TEMPEST: Logic Instrument project management: study, design, certification
Protecting sensitive data has always been a concern for state security agencies. It is even more so today with the proliferation of mobile communication devices such as laptops, smartphones and peripherals of all kinds such as USB sticks.
The TEMPEST standard refers to measurements relating to electromagnetic waves emitted by devices, including computers and mobile phones, containing sensitive information and whose EMC radiation can be intercepted remotely without direct access to the device.
The NATO-SDIP 27 TEMPEST standard breaks down into 3 security levels defining the distances at which data on a device is protected against interception. These distances range from 1m to more than 100m and characterize the Levels A, B & C of protection. Level A being the most severe.
Logic Instrument delivered a ruggedized laptop solution that complies with the TEMPEST SDIP-27 Level A standard, to a state agency in charge of internal and external state security. As the prime contractor for the solution, Logic Instrument customised the laptops on the basis of GETAC X500 ruggedised portable PCs before making them compliant with the TEMPEST standard. The solution includes a Tempest USB external hard drive connected to the PC. Thanks to the solutions designed by Logic Instrument, sensitive data will be well protected.
