What is offline secure storage?

Offline secure storage (OSS) is a data protection method where data is physically disconnected from the internet when not in use. Unlike cloud storage, data stored offline has zero remote attack surface — it cannot be hacked, ransomed or accessed remotely because it is not connected to any network. Firevault provides this through hardware-encrypted vaults that are physically isolated.

How does Firevault protect against ransomware?

Firevault protects against ransomware by physically disconnecting your data from the internet. Ransomware can only encrypt data it can reach over a network. When your data is stored offline in a Firevault, ransomware attacks cannot reach it. Even if your entire network is compromised, your offline vault remains untouched and intact.

How much does Firevault cost?

Firevault Vault starts from £75 per month (inc VAT) for individuals. Business Storage starts from £360 per month (inc VAT). Enterprise Platform pricing is available on request. All plans include hardware encryption, identity verification, and physical disconnection by default.

Who is Firevault designed for?

Firevault is designed for individuals protecting passports, wills and crypto keys; professionals such as solicitors, accountants and consultants protecting client data; SMEs and businesses protecting crown jewel data; and regulated industries including healthcare, financial services and legal sectors requiring offline backup for compliance with GDPR, NIS2, DORA and FCA regulations.

Is Firevault GDPR compliant?

Yes. Firevault is designed to support GDPR compliance by keeping sensitive personal data physically isolated and offline. Physical disconnection ensures data is not exposed to network-based attacks, supports data minimisation principles, and provides an audit trail of access. Firevault is also designed to support NIS2, DORA, FCA and SRA compliance requirements.

What is a physical air gap?

A physical air gap is a security measure where a computer or storage device is completely isolated from the internet and all unsecured networks. Unlike a logical or software air gap, a physical air gap cannot be bridged remotely. Firevault uses a Layer 1 physical air gap — your data is stored on hardware that is physically disconnected from any network when not in active use.

Memory Bank

A Family Story. That Outlives The Cloud.

Cloud photo libraries quietly disappear. Accounts close, providers pivot and irreplaceable family memories vanish with them. A Firevault Memory Bank holds your photographs, recordings and family history physically disconnected and preserved for generations.

Why OSS

Memory Bank

Your most sensitive data deserves protection that goes beyond software. Firevault provides the only storage that is physically unreachable by design.

6.5M

Personal records stolen in single Co-op attack

BBC News, 2025

1.6M

UK users' personal data exposed in LastPass breach

ICO, December 2025

£8.3T

Global cybercrime cost in 2025

Cybersecurity Ventures 2025

40,000+

Average images held by a modern family

Firevault customer data

Why Cloud Memory Storage Fails

An entire family history is one closed account away from gone.

Provider Will Outlive Nobody

Cloud photo services are subscription products, not heirlooms. Lapsed payments, closed accounts and provider changes erase decades of memories overnight.

Format Decay

HEIC, proprietary live formats and platform-locked albums become unreadable as standards shift. Your grandchild may never see the photographs you took today.

Single Point Of Loss

When everything lives in one cloud account, one breach, one death, one lost password ends the family record.

The Reality

This is already happening to personal data.

Co-op: 6.5 Million Members' Personal Data Stolen

Attackers exfiltrated personal data of all 6.5 million Co-op members. Personal photographs, family details, and contact information stored alongside membership data were all taken.

BBC News, 2025

LastPass: 1.6 Million UK Users' Private Data Exposed

Hackers stole encrypted vaults and personal data from LastPass. Users who stored personal links, notes, and family information alongside credentials had everything exposed.

ICO, December 2025

Capita: 6 Million People's Personal Records Accessed

The ICO fined Capita £14 million after hackers accessed personal data of over 6 million people, including personal records, correspondence, and family information held by the outsourcer.

ICO, October 2025

The Scenario

Forty years of photographs. Lost in a single email.

A family migrates four decades of photographs into a single popular cloud library. Years later the account is compromised through a phishing email and silently wiped by the attacker. The provider's recovery window has expired. The family loses every digital photograph of two grandparents who have since passed. With a Firevault Memory Bank, those memories would have been physically disconnected and untouchable.

"Some things should never depend on whether the cloud feels like keeping them."

The OSS Memory Bank

Hold the family record offline. Pass it on intact.

Your Memory Bank holds photographs, recordings, letters, family histories and milestone files inside a physically disconnected vault. Format-stable, identity-locked, retrievable by named family for generations.

Air-gapped storage for photographs, video and audio archives
Tamper-evident custody for letters and family history records
Format-stable preservation that outlives apps and accounts
Identity-locked retrieval by named family members

Take Personal Media Off Cloud Services

Step 1 of 3

Photographs, recordings, letters, and family histories are taken off iCloud, Google Photos, and cloud drives and written to physically disconnected RAID 1 drives inside a Firevault Bunker. No subscription dependency. No provider risk.

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