Lieutenant-General-Tukur-Yusuf-Buratai
Buratai Unveils Army
Lieutenant-General-Tukur-Yusuf-Buratai
Buratai Unveils Army Secured Information
Platform
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai
has unveiled Army Secured Information Platform (ASIP), as part of
efforts toward protecting its information.
With this development, all forms of communication and
correspondence within and between the various departments would now
be digitized in order to minimize the use of paper.
Buratai noted that ASIP, was upgraded from the NAWANI system
which has its server residing in NACWC with a storage capacity of
500 terabytes and backup storage of 112 terabytes.
Buratai further said “this platform is able to provide secure
emailing with end-to-end encryption functions within customised web
domain and revolutionary integration with text, voice and video
chat and conferencing. Additionally, it also enables sharing of
calendars and allotment of tasks for error proof planning and task
delegation.
“The system is custom built to provide real-time collaboration
between departments, formations and units”.
“The Platform is a secure web-based information sharing and
collaboration solution that was recently acquired by the NA. This
is in line with my vision of having a professionally responsive
Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional roles. In this
case, this launching is to afford the NA an efficient and robust
platform for paperless interactions that would ensure secure and
speedy communication of correspondence between the various
departments, formations and units in the NA while minimizing the
use of paper to the barest minimum”, he said
Hear him: “As seen from the demonstration of its features, the
platform is an upgrade from the NAWANI system. It has its server
residing in NACWC with a storage capacity of 500 terabytes and
backup storage of 112 terabytes. The platform is currently capable
of accommodating about 350 users for the initial roll out, with
additional provisions for expansion to accommodate more users in
the future.
He explained that the major requirement that was considered
before the acquisition of this platform was security and speed
amongst others. Consequently, this platform
According to him, “The solution has an integrated Document
Management System (DMS) which ensures that users files are
available at any time on all devices. The user-friendly Document
Management System also features easy documents sharing and fast
in-browser document editing incorporated within the comfort of
dedicated software application for desktop and mobile options. It
also features offline work or compatibility within all
applications.
Furthermore, in addition to its core functions, it also features
NA policy/procedures and news room modules designed to keep users
abreast with NA policies and news as soon as they are published.
More so, all NA social media accounts can be accessed through the
platform.
“As earlier mentioned, the initial roll-out on this platform
would be for 350 users while the second phase of the roll-out would
endeavour to capture other NA personnel.
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