Secure interoperability for defence.
Element is a combined secure messaging app and collaboration tool, designed to provide interoperable and scalable communication for unilateral and multinational use.
Federated network to connect partnering forces
End-to-end encryption and device verification
Digital sovereignty for each partner force
Decentralised for increased network resilience
Peer-to-peer connectivity for extreme environments
Open source and open standard
Secure collaboration for The Bundeswehr.
Discover how BWI and the German Armed Forces built on Matrix for its secure messaging and collaboration app, BwMessenger.
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Comprehensive C2 for partner forces.
Based on the Matrix open standard, Element makes it easy for national security operators to communicate across a secure and resilient network. It can even integrate with traditional systems, such as Microsoft Teams, Slack, Signal and WhatsApp.
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Trusted by governments worldwide
Use cases and deployments.
Disaster response operations
Element can connect cross-department and international teams, thrown together to respond to emergencies.
Police-led planned domestic operation
Enables HQs to establish easy-to-scale secure communication networks.
Multilateral maritime deployment
Element supports peer-to-peer and ultra-low bandwidth to increase C2 resilience across oceans.
Conventional military deployment
Secure and interoperable, Element provides a robust primary or contingency communication platform.
Connecting force elements.
End-to-end encrypted
Available both on-premise and in the cloud
Open standard for easy connectivity
Open network
(No walled garden, no vendor lock-in)
Peer-to-peer connectivity
(For Extreme Environments)
Native-feel bridging
(to other platforms and apps)
Digital sovereignty, on-premise and in the cloud.
The decentralised Matrix open standard supports both closed and open federation, and preserves each partner’s digital sovereignty.
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The Wave™: Secure Communications, Q3 2022.
Compare the top 12 secure communications providers and learn why Element receives the highest score possible in 14 criteria.
Unpacking the latest Secure Comms Wave.
Watch our CEO Matthew discussing how enterprise IT leaders can make better secure communication decisions ft. guests from Hexagon and Forrester.
Built on Matrix
Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralised communication, connecting 80M+ users over 80K+ deployments.
