Are you Cyber Aware? Shielding Electronic Displays for Cybersecurity Applications

Are you Cyber Aware? Shielding Electronic Displays for Cybersecurity Applications

Although recent headlines continue to amplify the importance of cybersecurity across multiple B2B and B2C industries, protection measures for critical data and IT system integrity have been in place for decades. ?While cyber threat detection and prevention are commonly addressed by most organizations through firewalls, antivirus software, and intrusion protection systems to guard against malware, hardware vulnerabilities in computers, servers and electronic displays are often more common and equally important to protect. ?Electronic hardware cybersecurity is integral for system integrity across secure tactical communications, medical diagnostic equipment, and covert operating systems. For electronic displays and devices used in high reliability applications, Dontech is a world leader in optical shielding solutions for cybersecurity applications for military, government and medical applications.

Electromagnetic and radio frequency interference (EMI/RFI) signals propagate from external sources and can disrupt the operation of any device with electronic circuits including Wi-Fi routers, computer systems and diagnostic equipment.?Protection against electromagnetic radiated emissions, electro-static discharge (ESD), and EMI/RFI susceptibility, involves the fabrication of a Faraday cage to block emissions or in the case of ESD, to “bleed off” static charges via a high resistance barrier. ?Dontech manufactures a wide variety of conductive optical grids, fine wire and etched meshes and conductive coatings to provide electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) for electronic displays systems. ?A properly designed and constructed EMI/RFI shield can be integrated with electronic displays or touch screens to protect devices over a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum (100 KHz to 20 GHz) and still provide excellent optical performance.

Dontech optical shielding solutions are designed for demanding display, sensor, laser, or imaging systems that operate from the visible range (380 – 740 nm) to the near infrared (NIR 780 to 1500 nm).?Typical applications for conductive grids include EMI/RFI Shielding of:

·??????Rugged displays used defense applications to meet requirements for the attenuation of radiated emissions and susceptibility per MIL-STD 464/461

·??????Secure communication systems to meet TEMPEST and FCC compliance

·??????Computers, tactical radios, sensors, and vehicle-mounted display systems

·??????Medical displays – patient monitors, MRI rooms, observation windows

·??????Aircraft shielding, avionic display and instrument panels, windows, doors

·??????Industrial displays, enclosures, and instrument panels

Our extensive product line includes stand-alone wide format conductive materials or conductive optical grids embedded in glass or plastic substrates such as acrylic, polycarbonate, polyester (PET) or triacetate (TAC). Transparent conductive coatings can be dielectrically enhanced and index matched to air of various optical substrates or to improve transmissivity. The conductive ground plane is terminated via a perimeter busbar, extended mesh, metallic tape, or a conductive gasket.? Contact me at [email protected] to learn more.