Industries · Government & defence
AI that operates inside the boundary, not across it.
For classified and protected work, the question is not whether a tool is secure but whether it touches the outside world at all. Cloud AI always does. Electric Azimuth is built to run with the network boundary fully closed.
The specific risk
A single outbound connection can place protected material beyond the boundary.
A department uses a cloud AI tool to summarise briefing documents. The material now leaves the accredited environment and reaches an external processor whose location and sub-processors the department does not control. For classified work, that is not a policy breach to manage; it is a line that cannot be crossed.
The capability is still valuable — analysts and officers gain time on exactly the repetitive work AI handles well. The requirement is simply that the tool never reaches out. An on-premise system inside the accredited network meets that requirement by design.
Relevant solutions
Capabilities that run with the boundary closed.
Secure transcription
Verbatim records of briefings and interviews within networks that have no outbound connectivity.
Learn more → READDocument processing & redaction
Redact and process FOI responses and briefing material under your own governance.
Learn more → UNDERSTANDPrivate knowledge base
Search policy and reference material inside an accredited boundary, with citations.
Learn more →Compliance context
The standards a defence deployment must satisfy.
Government Security Classifications
Material classified OFFICIAL, SECRET, or TOP SECRET carries handling rules that a cloud service cannot meet. Deployments sit entirely within accredited networks, so analysis happens where the material already lives. Specific classification handling is scoped per engagement.
Cyber Essentials Plus
Cyber Essentials Plus adds an independent, hands-on technical audit to the base certification and carries real weight with MoD and wider public sector procurement. We treat it as a procurement gate, not a badge — current status is listed honestly on our compliance page.
Official Secrets Act
Protected information must not pass to an unauthorised party. A cloud AI processor is, by definition, an external party. Fully offline transcription and document analysis keep protected material inside the authorised boundary.
Accredited, air-gapped networks
Deployments require no outbound connectivity at any point. The system installs and runs inside a network with the boundary closed, which is the condition much classified work depends on.
A realistic deployment
Anonymised · illustrative
A defence-adjacent organisation in the South West needs to transcribe and analyse briefing material that cannot leave its accredited network. Cloud tools are out of the question, and remote support arrangements add their own risk.
Electric Azimuth installs the system inside the accredited environment, with no outbound connectivity, and a locally cleared team handles deployment and handover on site. Transcription and document analysis run entirely within the boundary; classification handling is scoped to the engagement; and support comes from a South West team able to attend in person rather than over a remote connection.
AI that respects the boundary you already defend.
Book a feasibility call, or request the briefing that sets out deployment within accredited networks and our certification roadmap.