IT Support: Backup Platform

Connectivity

The Prism hosting facilities are linked directly to an ultra reliable hosting network that features multiple high-speed fibre optic connections to our Internet Backbone Providers, Cable & Wireless and Energis that provide full redundancy of service using Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) technology.

Our fully resilient system means we can offer up to 100% availability and 100% redundancy across both the (Cable & Wireless and Energis) Tier 1 Internet backbones.

Software

Our software employs SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to protect your data while it is being transferred to and from your computer,  it uses 1024 bit RSA key exchange, 128 bit RC5 stream cypher and SHA-1 integrity checking.

In addition, we scramble your selected data on your computer and in the data centre making it totally impenetrable at either end. We encrypt it with 448-bit Blowfish which is higher than most banks use online. You set the encryption key for your data which no one has access to but you. A username and password also guard access to your account on the server.

The software is provided by Attix 5, the industry leader in the field of data backup application software. The software is trusted by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Data Centre

Our Data Centre, which provides the storage security for your data, is housed in highly secure disaster recovery buildings owned and run by IBM Business Continuity Services and is protected by

These various security measures ensure that your data is totally secure, and in addition, your data is fully mirrored to a second location that employs identical security to the primary centre.