iBaffle (Secure, Private Cloud)

RICHMAR's iBaffle Solution provides continuous access to critical information stored at multiple levels of security. It is a complete storage and server cloud solution that is comprised of an ultra-persistent, real time, data protection system with overlapping layers of security to eliminate single points of failure. Moreover, information is protected by military grade, person-to-person, data-level cryptography so strong it cannot be cracked by any means known to man.

Using proven Shamir Secret Sharing, “data in motion” and “data at rest” is “cryptographically split” and then “disassembled at the bit level" in such a manner as to create “secure shares” of data. This is similar to taking a dictionary, turning it upside down, shaking all of the letters and numbers into a big pile, disassembling each letter and number, adding encryption, and then separating the pile into shares. Thus, no meaningful information is transmitted down a network path or stored on a single disk, tape or removable media.

The M of N fault tolerant mode of iBaffle enables the meaningful implementation of physically or geographically dispersed and/or separate data repositories and data paths. If one or more data streams are unavailable, the remaining data streams can be used to reconstruct the original information and recreate the lost data. In the event of extremely sensitive information distribution, “secure shares” can be sent at differing time intervals across various terrestrial and atmospheric medium. Placing data at multiple points on a geographically disbursed grid eliminates the need for disaster recovery because the M of N fault tolerant mode of iBaffle provides the ability to immediately recover the data in the event of a catastrophic failure at one or more locations.

The nature of iBaffle also allows for the encryption keys to be split along with the data at the bit level and placed on any storage platform and anywhere on the grid. Access can then controlled at the host by traditional computer security techniques . Users must have the appropriate permissions and privileges to reconstitute the data. Rule-based, multi-key access (like used for a nuclear missile launch) is available to provide oversight authority. The iBaffle storage and server cloud solution focuses on security risk elimination, not security risk mitigation.