Security

Data security has never been as important as it is today. We have all heard stories about sensitive corporate and personal data being compromised because an encrypted backup tape was lost, a laptop was stolen or a backup DVD was left on the seat of an unlocked car. With Data Vault, you do not have to worry about your data because we maintain the highest level of security across all three important dimensions:

Physical – Secure, state of the art  at&t data centers to house all its data. These data centers are staffed 24 hours a day with on-site guards, have reinforced concrete and steel infrastructures, and are equipped with interior/exterior CCTV monitoring and biometric entry security devices. In the customer environment, Data Vault deploys an agent-less solution; eliminating security risks caused by loading software on target devices.

Data – Data Vault encrypts all back-ups from the moment it leaves the customer site and keeps it encrypted at the Data Center. The encryption key is created, entered and maintained by the customer so that neither Data Vault nor a malicious third party can ever access your original data. The encryption level can go up to AES-256, which is the government standard for encryption.

Restorability – Data Vault continuously runs a series of server-side processes that check the integrity of all backed up data. Further, the customer can perform a manual or automated “validation request” that will access the backed up data, decrypt the data and compare the resulting digital signature versus the original file’s signature. These two client- and server-side security initiatives maintain data restorability.

Storage

When Data Vault stores your backed up data, you can be sure it is safe, secure and ready to restore. The latest version of the data is stored at the customer site within the Data Vault Gateway.  The customer has the ability to determine how many versions of data are to be backed up.  All backed up data resides in our data vaults, which are located in secure at&t tier 1 data centers.

All data is stored on SAN/NAS solutions that are highly redundant within the data center. All hardware is from industry leading manufacturers who have built a rock solid reputation for reliability. Data is replicated from Ashburn, VA to Dallas, TX or Chantilly, VA to maintain geographic separation and redundancy.

While Data Vault uses the best storage hardware available, we do not stop there. Our software continuously monitors and “self-heals” the data so that restorability is never in question.