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Advanced Adversary Protection
Advanced data recovery techniques, including quantum computing, can overcome or circumvent standard protection.
The Threat is Real
Advanced data recovery tools and methodologies have proliferated. These include clone and wiping, alternative OS boot, employing Hex Readers, and even employing electron microscope to find keys.
And the risk of quantum computing is emerging. Quantum computing’s speed and ability factor large integers will inevitably significantly disrupt current crypto protection methodologies. Adversaries are already collecting encrypted data in the expectation that they will be able to gain access as quantum becomes available.
Cigent Protection
Cigent was designed and developed by a leading expert in data exfiltration. Leveraging decades of operational experience Cigent security was developed for and with top Federal agencies to prevent unauthorized data access from advanced adversaries.
Multiple Encryption Layers
Cigent provides hardware, software, and file encryption using independent cryptography validated by NIAP and NSA. Each of these layers provides independent protection requiring adversary to circumvent all three layers.
Pre-boot Authentication
PBA is an essential element to ensure the efficacy of full drive encryption. PBA provides a secure environment to authentication drive prior to OS boot. Without PBA adversaries can intercept OS and gain access to encryption keys.
Secure Partitions
Ability to create separate locked partitions where data is locked and unreadable at the sector level. Drives can be enable to remain locked even when device is in use with access through step-up authentication Adversary would be unable to even locate drives existence protecting data from clone & wiping or future quantum attacks.
Verified Data Sanitization
Data sanitization ensures adversaries are unable to gain access to data. Block erasure, while effective, frequently does not erase all data. Cigent provides patented firmware capability to verify data has been erased ensuring adversary cannot recovery data.
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Preventing Advanced Threats
Cigent protects against all known threat vectors:
Quantum Attacks
While quantum computing has not currently been practically applied to cryptography it is only a matter of time. There have been continuous improvements in stability and performance, including China’s 2024 announcement of a 504-Qbit chip that is claimed to be 180 million times faster than the fastest supercomputer. Quantum computing’s speed and ability factor large integers will inevitably significantly disrupt current crypto protection methodologies.
Secure Partitions
Cigent provides the ability to create secure partitions that can only be accessed with step-up authentication. Those partitions are unreadable at the sector level even if an adversary gets direct physical or remote access and logs into the operating system.
Embedded AI
Cigent has embedded AI in its Cigent Secure Storage that monitors data access patterns. This unique protection attempts to clone the drive and automatically locks thwarting a cloning attempt.
Verified Data Erasure
The only full-proof approach to ensuring data cannot be compromised by quantum is to ensure it is permanently erased. Cigent provide patented verified data erasure that scan block-by-block to ensure that all data is erased and forever unretrievable.
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Clone and wipe
Cloning is the process of duplicating data from the hard drive which may also include the wiping of data. The most common approach is inserting a USB drive that can nearly instantaneously execute the attack, but a variety of methods exist including utilizing Bluetooth for over the air attacks.
Unreadable Data
Regardless of device state, data is unreadable, preventing data from being cloned or wiped. When the device is at rest, Cigent full drive encryption locks all ranges thereby preventing access.
Hidden Partitions
When the device is in use Cigent can maintain protection through the implementation of hidden partitions. These partitions maintain the encrypted, locked ranges. Authorized users access files through efficient step-up-authentication.
AI Data Monitoring
Additional protection is provided with Cigent embedded AI data monitoring. The unique approach monitors access patterns and will instantly lock all data when a cloning attempt is detected.
Advanced Data Recovery Techniques
Sophisticated threat actors will employ multiple techniques to circumvent full drive encryption. Common methods include
Hex Editor Forensic Tools
Including WinHex or other Hex editors
Third party software
Multiple solution i.e. Passcode kits commercially available with more sophisticated version available via DarkWeb
Equipment
Chip Reader (performing a chip-off recovery) and viewing using a chip reader.
Cigent Protection: Hidden Partitions
Hidden Partitions can be used to protect against all the advanced recovery methods described above. When the Hidden Partitions are locked using either CLI or Data Defense software the partitions are locked using AES-256 encryption. Hex editors, third party tools and/or equipment cannot see and/or recover the encrypted data. The data is unreadable at the sector level due to the hidden partition. Even if a threat actor gains access to the user login, the data is protected in the hidden partitions and requires step-up authentication to unlock.
The Cigent Advantage
Cigent solutions were designed and developed with and for US Intelligence and Defense communities. All employees, including Cigent software development, are based in the US. The team includes multiple personnel with TS/SCI clearance with decades of data protection and operational experience to support your requirements.
Cigent solutions have been tested and validated by leading Federal agencies including MITRE, NIST, NSA, NIAP, the Air Force, Cyber Resilience of Weapon Systems (CROWS), and NSSIF (UK) and are deployed across US Intelligence agencies, US Defense services, and the defense industrial base.
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Protect Your Data at Rest
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. Read our extensive eBook to learn more.
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