If we talk about “sandboxing”, happy memories of childhood games in the garden will come to mind.
But when talking about computers and applications, this term refers to a very powerful security feature that separates running programs. This is very important for service/application providers. Anyone that offers a web-based service is potentially under risk of being attacked by hackers or third parties interested in gaining the information that’s been transferred from the user to the server during uploading and vice versa during downloading.
When Swiss DNA Bank’s developing team was crating the application, the number one priority was always to give users the maximum level of security possible due to the company’s concern with the customers’ privacy issues.
The only way to provide 100% guarantees that the data would not be intercepted by malicious third parties was to rely on two separate servers: one on which the application is running and another one on which the data is stored. The two servers are completely independent and physically located in two different venues. The only connection occurs during data uploading and downloading, a phase in which everything is protected by the highest encryption standards.
In addition, the keys to decryption and the encrypted data are saved in physically separated machines, so that even if a system engineer gains access to one of the servers it is impossible for him to enter the Forever database.
Another plus of this security solution is that in case of an application crash occurs due to a very high number of access, there is no risk of data loss or damaging because everything is saved on the separate and highly secure Forever server.
The risk with the average available cloud computing (services which, like Swiss DNA Bank, provide a software that users access form a browser instead of downloading it on their computer), is that you do not know for sure wether the application and the data are on the same server and where the server is physically located. Since data can sometimes be backed-up on one’s computer but is usually hosted on the cloud, in case of a system crash there are no security guarantees concerning a safe back-up procedure.
Unlike most services, thanks to the multiple server solution and localized Forever data storage, Swiss DNA Bank is able to provide a 100% secure service for a risk-free storage.
How on earth do physically separated servers for application and data decrease the risk of interception? Why is data stored in a cloud harder to backup?
Isn’t what you call “cloud computing” just a cluster? Which web application (a.k.a “service”) with more than a handful of users runs on a single box without any failover servers?
Hey that’s great PR you make… just delete critical comments.
Dear Revo,
Cryptography represents one of the most important instrument on which the internet community can rely when communicating sensible data.
However implementing the highest standard of cryptography is useless when someone can access the physical media where the data is stored. We hear of many cases where a fraudulent hosting company’ employee steals data from one of its customer by physically accessing the storage media. And worst thing is that maybe the owner of that data didn’t even know that its online storage service was actually relying on a third party partner for storing his data!
Swiss Dna Bank relies on a much more secure infrastructure where all the user data is encrypted and the physical location of keys and encrypted data is separated so in the case an unauthorized individual gains access to one of our storage facilities (which would require him to violate a military nuclear bunker) he still won’t be able to decrypt the information since he will be missing either the data or the key.
In summary, security of cloud computing is nowadays an issue of major concern for both IT professionals and users. The users feel insecure to save sensible data online, since the location where your data is stored is not explicitly stated and you might have the suspect that someone else, like an employee of your hosting company, might have access to your data.
Swiss Dna Bank instead has a clear statement concerning data storage and access policy in order to give its users the security they need when it comes to storing their entire lifetime experience and memories.
Dear Reva,
sorry for the delayed posting and reply to your post. Thank you for taking interest in SDNAB’s blog. Our technical team provided a reply to your comment.
Thanks for your reply. I thought you deleted my post since it wasn’t displayed as “awaiting moderation” anymore…