Patrick White
Vice President of Strategic Marketing for General Dynamics Itronix

There is security, maintaining and encrypting the data, and then the physical threat of the device being lost or stolen.

Cyber threats and the need for secure data are obviously key for any computer system. Ruggedized computers may use various levels of encryption, together with biometric safeguards such as fingerprint readers; along with smart cards to enforce multiple forms of authentication in order to access the device.

If the computer is stolen and the person who stole it has enough time and incentive to find out what’s on the device, they will certainly find a way regardless of the encryption. So we install services within the BIOS that allow devices that are lost or stolen to be completely wiped and the computer disabled entirely. We also have recovery services that enable a third part to go out and track the device from its last known location and network access.