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Offline Secure Storage for Healthcare

Patient data is among the most sensitive and regulated data in existence. Offline Secure Storage (OSS) provides physical disconnection for clinical records and medical research.

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We Think This Is Hard to Ignore

NHS Synnovis was paralysed for months after ransomware encrypted connected patient systems, forcing the cancellation of thousands of operations. At Firevault, clinical records live on hardware that is physically unreachable, because patient safety depends on data that ransomware cannot touch.

£10.9M

Average cost of a healthcare data breach

IBM Cost of a Data Breach 2024

6 months

NHS Synnovis ransomware disruption to London hospitals

BBC News, 2024

400K+

Patient appointments disrupted by Synnovis attack

NHS England, 2024

£14M

ICO fine to Capita, which processes NHS data

ICO, October 2025

Healthcare & NHS Reality

Patient records carry decades of sensitive history, and NHS England has been clear that a single ransomware event can shut down clinical care for weeks. The Data Security and Protection Toolkit asks providers to keep recoverable, segregated copies of clinical data, but most trusts still depend on online backup that an attacker can reach with the same stolen credentials. Firevault removes patient records from that blast radius entirely, with identity-locked access reserved for clinicians who genuinely need them.

Industry Risks

Healthcare faces unique data threats.

Patient Records

Medical records command premium prices on the dark web, up to 50x financial data.

Ransomware Targeting

Healthcare is the number one targeted sector for ransomware attacks.

Regulatory Pressure

NHS DSPT, GDPR, and Caldicott principles demand appropriate protection.

The Reality

This is already happening in healthcare.

NHS Synnovis: Ransomware Paralysed London Hospitals for Months

A ransomware attack on pathology provider Synnovis disrupted blood tests and operations across major London hospitals. Over 400,000 patient appointments were affected and stolen patient data was published online.

BBC News, June 2024

Capita: £14M Fine, NHS Data Processor Breached

Capita processes data for multiple NHS trusts. The ICO fined the outsourcer £14 million after hackers accessed personal data of over 6 million people, including patient records.

ICO, October 2025

Co-op: 6.5 Million Members' Data Stolen Including Pharmacy Records

Attackers exfiltrated personal data of all 6.5 million Co-op members, including those using Co-op pharmacy services, in an attack the CEO described as devastating.

BBC News, 2025

How Firevault Stops This

Remove patient data from every system attackers can reach.

Patient records, clinical trial data, and safeguarding files are taken off hospital networks and written to dedicated RAID 1 drives inside a Firevault Bunker. Those drives have no internet connection. No IP address. No API. When authorised clinical staff need access, a physical connection is created after identity verification. When the session ends, the drives disconnect.

Patient data removed from hospital networks and placed on hardware with no network connection. Ransomware cannot encrypt what is not online
Clinical records isolated with identity-verified access. Stolen staff credentials cannot unlock physically disconnected hardware
Full audit trail for NHS DSPT, Caldicott, and GDPR compliance. Every access session is logged and attributable
Held in carefully selected Firevault Bunkers with clear jurisdictional boundaries for data sovereignty

Take Patient Data Off Hospital Networks

Step 1 of 3

Patient records, clinical trial data, and safeguarding files are taken off hospital networks and written to physically disconnected RAID 1 drives inside a Firevault Bunker. No cloud. No shared system. No attack surface.

“Organisations must ensure that backups are kept separate from the live system and protected from the same threats that could compromise the primary data.”

Source: NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit, Standard 9

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Which OSS Fits?

300GB

Low Use Vault, Deep Cold Storage

From £74.99/mo

inc. VAT · £0 due today

Deep cold storage for safeguarding records and patient files accessed periodically for audits or reviews.

What 300GB holds

~60,000 high-res photos

~150,000 PDF documents

~1,200 hours of voice recordings

~75 hours of HD video

Use Cases for Healthcare

Safeguarding and vulnerable patient records
Historic patient notes and discharge summaries
Clinical trial consent documentation
Staff DBS and occupational health files
Complaint and incident investigation files

Specifications

Capacity

300GB

Access

2 windows/week

Authentication

Identity-locked

Commitment

36 months

Security & Compliance

NATO-Approved FacilityDSIT-ReferencedGDPR Art. 32Cyber Essentials Plus

How to Get Started

Step 1

Discovery Call

Understand what you need to protect and how you operate.

Step 2

Vault Configuration

Select your tier, capacity, and access model.

Step 3

Identity Verification

Complete KYC/AML and set up multi-factor authentication.

Step 4

Go Live

Data ingestion, access policy activation, and ongoing support.

Create LUV Vault

One Vault, every clinician, every stage of the episode of care.

Offline Secure Storage sits at the centre of the trust or provider, owned by the people accountable for the record. Referrals and admissions feed the live patient health record on one set of wings; the wider care network and the live episodes of care a clinician runs in parallel form the other. Nothing is reachable between sessions, and every touch is logged for Caldicott, the CQC and any future inquiry.

Chief Medical Officer

Caldicott Guardian

DPO

CCIO

Clinical Director

Records Manager

Firevault OSS

disconnect to protect

Upper Left Wing

Referrals and Admissions

GP and e-RS referrals lodged into the patient's vault on receipt
A&E and 111 presentations triaged and attached to the live record
MDT pre-reads assembled with timed access for invited clinicians
Inter-hospital transfers handed over with full chain-of-custody
Pre-operative assessments and consent forms staged before theatre
Safeguarding referrals flagged to the Caldicott Guardian on intake

Upper Right Wing

Patient Health Record

Summary Care Record and demographics
Clinical notes and observations
Pathology, imaging and diagnostics
Prescribing and medicines reconciliation
Consent forms and advance directives
Safeguarding and mental-health flags
Allergies, alerts and resus status
Discharge summaries and care plans

Lower Left Wing

Care Network

GP practices and Primary Care Networks
Community pharmacy and district nursing
Local authority social care and safeguarding
Tertiary referral centres and specialist units
CQC, ICB commissioners and NHS England

Lower Right Wing

Live Episodes of Care

WardWD
TheatreTH
Outpatient ClinicOP
CommunityCM
Mental HealthMH

Archived DataClosed records, deceased patient files, completed trials and statutory-retention case notes, retained offline under the trust's sole control.

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