DISX SECURE COLLABORATION FLEX
Tailored secure collaboration aligned to defined control requirements
For organisations where standard collaboration models don’t quite fit – whether due to regulatory constraints, risk appetite, or the realities of how their programmes operate – DISX Flex provides a controlled way to adapt.
Rather than creating bespoke environments from scratch, DISX Flex operates within the established guardrails of the wider DISX Secure Collaboration platform. Controls are selected deliberately and mapped to assurance obligations, defined security boundaries, and the operational constraints of the programme.
The result is flexibility without fragmentation. Collaboration environments that reflect how organisations actually need to work, while maintaining the structure, traceability, and assurance expected in regulated settings.
Not every programme aligns neatly to a predefined collaboration profile.
DISX Flex is designed for scenarios where organisations need to operate across complex boundaries, integrate with existing environments, or meet specific assurance requirements that fall outside standard configurations.
This may include:
- Programmes involving multiple partners with differing security postures
- Integration with legacy or enterprise systems that cannot conform to standard models
- Requirements driven by programme-specific risk assessments or contractual obligations
- Situations where operational realities demand a more tailored approach to access, control, and data handling
DISX Flex adapts to the specific requirements of your programme while maintaining the structure, control, and assurance expected in regulated environments.
It removes the need to force complex or atypical requirements into fixed models, without introducing the risks typically associated with bespoke environments – fragmented control, limited auditability, and growing operational overhead.
The result is an environment that fits how you need to operate, while remaining consistent, governed, and defensible under scrutiny.
Each DISX Flex environment is shaped around specific control requirements.
Security controls, access policies, and configuration decisions are selected and mapped directly to assurance frameworks, organisational policies, and programme constraints. This ensures that the resulting environment is not only functional, but defensible under scrutiny.
The focus is on alignment rather than approximation – ensuring that the collaboration environment reflects the exact needs of the programme, without introducing unnecessary complexity.
Security Controls
DISX Secure Collaboration Flex is built using a zero trust architecture with layered technical controls.
- Secure Internet Gateway
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention
- Security Incident and Event Management
- Identity and Access Management
- SOC Monitoring and Audit-ready Logging
- Endpoint Protection and Security Tooling
- Patching and Vulnerability Management
- Denial of Service Protection
- Phishing Protection and Reporting
- Malware Protection
- Firewall Protection
DISX Flex operates within the same governed collaboration boundary, with identity, device posture, access control, and monitoring managed as part of a fully supported service. Onboarding, configuration governance, and through-life operation are handled by security-cleared personnel within a sovereign environment. This ensures that even tailored environments benefit from the same consistency, reliability, and operational discipline as standard DISX Secure Collaboration deployments.
Features
DISX Secure Collaboration Flex enables work under accredited assurance frameworks, supporting regulated collaboration and secure operational workflows in regulated delivery contexts, without compromising on capability and productivity.
Core Service
- Secure managed service providing collaboration and communications at OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE
- Sovereign cloud service, delivered by security cleared staff
- Dedicated environment with daily backups*
- Self-service portal, rapid phone and email support*
Assurance and Compliance
- DCC-ready
- CSMv4-aligned
- Secure by Design aligned
- DCPP and Cyber Essentials** compliant
- Backed by ISO 20000-1 certified IT Service Management
Connectivity and Collaboration
- Teams, Email (r.mil.uk and internet)*
- Microsoft 365 web and desktop apps*
- Internet browsing, printing, document Storage, PDF viewer
- Mobile device access (iOS/Android), custom domain, multi-team collaboration environment*
Access and Integration
- MOD Core Network (MCN), MODCloud and DEFNet access
- Access methods: Desktop, Laptop or Cloud Hosted Machine*
*Features vary depending on deployment requirements.
**DISX is designed in line with Cyber Essentials technical requirements, helping organisations meet key baseline controls as part of a managed environment. Certification itself is not included and must be achieved and maintained separately.
