech SpecializedTraining&Personnel

TooMuchAccess

Current Vendor Access

5 Connections / Branch

$5,000 / Connection / Year

$2B / Year + Risk

Banking is a widely distributed, vendor dependent operation. Each branch has an increasing number of vendor accessible systems including money machines, environmental control systems, security systems, ATMs, servers, and multiple PCs. Currently providing appropriate VPN based network access is costly, complex, inflexible, and extremely risky. The result:most vendors are required to provide on-site support.

Blacksands Secure Connection as a Service (SCaaS) is a Software Defined Connectivity Platform providing simple, secure, scalable connectivity for individual vendor / partner personnel to specified applications, PCs and IoT devices within a bank branch, while not exposing any unauthorized services - drastically reducing risk and exposure. Blacksands also provides a secure, frictionless experience for consumers accessing Apps.

Bank branch requires vendor supported , operation or repair & maintenance on an application, IoT system, or PC.

Branch manger has simple management of local services/devices - drag and drop vendor access to individual services. IT maintains global visibility and control of every connection.

Technician logs into Blacksands, (2 factor authentication) is presented with a list of accessible services, dynamically populated. Same process when on site ensures audit trail of every connection.

Connections can include full PC control, PC view only, web application, and web IoT devices.

Blacksands SCaaS is a single solution providing: • Simple deployment • Efficient management • Unparalleled security • Complete, near real-time, audit trail

USA Banking Use Case

Blacksands’ Secure Connection as a Service (SCaaS) reduces connectivity cost by upwards of 90% and reduce vendor connectivity risk to its absolute minimum.

Point to point encrypted connection brokered between technician’s device (laptop or handheld) and specific target service based on their device certificate credentials and authorization.