Secure control for desktop secure video teleconferencing

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one memory including computer program code;
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
• receive in an apparatus, a message from an initiator identifying a video teleconferencing terminal needs to be removed from a secure network to end a conference;
• if terminal configuration capture is enabled for the secure network, then send by the apparatus, a message to a secure database of terminal configuration data, announcing that the video teleconferencing terminal will be taken offline, to enable making a backup copy of information in non-volatile memory of the video teleconferencing terminal;
• send by the apparatus, a command to a control isolator to power off a media converter connecting a secure network switch to the video teleconferencing terminal, to enable removing the video teleconferencing terminal from the secure network;
• send by the apparatus, a command to the video teleconferencing terminal, via the control isolator, to delete any information in non-volatile memory, thereby setting the video teleconferencing terminal back to a factory default state;
• and
• send by the apparatus, a command to the control isolator, to remove power from the video teleconferencing terminal, thereby removing any data in volatile memory.

A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a computer readable non-transitory storage medium, the computer executable program code, when executed by a computer processor, causing performance of the steps of:

• receiving in a sequencer, a message from an initiator identifying a video teleconferencing terminal needs to be removed from a secure network to end a conference;
• if terminal configuration capture is enabled for the secure network, then sending by the sequencer, a message to a secure database of terminal configuration data, announcing that the video teleconferencing terminal will be taken offline, to enable making a backup copy of information in non-volatile memory of the video teleconferencing terminal;
• sending by the sequencer, a command to a control isolator to power off a media converter connecting a secure network switch to the video teleconferencing terminal, to enable removing the video teleconferencing terminal from the secure network;
• sending by the sequencer, a command to the video teleconferencing terminal, via the control isolator, to delete any information in non-volatile memory, thereby setting the video teleconferencing terminal back to a factory default state;
• and
• sending by the sequencer, a command to the control isolator, to remove power from the video teleconferencing terminal, thereby removing any data in volatile memory.