OSS® (#OSS) for intellectual propertyData protection and storage
The work nobody can recreate.
The value of intellectual property depends on exclusivity, so the master copy should not sit permanently reachable on a connected network.
Offline Secure Storage®OSS® (#OSS) for intellectual property- 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
A simple ownership question
If your intellectual property were copied tonight, would you know, and could you prove it was yours?
Intellectual property rarely disappears. It is duplicated, and its value falls the moment somebody else holds it. The problem is not only theft. It is that your most valuable work is permanently reachable.
- A path that does not exist cannot be used
No repository, no sync client and no share leads to the master copy while the vault is offline.
- Detection is not prevention
Monitoring tells you that files moved. Disconnection means there was nothing to move.
- Version masters deserve a different state
Working copies can stay online. The definitive record of what you created does not have to.
- Proof of possession matters later
Recorded retrieval and dated custody support disputes, filings and due diligence.
- A departing employee copies work.
Scenario 1
- A supplier is compromised.
Scenario 2
- Research is exposed early.
Scenario 3
- Provenance is disputed.
Scenario 4
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.
The principle
Select. Secure. Disconnect. Access when required.
If the master copies of your intellectual property sit physically outside the estate, theft requires physical access rather than a credential.
- Your important data
- Your network
- Security tools
- Still reachable
- Stolen, locked or changed
What is protected
The work that carries the value.
First-pass inventory
- Source and builds
- Designs and creative
- Research data
- Trade secrets
- IP registrations
- Creation evidence
First-pass inventory
Identify the work that carries the value.
Not every file is intellectual property. Start with the material that would cost the most to lose exclusively.
- Engineering
- Design
- Research
- Trade secrets
- Legal
- Provenance
- Master source repositories
- Build artefacts
- Architecture documents
What belongs offline
Collaboration is not the same as custody.
Everyday and connected
- Active repositories and branches
- Work in progress designs
- Shared project material
- Everyday review and comment
- Live team collaboration
- Master source and builds
- Design and production masters
- Unpublished research
- Trade secret documentation
Who can reach it
Control who can reach the master copy.
Intellectual property protection has to survive staff changes, partners and disputes. The owner holds custody. Selected files can be released to a partner or legal adviser without exposing the whole vault.
- Verified owner
- Project lead
- Legal or partner
- Succession route
- Custody is linked to a verified individual rather than a team credential.
One vault per user
- Share a specific design, dataset or document with a named recipient.
Release, do not expose
- Retrievals and access windows are logged, supporting provenance and dispute evidence.
Recorded history
The products
Offline Secure Storage®, then the product that fits the volume.
One physical principle at every size. What changes is capacity and how access opens.
- 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
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.
Guidance
Trade secret protection depends on the measures you can demonstrate.
Legal protection for confidential information is tied to reasonable steps taken to keep it secret.
- Trade Secrets (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2018
Trade Secrets Regulations
- Keep critical copies offline
NCSC
- Physical as well as digital
NPSA
Your next step
Protect the records that matter most.
Start with the records you could not recreate. Keep everything else where it works best.