Encrypted storage

Encrypted storage and security

Data that is stored encrypted is unreadable to anyone who does not have access to the encryption keys. It is therefore important that an encrypted storage service also gives you control over your encryption keys.

Should an unauthorized person access a server or storage area, encryption is a way to prevent that person from reading the content.

Information can be encrypted in different ways, but the most common is the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), which is a standardized encryption algorithm. The encryption keys have different lengths, usually 128, 192 or 256. The longer, the stronger.

Not encrypting your data means that everything is stored in plain text, which means that anyone, authorized or unauthorized, who accesses the stored information can also read it.

Are you willing to take that risk?

In Synkzone’s solution, all information is encrypted before it is stored. All files are individually encrypted with AES 256 and stored in our unique zones.

Each zone has its own file directory, which is encrypted with its own zone key (AES 256). Only members of a zone have access to the zone key. Zones act as watertight compartments where information is encrypted and protected in isolation from each other. This means that one key is not enough to access all information in the system, further strengthening security. Each authorized user has access to a zone’s unique encryption key via their password. The passwords are not stored anywhere in the system and the information on our servers is thus further protected against hackers and insiders.

This way of managing the information also strengthens an organization’s information management as users only have access to the information they need and no other information.