csSECURE is Critical Software’s Information Protection Solution, that allows you to protect your information, minimize the risks to your business and empower collaboration. In a nutshell: Mitigate the information leakage threat!

csSECURE is a solution centred on information leakage protection. The information protection is applied on the information and not on the systems (data-centric), therefore effective even when unauthorized access to documents occur.

• Empower the productivity of your business trusting even your business’ most critical information to workers, outsourcers and partners.
• Rely completely on the security of your information’s protection and access control.
• Cut costs in the management of information security. 
• Benefit from the state of the art in security technology and leverage your Microsoft infrastructure.

Are you controlling information disclosure? 

Top reasons to choose csSECURE as your information protection solution.

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CryoSat-2 is a satellite whose mission is to precisely measure alterations in the thickness of ice floating in the oceans and variations in the thickness of ice caps located in Greenland and Antarctica. Critical Software was responsible for the Verification & Validation of the most critical software systems within the satellite, deploying a team of engineers in an effort that resulted in the detection of some anomalies in critical software systems.

"The participation of a team from Critical Software in Friedrichshafen and Munich (Germany) was essential in the effort to complete the different stages of software and integrated system testing. More so, the contribution of Critical Software was broadly praised by members of EADS Astrium", noted Bruno Carvalho, Business Development Manager for the space market at Critical Software.

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Giving shape to one of the strategic vectors in the development strategy within the African Continent, Gonçalo Quadros , Critical Software's Chief Executive Officer, has signed two cooperation protocols with Mozambican Universities. Critical Software's CEO, making the best of being on the business entourage that accompanies the Portuguese Prime-Minister's official visit to Maputo, has signed agreements that entail the company's participation in the formation of Mozambican engineers, cooperation in the outlining of curricular programmes, holding educational workshops and providing end-of-course internships.

Critical Software has, since 2001, maintained an active presence in Maputo. Nowadays, Critical Software provides technological solutions for some of the most prestigious Mozambican organizations, as TDM, mCel, BCI, the Maputo Municipal Council, the Finance Ministry and Petrogal Mozambique.

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The capacity to supervise Portugal's maritime area is, in many ways, a keystone issue: it's essential for sea environmental protection, an instrument for sustainable management of natural resources in the Exclusive Economic Zone and in the monitoring of the security of maritime traffic lanes, and even in ensuring national sovereignty. This is a complex and multidisciplinary challenge that encompasses: gathering information from several sources, some of which entities with relevance in the field of maritime surveillance, processing information gathered to support the decision process, and lastly, the ability to transmit the information to other agencies whose mission depends greatly on the efficiency of maritime surveillance. Nevertheless, this is a problem with similar characteristics to other challenges existing in several other domains, from which we can learn.

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Critical Software Technologies is pleased to announce the establishment of two key stragic partnerships to help it better support its clients and complement its skills base in high integrity systems and software engineering:  Harmonic Ltd and HighRely Inc.

Harmonic Ltd is an independent provider of specialist management, business and technical expertise to support Government and Industry in winning and delivering complex programmes. The alliance agreement will result in close co-operation with Harmonic such that the complementary skills of each organisation may be combined to successfully deliver on new programmes.

HighRely is a leading provider of DO-178B/DO-254 avionics services and software products, boasting the highest number of Designated Engineering Representatives (DERs) and avionics engineers of any services company in its field. HighRely, based in Phoenix, Arizona, has a broad and deep understanding of DO-178B. Under cover of an MoU, this will be used to enhance Critical Software’s capability in high-integrity avionics projects. Furthermore, Critical Software will help High Rely to extend its successful DO-178B and DO-254 training programme for both managers and engineers in the UK. 

Critical Software Technologies, Critical Software's subsidiary in the UK, has released a new website to more comprehensively and accurately describe the work it performs. The website provides background information on the company and its management team along with its core values and strengths. The various industries in which Critical Software participates are described together with the services that Critical Software can deliver into those sectors.

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The British Ambassador in Madrid invited Critical Software's CEO, Gonçalo Quadros , to attend an Investors Round Table organized on the occasion of Lord Mervyn Davies' visit to Madrid. Lord Davies is also the joint Minister for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The purpose of this Investors Round Table was for Lord Davies to get better acquainted with some of the most noteworthy investment projects, from both Spanish and Portuguese groups, in the UK. The event took place on the 16th of February 2010 at the British Embassy in Madrid.

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Critical Software Technologies’ Chairman, Brian Luff , was invited to attend the Global Investors Conference held in the Saatchi Gallery in London. At the conference, the UK Prime Minister launched a new investors' charter and a tax framework for business aimed at maintaining the UK's position as the leading European destination for inward investment. Ministers want to encourage companies to invest more in the UK.

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Critical Software was invited to take part in the conference "SMEs, Economic Recuperation and Internationalization", represented by Critical Software's CFO. Gonçalo Fernandes participated in a round table, focused on questions of the differentiating factors of successful SMEs, moderated by Francisco Ferreira da Silva, Diário Económico's Subdirector. This conference was organized by Diário Económico and was held in Pestana Palace Hotel, Lisbon, on the 31st of March.

Critical Software successfully showcased the prototype for the Management and Monitoring System for the upcoming National Electric Vehicle Charging Network.

In this showcase event, which took place CEIIA's installations (Centre for Excellency in the Automobile Industry) in Tecmaia, Maia, Portugal, had the participation of several entities, as for example EDP Innovation, EDP Distribution, Martifer, GALP, University of Minho, GAMEP, among others that shared interests in area of Electric Mobility.

The Network Management System is being developed at Critical Software within the scope of the ITEV project – Infrastructure for Charging of Electric Vehicles, in the Transportation area, and encompasses a consortium of companies headed by EFACEC SE, EFACEC Engineering, INTELI, Novabase, Critical Software, CEIIA and is co-financed under QREN.

Rodrigo Maia, from Critical Software, was part of the jury that evaluated the teams up for the "Innovation" prize, integrated within the Think Industry: F1 in Schools project.

The winner in the "Innovation" prize, which was sponsored and awarded by Critical Software, was Team Burned, from Coimbra's E.B. 2,3 Eugénio de Castro school. Innovation is a natural setting for Critical Software, as it is an area in which we have been a major driving force.

F1 in schools is one of the most important worldwide challenges that want to inspire the next generation to creativity, technology and innovation. Created in England by Andrew Denford, F1 in schools was adapted to the Portuguese reality in 2009 by RECET- Portuguese Technological Centres Network, in order to create a new philosophy among Portuguese youngsters, inspiring them to take on this new reality, which is the most important task in need of being addressed by globalization. RECET wants to help in the development of the next Portuguese generation, helping them to be aware of technology and innovation, to get the industry ready for a new century of challenges. The national competition will take place during May, and the best Portuguese team is going to participate, during September, in the World Championship to choose the best F1 in schools team. Who knows if the next best engineer is among the members of this team?

Gonçalo Quadros took part in the entourage that accompanied H.E. the President of the Portuguese Republic, Prof. Dr. Aníbal Cavaco Silva, in its State Visit to Czech Republic, carried out at the invitation of the Czech President Václav Klaus. Gonçalo Quadros was one of the participants in a seminar organized by AICEP and by its Czech counterparts, aiming to promote economic relations between the two countries, which had the participation of entrepreneurs from both countries

Critical Software is an international company that develops solutions and provides reliable, groundbreaking services and technologies to support critical systems. Founded in 1998, it has of offices in Coimbra, Oporto and Lisbon (Portugal), and subsidiaries in Southampton (United Kingdom), San Jose, California (United States), São Paulo (Brazil), Bucharest (Romania) and Maputo (Mozambique) and its clients are companies and entities that are leaders in their areas. Critical Software follows rigorous processes in terms of software development, according to CMMI® Level5, ISO 9001:2000 Tick-IT, ISO 15504, NATO AQAP 150, AQAP 2120 and EN9100.