See Orion’s Push-to-Talk (PTT) 2.0 for Special Operations Forces

Each year, National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) hosts the Special Operations Forces Conference (SOFIC), bringing members of the special forces community together to discuss the latest challenges facing U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and the defense industry and opportunities to enhance operations and embrace innovation.

The newest military-grade technology is a primary feature of SOFIC as special operations forces (SOF) search for next-generation tools that support the demands of their missions now and in the future. This year, Orion will join Carahsoft to showcase how Orion’s innovative PTT 2.0 transforms frontline teams.

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Here are four ways PTT 2.0 benefits special operations forces:

#1 Voice AI Bots that help frontline teams respond faster and accomplish more with the same resources.

Voice AI Bots participate in Orion PTT talk groups and are always on and always ready to perform complex, multi-step workflows that offload routine processes, respond to voice queries, and perform tasks based on commands, events, and actions. SOF teams use Voice AI Bots to increase efficiency and amplify their abilities on the go with automated workflows like checklists, geofence or location-based triggers, emergency or all call alerts, language translation, and more.

#2 All communications are secure with end-to-end encryption (E2EE).

E2EE is non-negotiable for military-grade communication technology. Orion PTT 2.0 incorporates E2EE from the foundation up, meaning special operations forces can confidently rely on our technology to communicate via voice, text, photos, videos, and files such as PDFs. All messages are end-to-end encrypted using AES-256 with ephemeral keys and are compliant with the FIPS 140-2 standard.

#3 3rd-party integrations bring voice into crucial special ops solutions.

Field and government technology like ATAK (Android Team Awareness/Tactical Assault Kit), geospatial systems like ESRI, and more are critical to staying situationally aware in the field. Orion PTT 2.0 uses its API layer and integrations to enable teams to give voice to these systems and access valuable data in third-party systems while heads up and on the go.

#4 Voice-first communications connect teams over any range, location, or device.

Special operations forces cannot be limited by range, geography, or device when communicating with their teams or operational command centers. Orion PTT 2.0 removes these constraints supporting its platform over any device and any IP connection, whether LTE (public or private), Wi-Fi, satellite, or mesh. This flexibility promotes instant scalability access to meet the demands of any mission on a local, regional, and global level.

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Push-to-Talk 2.0 for Special Operations Forces

PTT 2.0 transforms the way frontline SOF teams communicate with a sophisticated platform that meets all their requirements, including voice, text, photos, videos, and files such as PDFs. Special operations forces can now collaborate with their teams or USSOCOM on a solution built hand in hand with the intelligence community to meet the industry’s mission-critical communications and strictest security requirements.

Stop by Carahsoft Booth #636 on the morning of Wednesday, May 18 for a demo or anytime during the conference to say hello!

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Orion and Carahsoft Share 5 Reasons Push-to-Talk (PTT) 2.0 Is Critical for Dynamic Field Operations

Field operations communications professionals from FEMA, the Department of Defense, and other government agencies recently joined Orion and Carahsoft for a webinar featuring Mort Jensen, Orion VP of Channels and Partnerships, and Greg Albrecht, Orion Co-Founder and Advisor. In the 30-minute webinar, Jensen and Albrecht covered how legacy technology limits field ops communication.

Legacy technology like radios or overly simple and non-secure chat apps constrain team communication and incident response with low-quality audio, poor range, lack of security, and limited capabilities.

Today’s dynamic field operations need real-time communication that enhances, modernizes, and transforms operations for the better. Field ops teams need innovative technology like Push-to-Talk (PTT) 2.0 with Voice AI Bots designed with the Intelligence Community in mind.

See what Jensen and Albrecht have to say about the transformative abilities of PTT 2.0 in the 30-minute webinar.

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Why Field Operations Communication Requires PTT 2.0 and Voice AI Bots

Throughout the 30-minute webinar, “The Future Of Field Ops Communication And Incident Response,” Jensen and Albrecht will share 5 major problems with current field operations communication and how PTT 2.0 transforms the way field personnel and frontline workers operate.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to:

• Equip field teams with the latest voice AI PTT 2.0 technology
• Respond faster to incidents using voice-activated, real-time workflows
• Ensure end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and security requirements are met
• Integrate other high-value solutions like ATAK into your communication solution

Speakers:

Mort Jensen
Vice President of Channels and Partnerships
Orion

Greg Albrecht
Co-Founder and Advisor
Orion

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Orion Partners With TransLoc to Support Sedona’s New Transportation Service

SAN FRANCISCO, April 5, 2022 — Orion Labs, Inc., the only voice-first Push-to-Talk 2.0 intelligent communication platform for transportation operations, today announced The City of Sedona selected Orion in partnership with TransLoc, a leading innovator in transit technology. Orion will provide frontline communications for the city’s new fixed-route service transporting passengers to and from regional destinations. The City of Sedona’s microtransit drivers, dispatch team, and supervisors will rely on Orion for real-time voice-first and multimedia communication, real-time driver locations, and urgent incident response. Orion’s PTT 2.0 will complement TransLoc’s fixed-route transportation management system.

During peak season, the City of Sedona’s population more than doubles, creating traffic delays and backups. The COVID-19 pandemic drove an even more significant tourism surge to the City of Sedona, requiring a solution to address the congestion and mobility needs of residents, visitors, and commuters. The city sought to address this congestion and improve its quality of life and visitor experience by launching new public shuttle services.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped transportation habits in cities like Sedona nationwide as tourists turn towards domestic travel,” said Jackson Lake, TransLoc Director of Sales. “Orion and TransLoc are the ideal partners to support the City of Sedona’s transportation planning and new transit service. We look forward to partnering with the City of Sedona as they build a robust, adaptable transportation system ready to serve residents and visitors now and in the future.”

TransLoc and Orion both use Open APIs to integrate their platforms on a single device and provide exceptional operational control, real-time driver visibility, and instant, reliable communications. The platforms run together on tablets with GPSLockbox mounts in every vehicle. Dispatchers manage drivers and routes via the web-based Orion Dispatch Console.

Orion provides reliable, always-on, real-time voice communications between dispersed, on-the-go shuttle drivers and dispatchers. Dispatchers use Orion Dispatch Console to respond to drivers and facilitate seamless 1:1 or group communication environments. Orion Voice AI Bots automate tasks like Emergency Response, Language Translation, and Status or Radio Checks. Orion enables organizations to archive all messages for safety, compliance, and incident reports.

“Orion’s PTT 2.0 supports frontline operations with an innovative Unified Communications strategy that drives success across industries such as transportation, hospitality, retail, logistics, and more,” said Gregory Taylor, Orion CEO. “Building on our success with Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Orion continues to earn new transportation customers as both fixed-route and on-demand operators innovate to competitively transform services and reduce costs. I am pleased to welcome The City of Sedona as Orion’s newest transportation customer.”

The Orion PTT 2.0 Platform for Transportation transforms how transportation organizations operate. Orion supports a superior rider experience and driver and passenger safety with the platform’s patented Voice AI Bots and platform integrations. Orion future-proofs transportation operations using its Voice AI Bots and integrations to deliver value-added services, process automation, instantaneous support during urgent situations, and on-the-go access to critical information. The Orion platform offers an easy onboarding process and improves employee engagement with real-time language translation and voice-first multimedia communication with voice, text, photos, videos, and files such as PDFs.

About Orion

Orion is the leading voice-first, cloud-based Push-to-Talk 2.0 (PTT 2.0) intelligent platform for frontline Unified Communications. Orion’s patented Voice AI Bots and platform integrations deliver value-added services, automate routine processes, respond instantaneously in critical situations, and amplify team member knowledge. The platform improves frontline team productivity, safety and compliance, and customer and staff engagement.

Orion was recently named a Top 10 Intelligent Transport Systems Solution Provider for 2021 by Logistics and Transportation Review, a Top 10 Industrial IoT Solution Provider 2020 by Manufacturing Technology Insights, and an IDC Innovator. Orion holds 55 patents that support its award-winning solutions. For more information, visit www.orionlabs.io.

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Jacqueline Wasem
Orion Labs, Inc.
415-800-5467
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Field Teams and Push-to-Talk (PTT) 2.0

Real-time communication is critical for dynamic field operations. However, many frontline teams still rely on legacy tech like radios or overly simple and non-secure chat apps. Team communication suffers due to low-quality audio, poor range, lack of security, and limited capabilities. Instead, field teams need Push-to-Talk 2.0 (PTT 2.0) that uses Voice AI Bots to dramatically modernize and innovate communications.

Orion is the leading voice-first intelligent communication and collaboration platform built specifically for unified communication operations. Orion’s collaboration platform is end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) and equipped with real-time push-to-talk 2.0 using smart devices, geolocation, voice-enabled AI, intelligent workflow automation, intelligence amplification, and analytics for agencies looking to digitally transform their frontline teams.

Join our upcoming webinar with Carahsoft to learn the full benefits of modernized, innovative communications.

Wednesday, March 23, 2022
2:00 PM ET
60 Minutes

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Register now to learn how a voice-first intelligent communication platform can help your teams:

• Utilize unlimited range push-to-talk 2.0 (PTT 2.0) in emergency situations
• Communicate in dynamic environments with End-to-End Encryption
• Bridge communication to any network or device, including Land Mobile Radios and VoIP
• Use any smartphone or tablet, including ruggedized devices and accessories
• Coordinate and centralize operational visibility with geolocation of each team member
• Automate processes with intelligent voice workflows
• Enhance situational intelligence and improve reaction for incident response

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Speakers include:

Greg Albrecht
Co-Founder and Advisor
Orion

Mort Jensen
Vice President of Channels and Partnerships
Orion

Wednesday, March 23, 2022
2:00 PM ET
60 Minutes

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Top 4 Takeaways from DoDIIS 2021

The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) recently convened its annual Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference in Phoenix. The discussion centered on the urgent need to prepare the government’s technological infrastructure to meet new challenges in the years ahead.

We heard how frontline communication is a critical component of this infrastructure. In today’s landscape, this means that not just any push-to-talk (PTT) solution will do for government operations.

Planning for the Future of Government Field Operations

Before we even built the Orion platform, we were compelled by the complex and dynamic needs of government agencies. We reevaluated push-to-talk and built a platform that moved beyond the limitations pervasive across the communications industry. Orion didn’t just build another push-to-talk platform, we radically modernized communications and architected our PTT 2.0 platform with the Intelligence Community in mind.

Our commitment to innovating frontline communications aligns with Defense and Intelligence community directives that were front and center at DoDIIS 2021. Here are our top four takeaways on the future of field communications within intelligence and defense, including details on the critical role of Orion’s PTT 2.0 in making this future available today:

#1: End-to-End Encryption and Data Security Are Paramount to Frontline Communication Technology

Today’s Defense and Intelligence teams need technology to help them act faster and smarter, but they cannot compromise on security and encryption. In fact, it’s imperative that any technology used by the Intelligence Community exceeds the pace of cyber threat developments.

Orion’s end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is built into the very fabric of Orion’s platform. No other push-to-talk (PTT) platform offers this level of foundational security. Instead, inferior PTT solutions have attempted to find security workarounds after entering the market. The reality is that after-the-fact patches lack proper E2EE protocols and are not suitable to support government operations today or in the future.

Defense and Intelligence field teams are able to confidently rely on Orion’s platform knowing its security complies with the highest levels by the federal government. Teams securely communicate on the go on any device, with voice, text, photos, videos, and files such as PDFs. Each message is end-to-end encrypted using AES-256 with ephemeral keys and is compliant with the FIPS 140-2 standard which protects proprietary and sensitive information and communications. In addition to public cloud deployments, the Orion platform supports private cloud deployments as well as on-premise or air-gapped.

Learn about Orion’s end-to-end encryption.

#2: Frontline Technology Should Help Field Teams Do More With Less

Orion’s Push-to-Talk 2.0 (PTT 2.0) radically transforms communications with Voice AI Bots and platform integrations. Orion’s patented Voice Bots participate in talk groups and provide cutting-edge, innovative solutions to help frontline government operations do more with less.

These bots enable teams to offload routine processes triggered by voice commands, events, or actions. Team members also use voice commands to activate third-party integrations and access value-added services like real-time language translation and transcription.

Orion Voice Bots also perform complex, multi-step workflows. Take the example of an emergency alert. Voice-commands like “Code Blue” start an escalation that sends an email or SMS, an audio recording, and geolocation information to predetermined team members, kicking off rapid and targeted responses to any emergency that arises. Geofences or inactivity for a set amount of time can also trigger emergency response workflows.

Learn about Orion’s Voice AI Bots.

#3: Communications Should Interoperate with Field Team and Government Technology

Government technology ecosystems contain vast data stores critical to successful missions. At DoDIIS, Intelligence and Defense experts expressed that how desked and deskless teams access that information will be a critical component of building the right tech stack to take on the future. One “how” that is often overlooked is voice.

Orion’s secure platform offers seamless accessibility and gives voice to government systems by integrating with third-party technology. Teams use voice to access critical information while remaining heads up and aware. Team members easily amplify their knowledge by connecting to systems or obtaining best-practice manuals, guides, or mission information right from the field and on-demand.

Orion’s patented API layer changes the game by enabling teams to leverage valuable data within third-party solutions to increase situational awareness. For example, Orion location data combined with the ability to initiate communications bolster operations and response with platforms like ATAK (Android Team Awareness/Tactical Assault Kit), geospatial systems like ESRI, and more.

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#4: Field Teams Need Solutions That Connect Over Any Network, Device, and Location

Too many communications systems lock users into networks, devices, and platforms that are unable to scale or force deployment limitations. These constraints no longer meet the dynamic needs of the modern-day Intelligence Community.

The Orion Platform is designed to operate on any network, enabling communication over any distance. In fact, there is no gap in where teams can operate. Communications are available on a local, regional, and global level — allowing teams to connect over any IP connection, whether LTE (public or private), Wi-Fi, satellite, or mesh. Orion is also device-agnostic and configurable to meet the needs of any field operation worldwide.

Learn more about Orion’s broad device support.

Push-to-Talk 2.0 (PTT 2.0) and Transforming Frontline Defense and Intelligence Communications

Like the experts at DoDIIS, we agree that it’s time to modernize the government’s technological infrastructure, especially when it comes to field team communications. Field teams need the ability to communicate securely with voice, text, photos, videos, and files such as PDFs. By collaborating on the go and on one device, they become more effective at their missions.

Orion architected PTT 2.0 to help defense and intelligence agencies meet their evolving communication and collaboration requirements — today and in the years to come.

Learn how Orion’s Push-to-Talk 2.0 can transform your field team operations.

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See Orion’s Cutting-Edge Communication and Collaboration Platform for Government Field Teams and Operations

Today’s global security environment is increasingly complex. This year, innovators and experts across the Defense and Intelligence Communities will soon gather to discuss Foresight 20/20: Building a New Digital Ecosystem at the 2021 Department of Defense Intelligence Information System (DoDIIS) Worldwide Conference.

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The communication and collaboration technology that Defense and Intelligence teams use is critical to building a new digital ecosystem. Orion’s Push-to-Talk (PTT) 2.0 offers field teams the opportunity to digitally advance beyond outdated communications methods like analog or digital Land Mobile Radios or even using multiple devices to meet all communication requirements.

Now, Defense and Intelligence teams can unlock the transformation needed to compete and thrive against today’s challenging global threats. Orion’s Push-to-Talk 2.0 digitally transforms government operations teams with:

Secure, Flexible Communications

Orion’s PTT 2.0 offers a new alternative to dated and unsecure communication tools. The intelligent collaboration platform starts with voice PTT communication and adds text, picture, video, and file sharing, so frontline teams can remain heads up while on missions but also have the flexibility in how they share information. This ability enhances situational intelligence and improves field team incident response.

Dynamic communication groups are table stakes for today’s field teams. Orion’s PTT 2.0 enables government operations to spin up and close down 1:1 or group communications instantly. Team members can rapidly share information with relevant personnel, key subject matter experts, or response teams.

Secure communications are also a core part of Orion’s collaboration platform. Orion’s PTT 2.0 platform and message service is end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) at AES256 level with ephemeral keys and is certified to the FIPS 140-2, NSA Suite B cipher to protect your proprietary and sensitive information, communications, and — most important — your deskless workers.

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Connectivity Over Any Network, Any Device, Anywhere

The Department of Defense and Intelligence Community oversee dynamic field operations across the globe and need a reliable communication and collaboration platform that supports each mission’s unique needs. To this end, Orion’s PTT 2.0 platform helps field teams and operations centers stay connected over any network, any device, and anywhere.

Field teams can use any smartphone or tablet, including ruggedized devices and accessories, and instantly connect with team members or operations centers with unlimited range over any available network. The Orion Platform also offers the ability to bridge communications with land mobile radios (LMR), Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Deployment options include in-cloud, on-premise, or air-gapped.

Centralized Operational Visibility

Field teams and operations centers rely on complete situational awareness and actionable insights to keep team members safe and operationally effective. Orion’s PTT 2.0 platform enhances operational visibility with the geolocation of individual team members, so each unit and dispatcher are always in sync.

Leaders use the location and multimodal communications intelligence that Orion’s PTT 2.0 provides to gain a complete, real-time view of on-the-ground operations. Ultimately, teams can use this information to improve decision-making, safety, and incident response.

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Voice-Activated Automation and Integrations with Field Team Technology

Field teams need cutting-edge, innovative solutions that help them do more with less. Orion’s communication and collaboration platform automates processes with intelligent Voice AI Bots and workflows that serve as added team members in talk groups. The always-on Bots respond to voice queries and perform tasks based on commands, events, and actions.

Bots support routine activities like incident reporting by recording and archiving all metadata like communications and geolocation information for future analysis (unless mission parameters require all information wiped upon completion, of course). Bots can respond to voice queries for info from manuals, guides, or documents or help with real-time language translation to improve response and context.

Orion’s Voice Bots provide an advantage for field teams facing complex missions or adversaries. Teams use Orion Voice Bots to bolster their communication by integrating with critical field team technology. Solutions like ATAK (Android Team Awareness/Tactical Assault Kit) support precision targeting, surrounding land formation intelligence, situational awareness, navigation, data sharing, and more. Teams can now access these critical solutions via voice, remaining heads-up and situationally aware.

See How Orion Transforms Government Operations

Modern, intelligent communication and collaboration technology is a critical component in building a better digital ecosystem for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. Orion’s Push-to-Talk 2.0 platform provides the digital transformation field teams need to remain competitive in today’s global security environment.

Are you interested in learning more? Let’s connect in Phoenix at DoDIIS 2021 and discuss how Orion can help your operations.

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Orion Ensures Your Frontline Communications Are Always Secure

The business-critical imperatives for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) and information security grow more important year over year. Concerns for the protection of organizational and employee information continue to heighten, and a growing number of new legislative mandates govern how companies should handle data.

Long-term operational plans must focus on the security of operational data and the resiliency of its technology. However, this requires unique considerations for organizations with a distributed, deskless workforce.

Enterprises with frontline operations manage much of their transactional and data-driven activities at their deskless workforce’s point-of-work. This means that important revenue and profit-driving work happens outside of corporate buildings or offices with computers relying on traditional IT methods to keep data secure. Instead, operations are dispersed with deskless workers in the field, on the warehouse or distribution center floor, driving vehicles, or in retail stores serving customers.

We support enterprises as they digitally transform their deskless workforce with our intelligent, voice-first collaboration platform. The data generated by deskless work often includes sensitive or proprietary information like customer information or transactions, Personal Identifiable Information (PII), or real-time location of assets. This calls for the same emphasis on data security expected for back-office functions handling sensitive information.

The Orion Platform meets this need and is the only intelligent collaboration solution designed with the highest level of protection and E2EE. Every message, all the time, from anywhere.

Why E2EE Matters to Your Organization

Our customers choose The Orion Collaboration Platform to boost organizational productivity and collaboration within teams, a division, or enterprise-wide. Sometimes, security, encryption, and technology requirements are siloed into different parts of an organization. This means frontline tools like radios or simple PTT apps often remain outside the purview of IT security, privacy, and data teams, increasing potential exposure.

Encrypted enterprise communication is a business-critical, table-stakes, organizational priority. CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs spend their days dedicated to building, protecting, and safeguarding their organization’s data. Orion combines the functional goals of our customers to increase productivity with the needs of their organization’s information and technology security requirements and corporate governance demands.

5 Ways Orion Ensures Your Frontline Communications Are Always Secure

Orion is your organization’s deskless workforce communications operational system of record. As such, we know our platform must deliver the same degree of data security as any other transactional or accounting system of record that houses proprietary or confidential information.

Here are five ways Orion offers the highest level of security for your business:

#1 – We Architected Security and Encryption Into the Foundation of Our Technology

The Orion Platform is a new category of collaboration. We purposefully made encryption a core pillar of our software, governing how all transmissions and content sent over Orion are kept secure, as well as how our company and employees interact with Orion customers’ data.

Orion provides confidentiality, integrity, and transport security of all communications across our platform. Every message, from voice, text, photo, or file, is encrypted at the point of origin and can only be decrypted by users authorized to receive the messages. Messages are encrypted in transit and only decrypted by authorized edge devices using an ephemeral key (“use once”) with levels that range from advanced consumer-level encryption to full FIPS 140-2.

This means that neither Orion nor any other 3rd party can access the content of messages sent over our platform.

Other push-to-talk (PTT) providers don’t place this level of importance on encryption, but we believe it is critical to your business. We committed to building the highest level of security and encryption into the foundation of the platform on Day One — whereas other platforms have attempted to bolt on limited security approaches after the fact. Similarly, radios are increasingly problematic for the teams that rely on them for secure communications.

Existing analog radio systems and messaging apps used by many organizations are unable to prevent 3rd party intercepts and provide no message security or integrity. This means anyone can listen, or worse, impersonate your staff. Workarounds for these threats often require wholesale reconfiguration of all systems and are cumbersome and expensive.

Radios and limited-PTT apps inherently cannot offer the advanced level of security and encryption that today’s organizations require.

#2 – We Encrypt Everything, Including Voice and Multimedia Data

Deskless workers require multiple modes of secure collaboration that support how work gets done on the frontline at a given moment. They need the ability to communicate and collaborate via voice, text, file, video, or picture, with all of these options available to them at all times, on one device, in one app, and in one user experience.

We will continue to support the multimodal experience required for frontline work, ensuring each message sent maintains our E2EE messaging standards.

Each voice, text, file, video, or image interaction also contains important metadata such as user, team, time, location, and who heard it. The Orion Platform repurposes the full message transaction and metadata to enable a true strategic advantage — operational control, process automation, situational awareness, intelligence amplification, and analytics.

Our customers are assured that this wealth of strategic information is always secure and encrypted along with each message sent or received.

#3 – We Encrypt Group Communications in Dynamic and Static Scenarios

Orion allows users to create and configure unlimited groups. Whether the groups are part of a team’s structure, made on the fly, or required in urgent or dynamic situations, Orion’s secure group encryption protocol protects messages in transit and at rest, assuring the same security for every group.

Devices using The Orion Platform for communications each get an individual encryption key under a Per Message Encryption Scheme. This Ephemeral Key Cryptography ensures future privacy even after the message is sent.

This combination of Orion’s Per Message Encryption Scheme and the Ephemeral Key Cryptography creates the most secure platform for what becomes the enterprise voice operations system of record.

#4 – We Have Zero Access to Your Data

Often, collaboration and communication platforms design their platform to monitor or see their users’ information traffic. This makes customer data vulnerable to hacks.

All messages sent across our platform are encyrpted in transit and at rest.

We take E2EE further with end-point-to-end-point encryption, which means your data is always and only your data. Our customers can be assured that their data is fully secured at their point of use without an external or third-party vulnerability.

#5 – We Future-Proof Orion’s Encryption So You Don’t Have to Worry

We maintain the highest industry standards of E2EE. Our encryption levels are based on open-source standards regularly and routinely reviewed and maintained by cybersecurity experts. These experts set industry-wide encryption protocols that meet the most stringent security standards and safeguard against new threats.

We actively monitor and participate in the industry-wide progression of E2EE protocols. We keep evolving our standards, so our customers don’t have to.

Orion Is Committed to Providing Our Customers With the Most Secure Collaboration Platform, Now and In the Future

There are many essential features and functionality to consider when searching for frontline collaboration platforms. However, if your organization is exploring a solution without E2EE, you need to reconsider.

We’ve architected our platform with the best practices for E2EE, so our customers never have to worry. Learn more about Orion’s secure collaboration platform for deskless workers.

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Powerful Intelligent, Multimodal Communication Solution Now Available Through Carahsoft’s SEWP V and ITES-SW2 Contracts

SAN FRANCISCO, Ca and RESTON, Va. – August 5, 2021 – Orion Labs, Inc., the leading voice-first, intelligent collaboration platform that empowers deskless workers, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, today announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Orion’s Master Government Aggregator® to bring Orion’s industry-leading frontline collaboration platform to the U.S. Intelligence Community, Military and additional Federal agencies.

“Orion serves several Government and Public Sector agencies that recognize that our platform aligns with the secure, real-time collaboration requirements of their frontline workforce,” said Mort Jensen, Head of Sales and Partnerships at Orion. “We look forward to working with Carahsoft to serve additional agencies that will benefit from our ability to transform how the frontline workforce communicates, collaborates and operates.”

Orion is the leading voice-first intelligent collaboration platform that provides real-time team communication, process automation, access to knowledge bases and systems, and analytics for Public Sector frontline personnel, including defense and civilian agencies.

With Orion, Government organizations communicate securely with voice, text, photos, videos and files — on any device, on any network and over any distance. Orion’s next-generation voice technology includes end-to-end encryption (E2EE), advanced location services, real-time language translation, and interoperability with land mobile radios (LMR), Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).

“Adding Orion to our offerings enables Carahsoft to better serve Public Sector and Government organizations with a voice-first, real-time collaboration solution that transforms how they operate,” said Tiffany Goddard, Sales Director for Law Enforcement Tech at Carahsoft. “We are pleased to work with Orion and our reseller partners to offer this end-to-end encrypted collaboration platform built for frontline workforces that need secure communication solutions.”

Orion’s software, hardware and services are available through Carahsoft’s SEWP V contracts NNG15SC03B and NNG15SC27B and ITES-SW2 Contract W52P1J-20-D-0042. For more information, contact the Orion team at Carahsoft at (703) 230-7445 or Orion@carahsoft.com.

About Orion Labs, Inc.

Orion is the leading voice-first, intelligent platform that empowers deskless workers by enabling real-time team collaboration, process automation, location mapping, and access to enterprise systems to improve workforce productivity, safety and compliance, and customer engagement.

Orion holds 55 patents that support its award-winning solutions, has been named an IDC Innovator, and was awarded a Top 10 Industrial IoT Solution Provider 2020 by Manufacturing Technology Insights. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by leading investors. For more information, visit orionlabs.io.

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Orion Media Contact:

Jacqueline Wasem
Orion Labs, Inc.
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About Carahsoft

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, supporting Public Sector organizations across Federal, State and Local Government agencies and Education and Healthcare markets. As the Master Government Aggregator® for our vendor partners, we deliver solutions for Cybersecurity, MultiCloud, DevSecOps, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Open Source, Customer Experience and more. Working with resellers, systems integrators and consultants, our sales and marketing teams provide industry leading IT products, services and training through hundreds of contract vehicles. Visit us at www.carahsoft.com.

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Mary Lange
703-230-7434
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Orion Co-Founder and CTO on the Use of AI and ML for Situational Intelligence in Field Communications

Orion’s Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Greg Albrecht recently spoke at the National Defense Industry Association’s (NDIA’s) National Security AI Conference and Exhibition (NSCAICE) to national security and defense professionals on how voice-first advanced technology with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can support their missions.

Watch the 7-Minute Presentation from NSAICE

AI is reshaping the technology landscape. According to NDIA, AI is critical to increasing the competitive advantage of the United States and its allies. Recently, the White House further emphasized the importance of advancements in AI by launching the new National Artificial Intelligence Initiative to “oversee and implement the United States national AI strategy.”

As NDIA notes, global powers are racing to pursue and develop AI capabilities. However, the U.S. has access to the most advanced technologies and the most innovative companies worldwide. Today, innovations in artificial intelligence offer frontline national security teams the strategic ability to make more informed and strategic decisions.

This is where AI technology like Orion comes in. The national security and defense workforce is composed of hundreds of thousands of individuals — many of whom operate away from a desk, on the frontlines, or in the field. NDIA asked Orion to speak at NSAICE on how Orion uses AI to support these frontline teams in intelligence, national security, force protection, and global security.

Watch the video presentation to learn how Orion’s intelligent collaboration platform offers national security agencies the ability to transform their operations to meet the rapidly progressing needs of today’s global security environment.

Learn How Orion Digitally Transforms National Security Operations

In the seven-minute presentation, “Intelligence Amplification for Field Communications,” Orion’s Albrecht shares insights and discusses:

• Use cases for Orion in physical security, national security, defense, intelligence, and homeland security agencies
• How Orion’s workflows heighten response to emergencies
• Orion’s automation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• How security teams benefit from Orion’s real-time situational awareness
• The added value Orion provides across security operations

Watch the Presentation from NSAICE

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