Offline Secure Storage for Legal
Legal professional privilege demands the highest standard of data protection. Offline Secure Storage (OSS) provides physical disconnection for your most sensitive client files.
- Privileged matter exfiltration
- Client-money fraud (SRA)
- Disclosure-bundle tampering
- Panel/PII data loss
Offline Secure Storage® keeps a clean copy on hardware that is physically disconnected.
Legal Sector Reality
Solicitors hold client privilege that does not survive a public breach notice. SRA Standards and Regulations require firms to safeguard client confidentiality with measures proportionate to the harm a breach would cause, and the ICO has now fined multiple firms for breaches that began in cloud-hosted matter management. Firevault keeps the most sensitive case files, completion documents and client identity records offline, so a single compromised mailbox cannot expose an entire matter.
- Average cost of a data breach in legal services
- £4.9MAverage cost of a data breach in legal servicesIBM Cost of a Data Breach 2024
- UK law firms hit by ransomware in the past year
- 1 in 4UK law firms hit by ransomware in the past yearSRA / NCSC 2025
- ICO fine to Capita, a major legal outsourcing provider
- £14MICO fine to Capita, a major legal outsourcing providerICO, October 2025
- UK law firms disrupted by the CTS legal IT supplier attack
- 200UK law firms disrupted by the CTS legal IT supplier attackLaw Society Gazette, November 2024
Why law firms are prime targets.
Client Privilege
Privileged communications and case files are high-value targets for cyber criminals.
SRA Compliance
The SRA mandates appropriate measures to protect client confidentiality.
Opposing Party Access
In litigation, compromised data can be exploited by opposing parties.
This is already happening in legal services.
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.
Capita: £14M Fine, Legal Outsourcing Provider Breached
Capita processes legal data for hundreds of organisations. The ICO fined the outsourcer £14 million after hackers accessed personal data of over 6 million people, including legally privileged records.
ICO, October 2025
CTS: Ransomware Attack Disrupted 200 UK Law Firms
A ransomware attack on managed service provider CTS disrupted IT systems for approximately 200 UK law firms, preventing conveyancing transactions and client access for weeks.
Law Society Gazette, November 2024
LastPass: £1.2M Fine, Lawyers' Credentials Exposed
The ICO fined LastPass £1.2 million after hackers stole encrypted vaults containing passwords used by legal professionals to access client systems and case management platforms.
ICO, December 2025
OSS for Industry
Allen and Overy disclosed that ransomware attackers accessed confidential client matter files stored on always-connected firm systems. At Firevault, privileged legal records live on hardware that physically disconnects between sessions, because legal privilege ends where network exposure begins.
Remove privileged files from every system attackers can reach.
Client files, case documents, and privileged communications are taken off firm 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 counsel need access, a physical connection is created after identity verification. When the session ends, the drives disconnect.
- Client files removed from firm networks and placed on hardware with no network connection. Privilege cannot be waived if the data was never reachable
- Matter-specific access controls with identity verification. Stolen credentials cannot unlock physically disconnected hardware
- Full audit trail satisfying SRA and ICO requirements. Every file access is logged with chain-of-custody integrity
- Supports GDPR Article 32 appropriate technical measures through the strongest measure available, physical disconnection
Take Privileged Files Off Firm Systems
Step 1 of 3Privileged communications, case files, and client documents are taken off firm networks and written to physically disconnected RAID 1 drives inside a Firevault Bunker. No cloud. No shared portal. No attack surface.
What the regulator says
“Firms must keep the affairs of current and former clients confidential, including by adopting appropriate technical and organisational measures against unauthorised disclosure.”
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Choose your protection
Which Offline Secure Storage® fits legal?
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
Low Use Vault, Deep Cold Storage
£74.99/mo
inc. VAT · £0 due today
Deep cold storage for privileged files and archived matters that do not require daily access. One nominated access day each week within a 12-hour window.
What 300GB holds
Use Cases for Legal
- Archived case files and closed matters
- Privileged client communications
- Historical compliance and audit records
- Legacy partner documentation
- Tribunal and court bundle archives
Specifications
Capacity
300GB
Access
1 day/week, 12-hour window
Authentication
Identity-locked
Commitment
36 months
Security & Compliance
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.
Questions