Secure desktop interface

A method for securing information on a diagnostic computing device, the method comprising:

• displaying a customizable graphical user interface on a display, the customizable graphical user interface sits on top of an operating system of the diagnostic computing device;
• receiving an instruction from a memory to prompt for a user identification;
• receiving the user identification based on a biometric of the user via an assignable input;
• verifying the user identification via a processor;
• determining a level of access associated with the user identification via the processor;
• granting access according to the determined level of access associated with the user identification via the processor including showing icons that are available based on the user identification and the determined level of access assigned to the user identification;
• configuring the display to hide icons of programs associated with icons that are unavailable based on the user identification and the determined level of access assigned to the user identification;
• wherein a function of the assignable input relies on the level of access granted to a user,
• wherein the diagnostic computing device is configured to diagnose at least one of a medically related issue or a vehicle related issue including executing at least one of diagnostic tasks, service tasks, maintenance tasks, or data gathering tasks;
• and
• limiting the diagnostic computing device to receiving unidirectional communication that includes a signal from a remote device to lock out a user if verifying the user identification fails, and
• wherein the diagnostic computing device alerts the user of the diagnostic computing device if one of a plurality of security features of the diagnostic computing device has been disabled.

A diagnostic computing device, the system comprising:

• means for storing configured to store instructions for providing a customizable graphical user interface capable of granting and restricting access to stored information on the means for storing and executable functions based on a user identification based on a biometric of a user, the customizable graphical user interface sits on top of an operating system of the diagnostic computing device;
• the means for storing further configured to store instructions for executing at least one of diagnostic tasks, service tasks, maintenance tasks, or data gathering tasks and instructions for executing a plurality of security features;
• means for processing communicatively connected to the means for storing and configured to receive and execute the instructions;
• means for inputting communicatively connected to the means for processing and configured to provide signals to the means for processing, wherein the signals include the user identification;
• and
• means for displaying communicatively connected to the means for processing and configured to display the customizable graphical user interface, wherein the customizable graphical user interface is configured to show icons that are available based on the user identification and a level of access assigned to the user identification and hide icons associated with icons that are unavailable based on the user identification and the level of access assigned to the user identification,
• wherein a function of the means for inputting relies on the level of access granted to a user,
• wherein the diagnostic computing device is configured to diagnose a vehicle related issue,
• wherein the diagnostic computing device is configured to limit external communication to receiving unidirectional communication including a signal from a remote device to lock out a user if verifying the user identification fails, and
• wherein the diagnostic computing device alerts the user of the diagnostic computing device if one of the plurality of security features of the diagnostic computing device has been disabled.