---
title: "OSS for Government Records | Firevault"
url: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-government
description: "Handle classified materials and sensitive citizen records with the highest level of assurance using UK-sovereign, physically air-gapped storage. Learn why."
lang: en-GB
---

OSS for Industry

# Offline Secure Storage for Government

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.

- Citizen data breaches
- Nation-state APT activity
- Council ransomware
- GovAssure control gaps

View All Industries: https://fire-vault.com/solutions/oss

#OSS at a glance

Image: Public sector records protected by Offline Secure Storage (https://fire-vault.com/assets/oss-industry-government-DYgCbPpD.jpg)

Offline Secure Storage® keeps a clean copy on hardware that is physically disconnected.

UK Government Reality

Sovereign departments, councils and arm's-length bodies are obliged to protect citizen data to a standard that pure-cloud architecture cannot evidence on its own. The Government Cyber Security Strategy explicitly calls out the need for resilient, recoverable copies that are isolated from the live estate. Firevault provides UK-sovereign, physically disconnected storage, sized for everything from a single departmental archive to a national-scale records retention programme.

The evidence

01

Economic cost of JLR ransomware across UK supply chain

£1.9B Economic cost of JLR ransomware across UK supply chain The Guardian, October 2025

02

UK voter records exposed in Electoral Commission breach

40M UK voter records exposed in Electoral Commission breach Electoral Commission, 2024

03

ICO fine to Capita, a major government contractor

£14M ICO fine to Capita, a major government contractor ICO, October 2025

04

Cyber incidents reported by UK public sector in 2024

327 Cyber incidents reported by UK public sector in 2024 NCSC Annual Review, 2025

Industry Risks

## Public sector data demands sovereign protection.

01

### National Security

Government data is a prime target for nation-state threat actors.

02

### Citizen Records

Millions of citizen records require the highest standard of protection.

03

### Regulatory Obligations

NIS2, Cyber Essentials Plus, and GovAssure mandate robust technical measures.

The reality

## This is already happening in government.

Every incident below is a matter of public record. Each one involved data that was reachable from a live network at the moment of compromise.

01

### Electoral Commission: 40 Million UK Voter Records Exposed

The Electoral Commission disclosed that hostile actors accessed the personal data of approximately 40 million registered UK voters over a 14-month period before detection.

Electoral Commission, 2024

02

### Capita: £14M Fine, Major Government Contractor Breached

Capita, which processes data for hundreds of government bodies, was fined £14 million by the ICO after hackers accessed personal data of over 6 million people.

ICO, October 2025

03

### NHS Synnovis: Ransomware Paralysed London Hospitals for Months

A ransomware attack on pathology provider Synnovis disrupted blood tests and operations across major London hospitals. Stolen patient data was published online by the attackers.

BBC News, June 2024

We Think This Is Hard to Ignore

> The MOD disclosed 500,000 service personnel records exposed through a compromised payroll provider in 2024. At Firevault, sovereign data lives on hardware with no network connection, because national security cannot depend on third-party infrastructure.

How OSS Helps

## Remove sovereign data from every system attackers can reach.

Classified records, citizen data, and critical government files are taken off connected infrastructure and written to dedicated RAID 1 drives inside a Firevault Bunker. Those drives have no internet connection. No IP address. No API. When SC/DV-cleared personnel need access, a physical connection is created after identity verification. When the session ends, the drives disconnect.

- Sovereign data removed from connected infrastructure and placed on hardware with no network connection. Nation-state attackers cannot reach what is not online
- SC/DV-cleared personnel and facility access controls. Compromised contractor credentials cannot unlock physically disconnected hardware
- Full audit trail for NIS2, Cyber Essentials Plus, and GovAssure compliance. Every access session is identity-verified and logged
- Enterprise-scale capacity for departmental and national programmes with clear jurisdictional boundaries

#### Take Sovereign Data Off Departmental Networks

Step 1 of 3

Classified records, citizen data, and critical government files are taken off departmental networks and written to physically disconnected RAID 1 drives inside a Firevault Bunker. No cloud dependency. No API. No attack surface.

What the regulator says

Government Cyber Security Strategy, 2022–2030

> “Critical functions must have backups that are isolated and cannot be modified or encrypted by an attacker who has compromised the production environment.”

Featured In

Read about Firevault on TechRadar Pro: https://www.techradar.com/pro/uk-startup-put-physical-disconnect-switch-in-its-cloud-storage-offering-to-mitigate-ransomware-attacks-but-will-that-be-enough
Read about Firevault on Yahoo Finance: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/firevault-launches-help-businesses-directors-074500961.html
Read about Firevault on Channel Insider: https://www.channelinsider.com/security/tools-and-platforms/firevault-security-offline-platform-offering/
Read about Firevault on Security Buyer: https://securitybuyer.com/uk-cybersecurity-startup-launches-firevault/
Read about Firevault on SecurityBrief: https://securitybrief.com.au/story/firevault-unveils-offline-digital-vault-to-combat-rising-cyber-risks

Choose your protection

## 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, then see the capacity, price and use cases for it.

### 300GB

Occasional-Use Vault, Deep Cold Storage

£74.99/mo

inc. VAT · £0 due today

Deep cold storage for classified records and sensitive documents. One nominated access day each week within a 12-hour window.

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 Government

- Classified policy documents
- Ministerial correspondence archives
- FOI preparation files
- Historic investigation records
- Personnel security vetting files

Specifications

Capacity

300GB

Access

1 day/week, 12-hour window

Authentication

Identity-locked

Commitment

36 months

Security & Compliance

Carefully Selected Bunkers DSIT-Referenced GDPR Art. 32 Cyber 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.

Get started: https://fire-vault.com/luv

See Also: Control

Control for government networks

See how Control secures public sector and CNI environments.
https://fire-vault.com/control-for-public-sector

## Explore More

### NIS2 Compliance

See how OSS maps to government compliance.

Learn more about NIS2 Compliance
https://fire-vault.com/solutions/oss/compliance/nis2

### Critical Infrastructure

National-grade security for essential services.

Learn more about Critical Infrastructure
https://fire-vault.com/control-for-critical-infrastructure

Questions

## Frequently Asked

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