Automated Message Handling System Streamlines Official Communications Across the DoD A Telos AMHS Case Study S E C U R E S O L U T I O N S F O R Communications | Systems | Networks | Access Automated Message Handling System: A Case Study BACKGROUND The Department of Defense fielded the Defense Message System (DMS) to replace the aging AUTODIN system beginning in 1998. DMS was intended to provide secure record communications from writer-to-reader and meet stringent requirements for assured delivery, including priority, precedence, non-repudiation and proper security labeling. The system also had to be interoperable with numerous legacy messaging systems, including those systems required to communicate with our coalition partners. The DMS was deployed to locations all over the world.

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