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Protect Data on Vehicle & Autonomous Systems

Protect sensitive mission data stored across manned, unmanned, autonomous, and supporting mission systems.

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VEHICLES ARE DATA-RICH MISSION SYSTEMS

The Platform Carries More Than the Mission Payload

Modern defense vehicles create, process, and retain growing volumes of sensitive data. Mission plans, sensor outputs, route information, system configurations, AI models, operational logs, and other data can remain onboard long after it is created or used.

For unmanned and autonomous systems, this matters even more. A platform may operate beyond direct physical control, travel into contested environments, or be considered recoverable only when mission conditions allow. The mission data it carries still requires protection.

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PROTECT THE DATA THE PLATFORM CARRIES

Mission data can persist long after the mission changes or the platform leaves authorized control.
Operational Data: Mission plans, tasking packages, routes, maps, and targeting information
Collected Data: Sensor outputs, ISR data, AI models, inference outputs, and edge analytics
System Data: Configurations, logs, credentials, software packages, and diagnostic information
Bottom line: If the platform is exposed, the data stored on it may reveal more than a single mission.
Manned Platforms

Ground, air, maritime, and other mission vehicles with onboard compute and storage.

Unmanned Systems

Air, ground, surface, and undersea platforms that may operate remotely or outside continuous physical control.

Autonomous Systems

Platforms that use onboard compute, sensors, AI, and local storage to support autonomous or semi-autonomous operations.

DEVICE DATA CAN OUTLIVE THE MISSION

Mission data can remain on systems long after the operation begins, ends, or changes. That includes data created by operators, collected by sensors, cached by applications, retained in logs, or stored for transfer. That can include:

  • Mission plans and tasking data
  • Route, mapping, and terrain information
  • Sensor and ISR data
  • Targeting and collection priorities
  • Operational logs
  • Software and firmware packages
  • AI models, inference outputs, and edge analytics

If a platform or supporting system leaves authorized control, the data stored on it can expose more than a single mission. It can reveal how the system operates, what it collected, where it traveled, and how it may be used again.

SUPPORT HIGH-ASSURANCE DATA-AT-REST REQUIREMENTS

Extend Layered Protection to Classified Mission Data

For programs protecting classified information, Cigent provides CSfC-listed components that can support both independent layers of a CSfC Data-at-Rest architecture.

Outer Layer
Cigent Encrypted Storage combines hardware full drive encryption with Pre-Boot Authentication.

Inner Layer
Cigent Software Full Drive Encryption provides an independent software encryption and authentication layer.

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BUILT FOR MANNED, UNMANNED & AUTONOMOUS PROGRAMS

Flexible Protection Across Different Mission Systems

Vehicle programs rarely use one type of computer, storage device, or operating environment. A single program may include embedded mission computers, rugged endpoints, servers, ground control stations, maintenance systems, and already-deployed support equipment.

Cigent provides secure storage and software-based protection across client, enterprise, and embedded environments, allowing programs to apply a more consistent data-protection approach without relying on a different DAR solution for every system type. This supports protection across:

  • Manned Platforms
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Autonomous & Robotic Systems
  • Supporting Mission Systems
PROVEN AT THE TACTICAL EDGE

Layered Data Protection for PacStar Mission Systems

Cigent collaborated with Curtiss-Wright to bring secure storage, Pre-Boot Authentication, and DAR management capabilities to PacStar platforms used across tactical servers, edge storage systems, vehicle-mounted deployments, and forward locations.

The combined approach gives defense teams a practical path to deploy rugged mission compute with stronger protection for classified data across distributed edge environments.

Read the Curtiss-Wright Case Study