Company Profile. Allied Engineering Group

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1 Company Profile Allied Engineering Group

2 Overview AEG was established in 1994 AEG Service Bureau was launched in 2003 Today AEG serves more than 800 Financial Institutions across the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South Asia AEG Service Bureau became #1 Worldwide in 2004

3 Business Growth 130 No. of Employees Countries Covered Manpower Growth % Market Expansion % 32.5 Annual Growth 25%

4 Our Branches

5 Our Market Expansion

6 Our Strategic Partners

7 Our Services and Solutions Payment & Reconciliation Business Continuity System Integration Service Bureau Security Compliance Professional Services Messages Reporting and Notification

8 AEG Service Bureau Launched on November 1st 2003 Service Bureau More than 470 customers are connected across more than 70 countries to date One of the largest Service Bureau in terms of members and SWIFT traffic 2 live backup/dr datacenter sites for automatic failover: Beirut, Lebanon Nicosia, Cyprus

9 AEG Service Bureau Service Bureau Key Benefits Reduce up-front and operational costs Always-on access Assured system backup and recovery Automatic failover Flexible and scalable Add-on services (name filtering, integration, backup, secure file transfer, DFA, reporting ) Business consultancy and technical assistance 24/7 Support Service

10 Our Solutions: AEG Service Bureau Service Bureau System Connectivity Service SmartConnect Fully-managed Service

11 AEG SB: System Connectivity Service AEG SB SAG VPN boxes HSM Bank Simplify your SWIFT infrastructure Reduce up-front and operational costs Benefit from implementation and support services AA/AE Workstation Printer

12 AEG SB: Fully-managed Service AEG SB SAG VPN boxes HSM Shared AA Bank Outsource your SWIFT infrastructure entirely Reduce up-front and operational costs Workstation Printer

13 AEG SB: Smart Connect Bank AEG SB SWIFT Alliance Printer VSAT direct point-to-point VPN connectivity Reliable and secure Flexible and scalable

14 Our Solutions: Payment and Reconciliation Payment and Reconciliation AEG Corporate Payment System (CPS) Bottomline GTMatch Corporate Bottomline GTMatch System

15 Corporate Payment System (CPS) Bank Corporation ISO ISO CPS or CPS Back Office Web-based payment solution SWIFT compliant Financial services messaging compliant Integrates with delivery interfaces Monitors transaction flow and status Secure message and file transfer via Local Authentication Unit RTGS Central Bank ACH

16 GTMatch System & GTMatch Corporate Data Acquisition Generic Securities Cash Forex Precious non-swift format Rules Engine Host Host Exceptions / Investigations Print database long-term archiving GUI

17 Our Solutions: System Integration System Integration AEG MidSys I AEG Broker STP AEG MidSys II AEG SmartClear

18 Our Solutions: System Integration System Integration IBM Sterling B2B Integrator IBM Sterling Control Center IBM Sterling File Gateway IBM Sterling Connect:Direct

19 MidSys I Bank Back Office MidSys Converter Engine SWIFT Server Converts messages and files into SWIFT internal format Supported types of messages: MT103, MT110, MT200, MT202, MT300, MT940 and MT950 The package can be customized on-demand to consider the particularity of any specific message type

20 MidSys II CMS Bank Internet Banking Incoming Messages Notification Outgoing Messages MidSys Engine Corporates BAS RTGS / ACH Handles financial processes in back-office applications Allows 2-way message conversion Allows cut-off time management and AML checks Generates outgoing messages Multiple Central Banks

21 SmartClear / Broker STP Bank Central Bank Back Office Smart Clear ISO ISO or RTGS/ ACH Provides end-to-end management of the clearing process Handles various types of transactions Customizable for specific requirement Accepts various formats (xml, excel, csv, txt ) SmartClear is implemented in: Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore, Congo-KI Broker STP is implemented in Lebanon as it applies to specific regulations imposed by BDL

22 B2B Integrator DMZ Sterling Secure Proxy Internet Corporates ITX B2B Integrator HTTP/S, FTP/S SFTP & C:D Customers IBM Sterling B2B Integrator helps you securely integrate complex B2B processes with your partner communities. IBM Transformation Extender provides core transformation and validation capabilities, particularly for high-volume and complex data.

23 File Gateway C:D Interface DMZ C:D Application A Web-based GUI Internet other protocols File Gateway Sterling Secure Proxy FTP/S, SFTP other protocols Application B A single, secure solution for Edge based file transfer Handles large files and high volumes in any format, any protocol, and any number of external connections Reduces costs and facilitates organizational efficiencies

24 Connect:Direct Internet DMZ C:D Interface files or files C:D Interface User C:D Node Sterling Secure Proxy C:D Node User Assures delivery via automated checkpoint restart and automatic recovery/retry File Agent allows automated scheduling and file processing due to predefined rules Ensures that your customer information stays confidential Handles your most demanding loads, from high volumes of small files to multi-gigabyte files Sterling Connect:Direct Secure+ supports TLS (1.0,1.1 &1.2) protocols Supports different platforms: e.g. AS400, ZOS, Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.

25 Control Center B2B files Control Center files C:D Node files C:D Node IBM Control Center tracks the critical events across your B2B and managed file transfer (MFT) software for improved operations

26 Our Solutions: Compliance Compliance Firco Filtering Suite AEG IBAN Validation Application AEG FATCA Reporting Tool

27 Our Solutions: Compliance Compliance AEG Sanction List Automation Tool AEG XML File Header Generator

28 Firco Filtering Suite: Firco Continuity SAA Passed Firco Continuity Hit Review Passed No Hit Hit Passed Decision Failed Lists Alert Rules Filter Firco Continuity (message filter) module used for real time filtering of incoming and outgoing transactions. If one or several hits are found on a message, the transaction will be held for review.

29 Firco Filtering Suite: Firco Trust / Due Diligence Report Firco Trust Hit Review Passed Decision Failed Alert Lists CIF BO Rules Filter Firco Trust (file filter) module designed to filter in batch mode files containing customer details (name, address, ID details ) as well as transactions.

30 US Transaction Identification Tool Bank Reporting DB + Search Engine US Transaction Identification Tool + Filter Engine User AEG US-Transactions Identification Tool is an application designed for SWIFT Alliance system to enhance its functionality and tracks US transactions for certain customers. The application extracts the files to be handled and it generates reports.

31 FATCA Reporting Tool Bank Signed FATCA User FATCA Reporting Tool Encrypted AEG has developed a tool that creates an XML FATCA report with the required validation, digital signature, encryption, and compression. Then it prepares the report for uploading on the US IRS portal by the bank and meets the IRS deadline window.

32 IBAN Validation Application Bank weekly updates of IBAN SEPA TARGET2 Web Services IBAN IBAN Validity Bank info Routing bank info SEPA info Web Interface IBAN Validation Application The Application is installed on an application server that can be called through web-services. It returns the validity of the IBAN number, country of origin, BIC code, branch name and address (if any) and the account number. It includes in the response whether the country is part of SEPA or not

33 Sanction List Automation Tool Internet Filter Download Updated Lists List Automation Tool Official Lists Internal List AEG Tool automatically downloads and imports the updated lists Downloaded lists are merged with internal lists to form one global list used by FircoSoft Filter

34 XML File Header Generator Tool Bank A BO Payload SAA Header Generator Header MT FileAct Bank B User GUI The AEG File Header Generator Tool creates header files that are needed to accompany the payload created by the bank s Back Office Application. The application provides a GUI Interface to specify the configuration that is needed in the header files related to FileAct.

35 Our Solutions: Business Continuity Business Continuity Smart FT Smart Backup Smart HA/DR Smart Monitor

36 SmartFT Node 0 FT PROTECTED Node 1 FT PROTECTED Windows VM App A Disks App A Disks Windows VM Linux VM App B Disks App B Disks Linux VM Availability Extensions KVM Virtualization Availability Extensions KVM Virtualization Network Storage Storage Network Business Network Management Network

37 Smart HA/DR Automated Failover & Network Redirection Files Apps DB Monitoring Replication Windows, Linus & Unix on Physical or Virtual Servers LAN / WAN Physical or Virtual Replica Servers Local & Remote Users

38 Smart Monitor Physical Servers Virtual Machines Smart Monitor Parameters Windows Events Processes & Services Application Events SNMP traps SYSLOG Events Centralized Dashboard /SMS Notification Remediation Tasks Detailed Reports Hypervisors Network Devices Comprehensive virtual monitoring: no hypervisor limitation Citrix XenCenter / Vmware VCenter Integration Not just virtual servers (Windows apps, Citrix, Linux/Unix variations, RedHat, Solaris, HP-UX and IBM AIX) Intelligent agent and agent-less capability Customized rules

39 Smart Backup Application Servers RP Recovery Options: Partial Restore BMR Virtual Standby Virtual Machines RP RPS Compression Encryption Deduplication RP RP WAN optimized offsite replication RPS RP Desktops RP RP RP Local copy SAN/NAS Tape Library RPS Recovery Point Server Global Dedup

40 Our Solutions: Security Security Security Assessment AEG Local Authentication Unit Dual-factor Authentication HSM

41 Security Assessment Security Assessment is performed as per SWIFT s Customer Security Control Framework The outcome is a report including risks found and corresponding recommendations

42 Dual-factor Authentication + PIN OTP Client Login using 2 factors Web interface Operating System OR Application Multi-factorauthentication Server

43 Local Authentication Unit - LAU Outgoing Messages Web Services + LAU Outgoing MT + LAU Outgoing AEG LAU Back Office SAA Incoming Messages Web Services + Incoming MT + LAU Incoming AEG LAU Back Office SAA In batch mode, LAU can work directly from the BO without Web Services

44 Our Solutions: Message Reporting and Notification Reporting & Notification AEG Trans-Rep AEG AckView AEG Duplicate Detection Application AEG Notify

45 AEG Trans-Rep Bank SWIFT Server live sync via ODBC AEG Trans-Rep Database Server data request via ODBC AEG Trans-Rep Application Server GUI Web Interface AEG Trans-Rep has a message viewing interface Allows search in the database according to different criteria Displays the header and text information of the retrieved messages Offers manual tracking of messages already posted in accounting

46 AEG Duplicate Detection Application - DDA No Duplicate Detected Alliance Access SWIFT message DDA Engine Operator Duplicate Detected Accepted Authorized Users GUI Rejected Back to Operator For Modification Detects duplicate SWIFT messages GUI interface indicates whether the duplication is full or partial AEG DDA runs on the Alliance Access system in real-time mode Operator

47 AEG SMS and Notification System (AEG Notify) SAA ADK Customers DB SMS notifier Reporting DB BO Application SMS Server Internet GSM Customer s Mobile Integrates completely with SWIFT system and with telecom services Retrieves necessary information in real-time mode Saves administrators from unnecessary manual work

48 AEG AckView Bank SAA AckView Server Compatible with SA and SE systems Supports all types of SWIFT messages (MT1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx, 6xx, 7xx, 8xx, 9xx) Exports files in different formats: PDF, Text, Excel, etc. Recognizes duplications and takes action as per preset configuration

49 Our Solutions: Professional Services Professional Services Support Training Consulting

50 Support We like to think of Support as a major strength or advantage that we possess and hold at the disposal of our clients. AEG Support is a 24-hour service, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We have our elite engineers on-call and ready to help in any enquiry via phone, , or on site whenever and wherever needed.

51 Consulting As a consultant, we study the business needs of the client, understand the challenges and problems they are facing by undertaking gap analysis, risk analysis, security assessment, etc. Eventually, we prescribe the technical requirements and solutions based on our findings. Then, we go further through intervention and implementation of the needed solutions and providing all the necessary support.

52 Training AEG offers a number of administrative and technical training courses. Training sessions are given by certified trainers and professionals, and trainees are granted a certificate of the corresponding course by AEG.

53 Thank you Allied Engineering Group 2017