Data Security for Intelligence & Special Ops

The Experts in Protecting Data at the Edge

Data on endpoints is vulnerable. Whether from sophisticated remote actors or direct physical attacks, current endpoint security is insufficient to ensure data cannot be compromised by persistent threat actors. Cigent’s patented technologies provide unparalleled endpoint data protection. Recognizing your mission may require unique requirements Cigent has significant experience developing custom solutions to meet your specific needs.

Developed and Vetted by the Best

Developed by the world’s leading experts in data exfiltration and recovery, with decades of operational experience, Cigent provides unparalleled technology and expertise protecting classified and sensitive data from all known threats under any operational scenario. Cigent's solution has been tested and vetted by dozens of experts across Federal and Commercial organizations.

Protection Against the Most Advanced Threat Vectors

Well-funded nation state actors who gain physical access to a device will compromise standard protection. Advanced exfiltration techniques include reverse engineering, firmware tampering, quantum compute attacks, and utilizing electron microscopes to extract data from the chip. Cigent’s COTS solution is the only solution that ensures data is protected against these and all other techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs).

Why Cigent?

Partners to Achieve your Mission Requirements.

Cigent arose from the Intelligence Community with unequal expertise in data recovery and sanitization. With 9 patents and 6 in review, Cigent has the expertise and technical capabilities to support your specific mission requirements.

Drive and Data Access and Usage Visibility

Go beyond simply protecting your data and know what has happened with your drive when it wasn’t in your presence. Whether you intentionally or unintentionally left it somewhere unattended (such as the “super secure” hotel room safe) or you gave your drive to a “friend”, know when your device has been moved, accessed, tampered with, attempted to be cloned/wiped/accessed or altered.

Emergency Erasure Verified at the Individual Block Level

As confident as we are in our security, there is no greater assurance that your data is safe than simply ensuring it is no longer there at all. We implore a variety of approaches, often automated, to wipe your data when you need it gone in a hurry, and not before. And we verify that the data is truly completely gone using advanced, patented firmware based verification of every single block on the drive.

BENEFITS

Not Just Data Security and Customized Capabilities, but a True Partnership

An extension to your team, we are people who get your needs and situations and will provide true accretive operational value above and beyond protecting your people and your data.

Expertise

The Cigent team includes leading experts in data recovery and sanitization with decades of practical experience and a commitment to support US agencies.

Ecosystem

Cigent has been validated by and works with all leading CSfC for SIs providing integrated solutions including District Defend and Secure View

Portfolio Breadth

Cigent offer broadest range of Secure storage coverage including PCs, Servers, Laptops External, Media, and Embedded for IOT, OT, and vehicles.

Ease of Engagement

Streamline procurement exercise by sourcing devices or secured storage directly from manufacturers including Dell, HP, GETAC and others

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Frequently Asked Questions

Check out the answers to some of most frequently asked questions about Cigent, what we do, and how we do it. Don’t see your question on the list? Click the BOOK A DEMO button in the top right corner of your screen to learn more about us during a custom demo.

What does Cigent do?

Cigent protects data on devices operating at the edge from unauthorized access. Cigent solutions secures data at rest with layered protection including hardware encryption, pre-boot authentication, and multifactor authentication. Cigent also ensures data integrity when the device is in use preventing wiping and cloning and other data attacks. Secure Storage includes patented capabilities that verify data erasure to provide end-to-end lifecycle protection.

How does Cigent work?

To prevent sophisticated adversaries from unauthorized access requires layered protection. The foundation of Cigent solution is 256-AES full drive hardware encryption with pre-boot and multifactor authentication. These capabilities have been validated by agencies including NSA and NIAP. Additionally, Cigent provides capabilities that ensure the integrity of data through its lifecycle including hidden partitions, storage-embedded AI, and verified data erasure.

What agencies does Cigent support?

Cigent secure storage solutions have been validated by NSA and DISA and has experience working across the Intelligence Community.

Have Cigent Secure Storage been tested and validated?

Yes, Cigent secure storage have been tested, vetted and deployed by US Federal Agencies and with key Defense Contractors and Integrators. Federal agencies include MITRE, NIST, NSA, NIAP, the Air Force, Cyber Resilience of Weapon Systems (CROWS), and NSSIF (UK). Additionally leading CSfC integrators, including Booz Allen Hamilton District Defend, AFRL’s SecureView, Everfox Trusted Thin Client, Integrated Global Security, Army APG, and CACI ID Tec’s Archon utilize Cigent Secure Storage.

Can Cigent support custom projects?

Yes, Cigent has extensive experience with custom projects for unique mission requirements. Leveraging their decades of experience with the Intelligence Community and their extensive portfolio of proven technologies, Cigent can develop customized systems. The team has multiple personnel with security clearance to facilitate communications and ensure specific needs are addressed.

What devices does Cigent protect?

Cigent provides the widest breadth of secure storage solutions all utilizing hardware encryption. These include: PCs supporting both M.2 2280 and the emerging M.2 2230 standard, remote servers and NAS devices with U.2 drives, external media with flash drives, encrypted external drives, SD and Micro SD cards, and embedded for SSD BGA.

Does Cigent offer solutions that provide protection hidden in plain sight?

A key characteristic of Cigent secure storage is that the portfolio appears to be standard drives and devices. For example, Cigent External Storage Delta device looks identical to a standard drive yet includes Cigent full drive hardware encryption, portfolio of software capabilities including storage embedded AI, and advanced physical detection including accelerometers and disconnect detection circuit. An adversary would not realize the extent of these protections.

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