--- title: "Protect data and digital assets with Offline Secure Storage (OSS) | Firevault" url: https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage description: "Explore Offline Secure Storage: physically disconnected data storage with authorised access. Compare Vault, Storage, Enterprise and LUV for your retained data." lang: en-GB --- Offline Secure Storage (OSS) ® # Take sensitive data offline and out of reach. The information your organisation cannot afford to lose is often the most exposed: connected around the clock, reachable by any incident that gets in. Offline Secure Storage® changes that. It is physically disconnected by default, and opens only when you authorise it. Find your OSS: https://fire-vault.com/find-my-oss See how it works Your business stays connected. Your most valuable data does not have to. Why protecting your data matters ## When data is targeted, the cost is real. An attack can expose confidential information, stop operations and damage trust it took years to build. **The question is not only whether your systems are protected. It is whether your most valuable data needs to stay exposed to them.** **43 %** of UK businesses identified a cyber breach or attack in the preceding 12 months. UK Government, Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2026 (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cyber-security-breaches-survey) **48 %** of breaches in Verizon’s 2026 report involved ransomware, up from 44% the year before. Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report (https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/) **10.6 bn** records exposed across the 35 biggest breaches and privacy violations of 2025. Forrester (https://www.forrester.com/blogs/lessons-learned-from-2025-breaches-are-borderless-and-regulators-are-watching/) 1. **Data theft.**Customer records, sensitive documents and intellectual property can be stolen or exposed. 2. **Business disruption.**Systems go down, trading stops and the costs keep growing. 3. **Compromised recovery.**If recovery copies are reachable, restoring the business gets harder. Recent breaches - **Asahi Group**Production systems disrupted: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches - **Kido International**8K records: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches - **Collins Aerospace (RTX)**Check-in and boarding disruption across Heathrow: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches - **Jaguar Land Rover**Production and IT systems disrupted: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches - **Lidl GB**Customer contact data: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches - **Adidas UK**Customer contact details: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches - **Legal Aid Agency (Ministry of Justice)**2.1M records: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches - **Peter Green Chilled**Order and logistics data: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches - **Co-operative Group**6.5M records: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches - **Harrods**Attempted intrusion: https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches View all (https://fire-vault.com/learn/breaches) Why offline ## Connected storage is reachable all day. Offline Secure Storage is only available when you approve it. Most cloud, NAS and backup deployments keep a network path open around the clock. Offline Secure Storage® removes that path between authorised sessions. Choose an incident to see the difference. Choose an incident Incident An attacker gets into production systems and tries to encrypt files and any recovery copies they can reach. **Connected storage**Standing connection Image: Illustration of a cyber attacker on a laptop (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/8aa60d7e-ace4-4f89-8962-5c6c411d2c5a/ref-oss-621d0bb422.webp) **Ransomware gets in** Image: Illustration of servers connected to cloud and internet services (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/d04dc4e6-1be4-4403-ae72-129a35a8ebfb/ref-oss-adfa6ebda9.webp) _Compromised_ **Your business**Users, security tools and production systems Image: Illustration of a database exposed through network connections (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/9ff99f12-0807-450c-ba3d-32ac5cfdccaf/ref-oss-82371e0839.webp) _Affected_ **Your valuable data**On connected storage **The attack follows the connection.** Reachable copies may be encrypted too. **Offline Secure Storage®**Physically disconnected **Ransomware gets in** Image: Illustration of stored data beside a padlock (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/be366455-6c18-4491-ad3d-291b1628439b/ref-oss-ebd3b5eccb.webp) _Out of reach_ **Your valuable data**In OSS, in a Firevault Bunker **There is no path to follow.** Production still needs recovering, but this copy is out of reach. 01 · Relevant here**Physical control**Why the attack stops at the gap. 02 · Relevant here**Physical storage**Keeps a separate holding outside the affected environment. 03**Physical ownership** 04**Physical security** Concept illustration. Outcomes depend on your architecture and whether a session is open at the time. From a real customer ## What protection feels like > Using Firevault for storage and backups helps reassure me that I have everything protected when I cannot be on site. Chief Executive, award-winning multi-site UK care provider - **About a year**with Firevault - **Storage and backups**held in a Vault - **Their IT provider**kept on Read the customer story (https://fire-vault.com/customer-stories/protecting-a-multi-site-care-business) What will you protect? ## Every organisation has something it cannot afford to lose. From the records you are trusted to hold to the ideas that give you your edge. **Ransomware recovery**Keep selected recovery copies outside the connected environment.: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-ransomware-recovery **Sensitive customer data**Hold customer and employee records apart from everyday systems.: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-business-data#customer-data **Intellectual property**Protect designs, research, formulas and commercial know-how.: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-intellectual-property **Legal and regulated records**Preserve evidence, client files and long-term archives.: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-legal **Boards and transactions**Protect board papers, financial records and deal documents.: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-financial-services#directors-and-boards **Critical operations**Protect the configurations and records essential services depend on.: https://fire-vault.com/oss-for-ransomware-recovery#operational-technology The OSS range ## Choose the right OSS instance. Vault and LUV are ready to order today and held in Firevault Bunkers. Storage and Enterprise are scoped with you: capacity, access and where the hardware lives. Digital safe deposit box™ ### Vault Dedicated hardware for your most sensitive files, IP, records and recovery copies. - Open it when you need it, 24/7 - Sessions of up to 120 minutes - Dedicated, mirrored drives **£480**a month including VAT 36 months · first payment on the 5th of the following month Create your 4TB Vault (https://fire-vault.com/vault/4tb) Image: Firevault 2TB Vault drive (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/697b7900-1809-4ff8-88f9-e82ad57c00c7/ref-oss-74e8114a85.webp) Image: Firevault 8TB Vault drive (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/df8d0736-7fec-450e-8dc4-0856a5d5d7de/ref-oss-3b338aba72.webp) Dedicated drives, 2TB to 8TB **Storage**_20TB–300TB_For larger volumes of data, archives and recovery copies.: https://fire-vault.com/storage **Enterprise**_300TB and above_For major data estates, regulated organisations and critical infrastructure.: https://fire-vault.com/enterprise **LUV**_300GB · £74.99 a month inc VAT_For personal records you need only occasionally. Explore LUV (https://fire-vault.com/luv) Every instance is on a 36-month commitment. Storage and Enterprise are quoted. Compare all four (https://fire-vault.com/pricing). As 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 What it is ## Four problems we set out to solve. Drawing on decades of combined experience in technology, infrastructure and cybersecurity, we built a separate protection and recovery tier on four physical principles. Image: A desktop and phone with no path to a Vault in a separate Firevault Bunker (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/9a4c2fd8-20aa-4810-9b3c-c400d82b4203/ref-oss-a39445b1b4.webp) **01**Physical control ### Data stays connected when nobody needs it. A standing connection leaves a route to your information that must be defended, even when you are not using it. **With OSS:** Your data stays physically disconnected between authorised sessions. Physical control (https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage/physical-control) Image: A desktop and phone beside a Firevault Bunker server rack with two Offline Secure Storage drives (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/b78ff9eb-8585-4061-bac3-479a613547de/oss-v9-physical-storage.jpg) **02**Physical storage ### Recovery copies need a separate physical home. If critical files and recovery copies depend on the same systems, a single incident can put both at risk. **With OSS:** Selected records and recovery copies are kept apart from your everyday systems. Physical storage (https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage/dedicated-hardware) Image: A storage assignment and registered phone beside hardware assigned to one customer (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/41dfa561-ca2e-48ca-bc53-3f7f9f4265c4/ref-oss-cf92856ade.webp) **03**Physical ownership ### Responsibility is yours. Visibility may not be. Owning the information does not always tell you where it is held, who can access it or how the hardware is managed. **With OSS:** You know what storage is assigned to you, who can access it and how it is managed. Physical ownership (https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage/physical-ownership) Image: The secure entrance to a Firevault Bunker (https://fire-vault.com/__l5e/assets-v1/5a7b2bca-7c2b-40fa-836a-ee111956bf9e/ref-oss-a3e7d4c4cd.webp) **04**Physical security ### Cybersecurity cannot prevent physical damage. Theft, fire and unauthorised entry can threaten the equipment holding your information, online or offline. **With OSS:** Firevault Bunkers add controlled entry, monitoring and environmental protection. Physical security (https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage/physical-security) The OSS platform ## Built around your data. Designed around how you need to use it. Physical storage, controlled access and hardware-enforced disconnection, working as one platform. Ready to buy ### Vault and LUV Set capacity, held in Firevault Bunkers. Select _→_Provision _→_Authorise _→_Access _→_Disconnect LUV follows the same route on one nominated day a week. Designed around you ### Storage and Enterprise Specified around your systems, volumes and locations. Scope _→_Design _→_Deploy _→_Transfer _→_Disconnect Where your OSS lives Showing: Vault **Physically disconnected** The protection cycle 1. _01_**Select what needs protection**Choose the files you want held apart. 2. _02_**Place the data into OSS**Upload them in your browser during a session. 3. _03_**Physically disconnect**The session ends and your Vault is physically disconnected. 4. _04_**Reconnect only when authorised**A command from your registered phone, then MFA, and access is granted. 5. _05_**Return to offline protection**End the session, or let it time out, and the path is removed again. **In a Firevault Bunker** A separate, controlled environment, away from your normal operating premises. LUV Vault Storage Enterprise ### Built into the platform. Nothing left connected. **File Manager**Work in your files from a browser during a session. Nothing to install.File Manager: https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage/file-share **File Share**Send a time-boxed, password-protected link, not an attachment.File Share: https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage/file-share **Vault Buddy**Nominate who can reach your Vault if you cannot, with evidence and identity checks first.Vault Buddy: https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage/vault-buddy **Vault Spare**A prepared spare is designed to take over if a drive fails, so your access continues.Vault Spare: https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage/vault-spare ## Protect the asset. Control the path. Control is about controlling the path of access and data. Offline Secure Storage® is about protecting the valuable assets themselves. Explore Control: https://fire-vault.com/control Control Blueprints: https://fire-vault.com/control-blueprints Questions worth asking ## Before you take data offline. Your IT team needs detail. Your board needs confidence. Here are the practical answers. Cloud backup stays connected so it can keep syncing. OSS removes the connection between sessions, so it sits alongside your cloud backup rather than replacing it, for example as the offline copy in a 3-2-1-1-0 backup strategy (https://fire-vault.com/learn/3-2-1-1-0-backup-rule). No. OSS is for recovery copies, records you must keep and your crown-jewel files, not the data your team works on every day. Yes. Firevault works alongside your IT provider, your cloud services and your security tools. No. Firevault staff have no routine access to customer data. You can renew, have eligible hardware returned (https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage/hardware-return) to you, or choose certified destruction. It can help support UK GDPR, NIS2, DORA and ISO 27001 obligations, and NCSC guidance on offline backups. We do not claim certification on your behalf. Your next step ## What data could your business least afford to lose? Not sure which instance fits? Tell us what you need to keep offline and we will recommend one. Find your OSS (https://fire-vault.com/find-my-oss) Prefer to talk first? Book a demo: https://fire-vault.com/contact Find your OSS: https://fire-vault.com/find-my-oss Book a demo: https://fire-vault.com/contact Get started ## Structured data ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage#webpage", "url": "https://fire-vault.com/offline-secure-storage", "name": "Protect data and digital assets with Offline Secure Storage (OSS)", "description": "Explore Offline Secure Storage: physically disconnected data storage with authorised access. 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