OSS® for professional servicesData protection and storage
Client files, physically disconnected.
Consulting, accounting and advisory firms hold sensitive client data across multiple engagements. Offline Secure Storage (OSS) provides physical disconnection for your most valuable files.
Offline Secure Storage®OSS® for professional services- 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 professional services.
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.
- Client data off firm networks
Client engagement data is removed from firm networks and placed on hardware with no network connection, so one breach does not expose every client.
- Former staff credentials do not open it
Engagement-specific access controls with identity verification, so former staff credentials alone do not open physically disconnected hardware.
- A full audit trail
Every file access is logged and attributable, which can help support GDPR, ICAEW and FRC expectations.
- Capita: £14m ICO fine.
Incident 1
- M&S: attack through a third party.
Incident 2
- LastPass: £1.2m ICO fine.
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 client data from every system attackers can reach.
Client engagement files, audit workpapers and advisory records are taken off firm networks and written to dedicated RAID 1 drives inside a Firevault Bunker. When authorised staff 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
Confidentiality is a professional duty.
Professional bodies expect firms to protect the confidential information clients entrust to them.
- Confidentiality
ICAEW Code of Ethics, Section 114
- Security appropriate to the risk
UK GDPR Article 32
The products
Which Offline Secure Storage® fits professional services?
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 professional services
What firms take offline first.
The records that matter most, and the ones an attacker would most like to reach.
- Archived client engagement files
Engagements
- Historical audit workpapers
Audit
- Legacy advisory records
Advisory
- Closed project documentation
Projects
- Former partner correspondence
Partners
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
- Protect intellectual property
- Legal firms
- Protect customer data
- Ransomware-proof recovery copies
- 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.