This is probably one of the neatest and smallest contained security computers I’ve seen ever. Not only does it look really cool, but does everything you would need to keep the internet safe. Included with this miniture computer is a Firewall, Anti-spam/phishing, Virus scan, Spyware and all sorts of other things.

Being an IT professional I know the sort of grey area that’s created when you give members of staff laptops to use whilst on the move. On the one hand, they need the flexibility and freedom a laptop provides, but the downside is off-site support for the laptops (which is always going to be difficult) and the huge security hole that’s opened up. When they’re at home or elsewhere, using their laptop on the internet, god knows what they’ll bring back into the office!

This is where the Yoggie comes in (although it’s pretty apparent this is not it’s only job.) You connect it between your laptop and the network point, which ensures no nasties creep into the system for re-distribution on the LAN when you return to base. Being that the Yoggie uses RJ-45 it would be no good for a USB modem, however, but still a great piece of kit for the home LAN or the roaming employee.

The device contains a specialised CPU which runs within a security hardened version of linux (distro not specified.) What is also pretty clever, is the OS is stored on flash memory which is read-only. When the device boots, it copies the OS into second flash memory unit which is read-write. This ensures that if the device is ever compromised, or hackers find a way to get in, a simple reboot will wipe it back to it’s original status. It’s a brilliant idea, but what’s stopping them doing it a second time after the reboot? The hacker knows what device they’re hacking, so would also know it’s possible a reboot would happen any moment and probably be prepared for it..! I guess it’s only a secondary security measure they put in place.

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