OSS® for governmentData protection and storage
Citizen and classified data, physically disconnected.
Government and public bodies handle some of the most sensitive data in existence. Offline Secure Storage (OSS) provides physical disconnection for classified and citizen data.
Offline Secure Storage®OSS® for government- Protects
- The records you could not recreate
- Hardware
- Dedicated, except LUV
- When closed
- No standing network path
- Access
- Authorised, out of band, time-bound
- Hosted in
- Firevault Bunkers: Europe live, US and Middle East next
The reality
This is already happening in government.
Every incident here is a matter of public record. Each one involved data that was reachable from a live network at the moment of compromise.
- Off connected infrastructure
Sovereign data is removed from connected infrastructure and placed on hardware with no network connection while it is closed.
- Contractor credentials alone do not open it
Compromised contractor credentials alone do not open physically disconnected hardware.
- Identity-verified, logged sessions
Every access session is identity-verified and logged, which can help support NIS2, Cyber Essentials Plus and GovAssure evidence.
- Electoral Commission: 40 million voters.
Incident 1
- Capita: £14m ICO fine.
Incident 2
- Synnovis: London hospitals disrupted.
Incident 3
See the difference
The same stolen login. Two places to keep your records.
Choose a state to see what an intruder can reach.
Contracts, accounts and recovery copies share one connected estate. One stolen login, one supplier or one mistake reaches all of it.
The records you could not recreate sit on dedicated hardware with no standing network path. Access begins outside the normal network, on an authorised out-of-band request, for a time-bound session.
How OSS helps
Remove sovereign data from every system attackers can reach.
Classified records, citizen data and critical government files are taken off departmental networks and written to dedicated RAID 1 drives inside a Firevault Bunker. When authorised personnel need access, a physical connection is created after identity verification. When the session ends, the drives disconnect.
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What the guidance says
Resilience is now a government standard.
Public bodies are expected to protect critical functions, and to keep a copy that survives a compromise of the live estate.
- Critical functions, protected
Government Cyber Security Strategy 2022 to 2030
- Keep a backup offline
NCSC
The products
Which Offline Secure Storage® fits government?
Every tier is the same physical principle at a different scale. Pick the access pattern that matches how your team works.
- Physically offline between sessions.
Vault
- Ask from your registered phone and confirm it is you.
Open a session
- Work with your files for up to 120 minutes.
File Manager
- Opens on a day you choose each week, for 12 hours.
LUV
- From 20TB, growing in 20TB steps.
Storage
Use cases for government
What public bodies take offline first.
The records that matter most, and the ones an attacker would most like to reach.
- Classified policy documents
Policy
- Ministerial correspondence archives
Ministers
- FOI preparation files
FOI
- Historic investigation records
Investigations
- Personnel security vetting files
Vetting
How to get started
From discovery call to go-live.
Understand what you need to protect and how you operate.
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Understand what you need to protect and how you operate.
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Select your tier, capacity and access model.
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Complete KYC/AML and set up multi-factor authentication.
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Data ingestion, access policy activation and ongoing support.
Why Firevault
Physics, not promises.
Every Offline Secure Storage® instance is built on the same four physical principles.
- Physical storage
Offline Secure Storage instances are held on dedicated physical hard drives, not in S3 cloud buckets, shared storage pools or multi-tenant infrastructure. Your selected data is assigned to real hardware, with dedicated RAID 1 drives providing resilience.
- Physical ownership
Each Offline Secure Storage instance is allocated to a specific customer, with dedicated physical capacity and clearly defined ownership. Your data is not pooled, commingled or held within a shared storage estate.
- Physical control
Access begins outside the normal network path. An authorised out-of-band command, such as SMS, controls the physical Layer 1 connection to your #OSS instance. When access is not required, that network path is physically disconnected.
- Physical security
Your #OSS hardware is housed in carefully selected, professionally managed data centres with layered physical security, resilient power and environmental controls. Access is tightly controlled using three-factor authentication, including biometric identification, supported by 24/7 monitoring, restricted access zones and a complete audit trail.
Explore more
Related routes.
Questions
- Board records
- Identity documents
- Gold copy backups
- Ransomware-proof recovery copies
- Control third-party access
- All industries
Your next step
Protect the records that matter most.
Start with the records you could not recreate. Keep everything else where it works best.