Protecting information in an untethered asset

A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

• store the secure information, each of a plurality of data store devices storing at least one part of the secure information;
• receive a notification associated with a compromise of at least one part of the secure information;
• destroy one or more parts of the secure information based on the notification;
• and
• process one or more parts of the secure information received from one or more of the plurality of data store devices if no parts of the one or more parts of the secure information are destroyed.

A system for protecting secure information, the system comprising:

• a plurality of intelligent agent modules configured to process information if no parts of the secure information are destroyed and destroy one or more parts of the secure information based on a notification;
• a plurality of data store devices configured to store the secure information, communicate the secure information to/from the plurality of intelligent agent modules, and destroy one or more parts of the secure information based on the notification;
• and
• a plurality of embedded sensors configured to provide the notification of a compromise of the system to at least one of the plurality of intelligent agent modules and/or the plurality of data store devices.

A system for protecting secure information, the system comprising:

• means for processing information if no parts of the secure information are destroyed;
• means for storing the secure information;
• means for communicating the secure information to/from the means for processing;
• means for destroying one or more parts of the secure information based on the notification;
• and
• means for providing the notification of a compromise of the system to at least one of the means for destroying.