Choosing the right rugged and secured-core PC
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK is the European market leader for rugged mobile computing.
We’ve worked in partnership with defence organisations for over 20 years to deliver vehicle-mounted and handheld rugged mobile PC solutions for today’s digitally enabled militaries.
Our mission-ready, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) mobile devices are trusted by forces and system integrators around the world. Why? Because they’re tested to the toughest military standards, ensuring durability, reliability and security.
Panasonic TOUGHBOOK is the European market leader for rugged mobile computing.
One example of a recent successful development , in close collaboration with Microsoft, is the Panasonic TOUGHBOOK 55. It is the first rugged computing device in the most secure Windows PC category.
Designed for mission-critical users in the most sensitive data industries, a Secured-core PC enables users to boot securely, protect their device from firmware vulnerabilities, shield the operating system from attacks and prevent unauthorised access to devices and data with advanced access controls and authentication systems.
Presented by
Peter Thomas,
Regional Sector Manager, Public Sector UK & Ireland
Peter Thomas joined Panasonic in August 2017, managing Defence and Government Sales across the UK and Ireland. In April 2020, Peter moved into the role of Regional Sector Manager, Public Sector UK&I for Mobile Solutions Business Division Europe (MSBDEU). His main focus and responsibilities are Sales, Marketing and Product Strategy across the Public Sector.
Prior to joining Panasonic Peter held sales positions within the Defence Sector, delivering wide scale IT solutions across all Front Line Commands as well as working on strategic Programmes with DE&S and ISS.
Peter holds a First Class Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree in Business Management.
Sakib Nazmus,
Senior Lead Program Manager, Microsoft
Sakib has been with Microsoft since completing his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering in 2012. He has been on the operating systems security team since the start of his Microsoft career and has served as the PM for various critical security features like Device Guard and Windows Defender Application Control. Since 2019, he has been the Lead PM for the hardware and firmware security team in the Core Operating Systems and Intelligent Edge (COSInE) organization in Azure. In this role he leads the Secured-core PC effort to provide customers with a simple mechanism to identify devices that set the high watermark for PC security.
