Mission-ready encryption for Panasonic’s toughest customers

What is your organisation’s most sensitive data? From highly valuable intellectual property to government intelligence, there are many reasons why mobile workers might demand additional data security from their devices. Encrypting data is fast becoming a core part of information security strategies around the world, but nowhere is the need for encryption more vital – and more stringently enforced – than in the defence and intelligence sectors.

In military history, encryption has been utilised since 600 BC, when ancient Spartans used a ‘scytale’ to send secret messages in battle. Consisting of a leather strap that could be wrapped around a wooden rod, readers would require the exact right sized rod to align the letters on the leather strap and decipher the message. The modern concept of ‘military-grade encryption’ was established in 2001 by the U.S National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST. Since then, encryption and classification levels have been central to the data protection strategies of any defence organisation. 

Across NATO member countries, the alliance’s data classification levels instruct those working with sensitive information on how to protect their most sensitive data. Minimising the potential for NATO data to fall into the wrong hands is an essential priority for any military and government organisations, so when choosing which devices to employ within these operations, trusted data protection and encryption is non-negotiable. 

Selecting devices with the highest possible encryption standards allows buyers to make future-facing investments in an environment of ongoing geopolitical tension.