Tactical Edge & DDIL: security that doesn't need a connection
JADC2 pushes data and intelligence capability to forward-deployed platforms — environments where connectivity is denied, disrupted, intermittent, or limited by design of the adversary. Conventional key management assumes infrastructure the tactical edge doesn't have: reachable KMS endpoints, HSMs, certificate authorities. When connectivity drops, key management either fails closed (mission data inaccessible) or fails open (keys cached locally on a device that can be captured). Security posture degrades exactly when the environment is most contested.
HyperSphere DNA™ (Data Neutralization Appliance) operates across distributed local storage backends with no central key infrastructure and no stored keys — so there is nothing to cache and nothing to capture. Encrypted frames are replicated identically across those backends; a device or storage node that falls into adversary hands holds only ciphertext — cryptographically inert without the keys, which are never stored alongside the data. Posture is identical on day one, day one hundred, and through complete network isolation.
HyperSphere DNA is OEM-deployed within Cubic DTECH tactical edge platforms — environments where managing keys isn't operationally possible.
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Compliance & frameworks. HyperSphere DNA uses NIST-standardized cryptographic algorithms and a FIPS-aligned cryptographic architecture. It supports selected CMMC Level 2 and NIST SP 800-171 security requirements, and supports data-protection and access-control architectures for organizations handling export-controlled information. It is designed for deployment within architectures targeting DoD IL4/IL5 requirements, subject to hosting environment, configuration, assessment, and authorization; HyperSphere is not itself IL4- or IL5-authorized or certified. HyperSphere provides technical capabilities that support a customer's implementation of applicable security and compliance requirements. Compliance, certification, authorization, and breach determinations depend on the customer's complete environment, configuration, policies, operations, and assessment scope.