--- title: "Offline Secure Storage for Business Use | Firevault" url: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-business-use description: "Hold contracts, customer records, financial data and clean gold copies in physically disconnected storage. Vault from £360 per month inc VAT, with 24/7…" lang: en-GB --- OSS® for business use # The records your business cannot afford to lose, held offline Contracts, financial records, customer data and clean recovery copies sit physically disconnected from your network. Nothing routable, nothing reachable, nothing to encrypt. - Offline by default - Identity locked access - Hardware encrypted See the range and pricing Talk to a member of the team: https://fire-vault.com/contact ## Who this is for - Small and mid-sized firms with regulated records to retain - Finance and operations teams holding contracts and ledgers - IT leads who need a recovery copy outside the network - Organisations evidencing appropriate technical measures Physically disconnected by default, in one of our bunkers. Image: A team of professionals meeting in a modern office lounge, representing businesses protecting their records offline (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/9b015ba9-126a-4717-8869-5acba75f76b6/business-team-collaboration.jpg) 2TB to 8TB per vault 24/7 on-demand access Gold copy clean recovery set held offline £0 due today 01 Which one ## Size the vault against what must survive Start with the records that would stop the business if they were encrypted or lost, then size for retention rather than for everything you hold. If you hold 01 ### Contracts, ledgers and one clean copy Statutory records, signed agreements and a first gold copy taken out of the network. Vault 2TB If you hold 02 ### Retained customer and financial records Longer retention periods with customer data held outside live systems. Vault 4TB If you hold 03 ### Full archive and larger gold-copy sets Multi-year retention, larger recovery sets and a dedicated account manager. Vault 8TB 02 Why it matters ## The cost of doing nothing is a stopped business Ransomware no longer just encrypts live systems. It looks for the backups first, because a business with a clean copy does not pay. ### Backups are the first target, not the last Attackers who reach a domain admin account reach the backup platform in the same move. Connected backups inherit the compromise of the network they sit on. A reachable copy is not a recovery copy. ### Downtime costs more than the ransom Halted operations, idle staff, missed contractual obligations and manual workarounds run for weeks after an incident, long after systems are technically restored. Recovery time is the real cost line. ### Customers leave after a breach Notifying customers that their records were taken damages contracts, tenders and renewals. Losing the relationship outlasts losing the data. Trust is the slowest thing to restore. ### What changes for the business One copy of what matters, kept where an intruder on your network cannot follow. Backups on the same network as production Gold copy physically disconnected in a bunker Recovery depends on the attacker's reach Recovery depends on a drive they never touched Technical measures described in a policy A physical measure you can demonstrate Retention held in live systems Retained records held offline, out of the blast radius 03 The range ## Offline Secure Storage® configured for business use Beyond 8TB the estate moves to Storage, which scales from 20TB to 300TB and beyond with API and SFTP retrieval. Vault ### 2TB Starting point Image: Vault 2TB (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/f7f46c4d-276a-4f19-8ec1-118a43449bda/oss-drive-2tb-cutout-v2.png) £360 per month inc VAT · 36-month commitment · £0 due today Contracts, statutory records and a first clean recovery copy. 24/7 on-demand access - File Manager - Offline Secure Share - Vault Buddy - Dedicated physical hard drive - 2TB Offline Secure Storage® - Identity locked access with MFA - Hardware level AES-256 encryption - Setup and ongoing support Configure 2TB: https://fire-vault.com/checkout?capacity=2TB&audience=business Ask a question: https://fire-vault.com/contact Most chosen Vault ### 4TB Image: Vault 4TB (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/a655c560-26c4-40e1-a4b8-1e748a539afc/oss-drive-4tb-cutout-v2.png) £480 Retained customer records alongside financial and operational archives. 24/7 on-demand access - Dedicated physical hard drive - 4TB Offline Secure Storage® - Identity locked access with MFA - Hardware level AES-256 encryption - Setup and ongoing support Configure 4TB: https://fire-vault.com/checkout?capacity=4TB&audience=business Vault ### 8TB Full archive Image: Vault 8TB (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/3147613c-52f1-41d1-a1da-59b26ac04a92/oss-drive-8tb-cutout-v2.png) £600 Long retention periods and larger gold-copy sets. 24/7 on-demand access - Dedicated physical hard drive - 8TB Offline Secure Storage® - Identity locked access with MFA - Hardware level AES-256 encryption - Dedicated Account Manager Configure 8TB: https://fire-vault.com/checkout?capacity=8TB&audience=business 04 Compare ## Offline Secure Storage® against the usual alternatives How physical disconnection differs from immutable cloud and on-premises copies. | Question | Cloud backup or archive | On-premises copy | Offline Secure Storage® | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reachable from the production network? | Yes, over the internet | Yes, over the LAN | No, physically disconnected | | Survives a domain-wide compromise? | Only if credentials hold | Rarely | Yes, there is no path to it | | Who holds the keys and the hardware? | The provider | You, with your own upkeep | Dedicated hardware, hardware encrypted | | Evidence for auditors and insurers? | Configuration screenshots | Configuration screenshots | A physical control plus per-session retrieval records | Written to be fair to the alternatives. Keep the backups you use daily, and read the full comparison pages (https://fire-vault.com/compare/oss-vs-everything) if you want the technical detail. 05 What goes in ## What goes into the vault Material that must be kept but does not need to be online. It stays physically disconnected until you ask for it. 01 ### Contracts and agreements Signed contracts, leases, supplier terms and licences. 02 ### Financial records Ledgers, statutory accounts, payroll and tax filings. 03 ### Customer records Retained personal data held outside live systems. 04 ### Gold copies Clean recovery copies held physically disconnected. Read the full guide to what should be stored offline (https://fire-vault.com/what-oss-stores) 06 Setup ## How it is set up Four steps from first conversation to a vault that is offline by default. 1. 01 ### Agree what leaves the network Identify the records that must be retained but do not need to be reachable. 2. 02 ### Vault allocated and verified Dedicated hardware is assigned to a verified owner inside one of our bunkers. 3. 03 ### Transfer and organise Move records in through File Manager, with folders, search and controlled sharing. 4. 04 ### Return it offline Close the session and the hardware is physically disconnected again. 07 Specifications ## Specifications at a glance | Capacity options | 2TB, 4TB, 8TB per vault | | --- | --- | | Access | 24/7 on-demand | | Hardware | Dedicated RAID 1 drives | | Resilience | Vault Spare, geographically separate | | Default state | Physically disconnected | | Encryption | Hardware level AES-256 | | Location | Held in one of our bunkers | | Minimum commitment | 36 months | | Due today | £0 | 08 FAQ ## What finance and IT ask before signing The objections and questions that come up before anyone commits. Related needs ## Start from an outcome instead If you are here for a specific outcome rather than a role, start with one of these. Business-critical data: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-business Customer data: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-customer-data Ransomware resilience: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-ransomware-recovery Browse every Offline Secure Storage need: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for Image: Mark Fermor (https://fire-vault.com/assets/mark-fermor-DWFWqeWL.jpg) Image: David Bailey (https://fire-vault.com/assets/david-bailey-Dgqj8eaE.jpg) Image: Kenny Phipps (https://fire-vault.com/assets/kenny-phipps-Dy-CtCjw.jpg) Online Now Get started ## Not sure which vault fits? Tell us what you need to hold offline and we will recommend the configuration. From £360 a month including VAT. 36-month commitment. First payment at checkout. 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