Unmanned Vehicles

Data Protection Solutions for Unmanned Vehicles

Unmanned Vehicles (UxV) have established themselves as an essential element in military and civilian operations. Operating at the edge, sensitive data including valuable proprietary algorithms, mission information, and data gathered during mission is susceptible if the device goes missing. Cigent solutions provide layered protections to ensure the integrity of data on UxV.

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Benefits

Data Protection for UxV

Providing layered data protection capabilities across its lifecycle, Cigent supports an array of secure storage options. Protection solutions include 2230 drives, SSD BGA, and SD and MicroSD cards with options that support industrial and automotive temperature standards.

Data at Rest Protection

All Cigent Secure Storage Solutions provide AES 256 full drive hardware encryption. 2230 drives include pre boot and multifactor authentication.

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Hidden Partitions

Ability to create separate locked partitions where data is unreadable at the sector level. Adversary unable to detect secure enclaves.

Data Erasure

By policy or remote activation of data erasure utilizing crypto and block erasure. 2230 drives provide block-by-block analysis verifying all data has been erased.

Enterprise Administration

Scalable management of Secure Storage including on prem and cloud management console and Command Line Interface (CLI) tool that runs in Linux and Windows.

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Portfolio

Secure Storage Solutions for Unmanned Vehicles

Cigent is unique in its ability to provide an array of protected storage designed to meet the rigorous environment of unmanned vehicles.

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Secure Drive 2230 SSD Alpha.

Features include full hardware encryption with PBA, enterprise management, hidden partitions, cloning and wipe prevention, data erasure, crypto and full block erasure.

The Secure Drive 2230 utilizes the same architecture as 2280, including the NSA approved PBA.

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Secure Drive SSD BGA Encrypted Alpha.

Meets automotive temperature standards (-40 to 105 C). Features include hardware encryption, enterprise management, cloning and wipe prevention, data erasure, and crypto and full block erasure.

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Secure Drive SD Encrypted Alpha.

Provides 64 GB of storage and meets industrial temperature standards. Features include hardware encryption, enterprise management, hidden partitions, cloning and wipe prevention, data erasure, and crypto and full block erasure.

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MicroSD Encrypted Alpha.

Features

Unmanned Vehicle Solution Capabilities

Encryption and PBA provide foundational data security, but evolving sophisticated adversaries present additional risk. Cigent provides portfolio of cyber security features to mitigate risk.

Administration

Beyond the encryption of data, organizations also are required to address other requirements including recovering and destroying data on returned systems, incident response, and policy reporting. For key management, compliance reporting, policy setting, and deployment automation, Cigent provides an enterprise management console that can be deployed in the cloud or on premises and a Command Line Interface (CLI) tool that runs in Linux and Windows.

Cloning and Wiping Prevention

All Cigent Secure Storage protect against illicit wiping and cloning. Data at rest protection is protected with full drive hardware encryption that locks all ranges. Cigent is unique in also preventing cloning when the device is in use through its ability to create hidden partitions. The hidden partitions also lock all ranges preventing wiping and cloning. These partitions also provide hidden environments to store sensitive data preventing an adversary from discovering even the existence of the data.

Verified Data Erasure

Patented technology that ensures all data on a drive has been permanently deleted. Ability to locally or remotely execute a cleanse that erases all data via crypto and block erasure followed by block-by-block validation. Solution provides confidence in emergency data destruction situations, addresses risk from emerging quantum capabilities, and provides potential for drive reuse. Cigent also provides patented capability to analyze each block to ensure all data has been permanently erased.

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The Cigent Advantage

Cigent is prepared to support your mission navigating the complex compliance requirements to protect data at the edge. Its solutions were developed for and with US Federal agencies with deep expertise in data protection. Cigent protections have been thoroughly tested and validated by leading Federal agencies including MITRE, NIST, NSA, NIAP, the Air Force, Cyber Resilience of Weapon Systems (CROWS), and NSSIF (UK).

To ensure availability and provide flexibility, Cigent works with leading drive manufacturers including Digistor, Kanguru, and Seagate and Cigent offers our own branded drives.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Why is it important to protect data on Unmanned Vehicles?

Unmanned vehicles collect, process, and warehouse significant data. This data can include mission information, data gathered during the mission, algorithms and other proprietary information enabling the vehicle. Unmanned vehicles are operating in uncontrolled environments where they risk being compromised through accidental loss or intentional actions. Even in the event of a physical accident any sensitive data is likely still accessible. To ensure the integrity of data on the vehicle it is imperative that robust protections are in place.

Why do I need hardware encryptions vs relying on software encryption?

Protecting sensitive data from advanced threat actors requires layers of protection. Software encryption provides a basic level of protection but can be defeated using a variety of techniques and technologies. This is why the NSA, DISA, NIAP and other leading experts require full drive hardware encryption to meet standards including CSfC for data at rest and FIPS 140-2. Ideally organizations use a combination of software and hardware encryption with pre boot authentication and multifactor authentication providing layers of protection that can defeat the most sophisticated threat actors.

What types of storage does Cigent offer for Unmanned Vehicle?

Cigent provides multiple secure storage to support Unmanned Vehicle operations. These include M.2 2230 SSD that provides full drive hardware encryption, the ability to create up to eight separate hidden partitions, and patented verified data erasure. Additionally, Cigent offers SSD BGA with full drive hardware encryption, the ability to create hidden partitions, and remote and policy data erasure. Both of these drives have Automotive temperature ratings. Additionally, Cigent provides the flexibility and security of hardware encryption on SD and MicroSD cards. These also include the ability to create hidden partitions and data erasure and have Industrial temperature ratings.

Has the Cigent solutions been validated by external organizations?

Yes, Cigent protections have been thoroughly tested and validated by leading Federal agencies including MITRE, NIST, NSA, NIAP, the Air Force, Cyber Resilience of Weapon Systems (CROWS), and NSSIF (UK).

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