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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.

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.

£1.9B

Economic cost of JLR ransomware across UK supply chain

The Guardian, October 2025

40M

UK voter records exposed in Electoral Commission breach

Electoral Commission, 2024

£14M

ICO fine to Capita, a major government contractor

ICO, October 2025

327

Cyber incidents reported by UK public sector in 2024

NCSC Annual Review, 2025

Industry Risks

Public sector data demands sovereign protection.

National Security

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

Citizen Records

Millions of citizen records require the highest standard of protection.

Regulatory Obligations

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

The Reality

This is already happening in government.

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

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

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

How Firevault Stops This

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.

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Choose Your Protection

Which OSS Fits?

300GB

Low Use Vault, Deep Cold Storage

From £74.99/mo

inc. VAT · £0 due today

Deep cold storage for classified records and sensitive documents with controlled access windows.

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

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.

OSS Butterfly for Government

One Vault, every official, every stage of the programme.

Offline Secure Storage sits at the centre of the department or agency, owned by the SRO and the SIRO who answer to ministers and Parliament. Citizen intake and casework feed the live citizen record on one set of wings; suppliers, the wider state and the live programmes a department is running in parallel form the other. Nothing is reachable between sessions, and every touch is logged for FoI, statutory inquiry and the Public Accounts Committee.

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Upper Left Wing

Citizen Intake and Casework

  • Service applications and benefits claims captured at first contact
  • Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests logged on receipt
  • Ministerial correspondence and PQs lodged into the case file
  • Casework referrals from MPs, devolved bodies and ALBs recorded in
  • Statutory inquiry and ombudsman requests handled at OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE
  • Whistleblowing and PIDA disclosures sealed for SIRO review
Upper Right Wing

Citizen Record

  • Benefits, welfare and pensions data
  • HMRC and tax records
  • Health and adult-social-care records
  • Justice, probation and offender files
  • Immigration and asylum case files
  • Service personnel and veteran records
  • Voter and electoral roll data
  • Census and statistical microdata
Lower Left Wing

Suppliers and Wider State

  • Outsourcers and systems integrators
  • Managed service and hosting providers
  • Devolved administrations and local authorities
  • Allied agencies, ALBs and NDPBs
  • NCSC, GCHQ and cross-government security
Lower Right Wing

Live Programmes

  • PolicyPOL
  • Service DeliverySVC
  • CaseworkCSW
  • Statutory InquiryINQ
  • Operational ResponseOPS
Archived DataConcluded programmes, closed inquiries and long-retention citizen records, held offline under sovereign control.

Questions

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