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Modernize Data Protection Across Existing Fleets

Strengthen Data-at-Rest protection across deployed mission systems without waiting for a fleet-wide replacement. Deploy software and hardware protection in phases, allowing programs to strengthen security today while preparing for future system refreshes.

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Protect What Is Already Fielded

Data Protection Shouldn't Wait for the Next Refresh

Defense fleets rarely consist of one generation of hardware or one operating environment. New and legacy systems often operate side by side across endpoints, rugged devices, workstations, servers, and mission systems, while existing investments may need to remain in service for years.

Cigent provides a phased path to stronger data-at-rest protection. Deploy Software Full Drive Encryption across compatible fielded systems, introduce secure storage and Pre-Boot Authentication where hardware upgrades make sense, and build toward a more consistent protection architecture as the fleet evolves.

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PROTECT TODAY. UPGRADE OVER TIME.

Strengthen data protection across the fleet without waiting for every system to reach its next hardware refresh.
START WITH SOFTWARE
Protect compatible systems already in the field.
UPGRADE WHERE RISK DEMANDS
Add stronger hardware-backed protection selectively.
STANDARDIZE WITH EACH REFRESH
Make stronger DAR protection the new baseline.
Bottom line: Modernization does not require a fleet-wide rip and replace.
Strengthen Deployed Systems

Add software-based encryption to compatible systems already supporting the mission without waiting for their next hardware refresh.

Add Hardware Where Needed

Introduce secure storage and Pre-Boot Authentication during targeted upgrades for systems requiring stronger storage-layer protection.

Modernize in Phases

Improve protection according to risk, mission priority, available funding, and scheduled refresh cycles rather than forcing a fleet-wide migration.

Manage Across the Fleet

Deploy, configure, update, and enforce DAR protections through repeatable workflows across distributed and mixed system environments.

Choose the Right Modernization Path

Cigent Software Full Drive Encryption can be deployed across compatible existing systems without requiring an immediate storage replacement. It adds software-based encryption with independent pre-OS authentication, providing a practical path to stronger DAR protection for systems that still have useful operational life.

Start Where the Fleet Is Today

Modernization Can Begin in Software

A hardware refresh should not be the only opportunity to strengthen stored-data protection. Software FDE allows programs to introduce independent full drive encryption across compatible systems already deployed in the field.

That makes it possible to reduce current exposure while existing hardware remains operational, then incorporate additional hardware-backed protection as systems are prioritized for upgrade or replacement.

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Prioritize the Upgrade

Not Every System Carries the Same Risk

Fleet modernization does not need to treat every device equally. Systems can be prioritized based on the sensitivity of the data they store, their mission criticality, physical exposure, operational environment, and existing level of protection.

This allows programs to direct stronger hardware-backed protection toward higher-priority systems first while maintaining a broader modernization plan for the rest of the fleet.

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Cigent DAR Protection Deployment and Management Architecture
Cigent Management Console or existing enterprise tools via Cigent CLI
Operationalize the Upgrade

Consistent Protection Is Part of Modernization

Adding stronger encryption to individual systems is only part of the challenge. Mixed fleets also need a repeatable way to deploy protection, manage users and policies, maintain configurations, apply updates, and support systems as they change over time.

Cigent provides centralized and CLI-enabled DAR protection administration designed to support these workflows across distributed environments without depending on device-by-device management.

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