Introducing Alliance Lifeline Ensuring business continuity when operations
Introducing Alliance Lifeline Ensuring business continuity when operations are disrupted Product Overview – Public June 2017
Cloud trends “Enterprises across all sectors, are either in the cloud, transitioning to the cloud, or thinking about making the idea of cloud a reality”* ü ü Outsourcing of technical infrastructure Lower complexity Lower TCO Reduced implementation time Focus on core business *Networkworld - What to think about when moving to the Cloud – 19 Sept 2016 Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018
Alliance Lifeline § Additional operations resiliency § Compliance to regulatory requirements § Focus on the most critical flows § Always available § Quickly back in business § Managed and operated by SWIFT § Worldwide 24/7 support Leveraging the SWIFT Cloud to ensure your business continuity if your operations are disrupted or compromised Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018
Alliance Lifeline Last resort – Disaster Recovery In SWIFT Cloud Main connection Back-offices Secondary site Primary site Core Interfaces Third party Provider Connectivity Third party Interface Alliance Lite 2 For Business Applications Alliance Access Alliance Gateway Customer infrastructure Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018 Alliance Lifeline Alliance Lite 2 Alliance Remote Gateway SWIFT Cloud Offering
Alliance Lifeline built on SWIFT Cloud connectivity SWIFT Cloud-based connectivity enables to exchange financial transactions with the community Alliance Lifeline Financial industry while benefitting from the same security attributes as other SWIFT core services Availability, Resiliency, ISAE 3000 Out of band connectivity Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018
Alliance Lifeline does not replicate the main infrastructure it is a last resort solution See service description on swift. com Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018 Primary site Backup site
Alliance Lifeline as an Out of band connectivity to SWIFT Light footprint Alliance Lifeline manual and automated flows Back-office Applications optional VPN Box § FIN § Interact § File. Act Standby 2 operational models Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018 Premium § Service activation prior usage § § Send at any time Service activation to receive + Increased control + Timely response
Service modes By default Alliance Lifeline is configured in Passive mode In case of emergency, you must contact SWIFT to request activation Activation Operator + Passive mode Active mode Authentication Notification Activation Alliance Lifeline remains Active until you request deactivation Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018
Activation scenarios Activation is performed according to pre-defined scenarios - Scenarios specify which services to activate on which environment and with which parameters Only one scenario upon activation Deactivation to reverse back to active mode Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018
Voice of the customer “ Building a disaster recovery solution in the Cloud is very cost effective, however it requires first class mastering of compliance, security and operational impacts. SWIFT, as a trusted operator, is your best counterparty to guarantee a fast and successful Alliance Lifeline solution implementation. ” Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018
Alliance Lifeline – Comprehensive Services Offering Operational Readiness End to end Project management Solution design Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018 Provisioning • Security set-up • SWIFTNet services configuration • Customisation • Activation scenario scripting Installation • Requirement assessment • Business Flow specification • Message processing flow specification • Activation scenarios definition • Procedure definition Sign-off Lifeline order • Customisation testing • Activation scenario testing • Procedure testing Testing
Be ready to respond Prepare Respond Recover § § § § Operators management Certificate management RMA(+) Messages templates Approval workflow definition Monitor service activations Process definition Trials Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018 Activation Authenticate Send/receive traffic Cancel messages Deactivation Message reconciliation Lessons learned
Operational readiness Customer maintenance activities • • • Certificates renewal Configuration change (customisation) RMA synchronisation with main interface Message templates maintenance BIC set-up configuration according to new business needs: § Services: FIN, Inter. Act, File. Act and Browse § Activation scenarios maintenance Customer activation/deactivation • • Testing 2 times a year On request Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018
Pricing Yearly subscription One-time setup fee Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018 includes 2 free activations per year Traffic charged as per standard SWIFT prices
Alliance Lifeline – Key features • • • Cost-effective ‘cold standby’ connection to SWIFT (based on Alliance Lite 2) Global 24/7/365 connection - activation on request Easy-to-use browser-based screens Light footprint Uses internet from any location - option to connect over SWIFT VPN Basic message reconciliation ─ Copy of messages exchanged over Lifeline during outage, ─ Report of last sent messages before outage available upon request • • • All SWIFT message types and standards, up to 5 LTs, user-defined delivery subsets Manual and automated operations SWIFT’s comprehensive operational service and support Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018
Light footprint - Auto. Client or Direct Link Auto Client Alliance Lite 2 File Back-office Applications FIN Inter. Act File MQ JDBC Direct Link VPN Box Alliance Lite 2 Web Services Back-office Applications Introducing Alliance Lifeline – January 2018 VPN Boxes mandatory Windows – Tokens and channel certificates Linux – channel certificates only
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