Relax, you're in safe hands
Store my files online - do I look crazy? Online file storage often conjures up a frightening image of your private files being accessed by millions of people.
Rest assured that's not what humyo is about, your files can only be accessed by you and the people you specify. When you consider the threat of viruses, hackers, computer theft, software malfunction and hardware failure to your local hard drive - storing your data with humyo is not only safe, it's the smart option.
Knock on our door - we won't hear you!
With humyo, your files live in the climate-controlled peace and seclusion of a former Bank of England bullion vault.
You can imagine how seriously the Bank of England guards its gold. Now, we can offer you exactly the same protection for your files because we run the building.
Including bomb-blast corridors, solid granite, blast proof steel gates and a vault door out of Goldfinger, there's over 16 foot of physical security shielding your files.
Fail safe software
Every part of our service has been designed from the ground up for maximum protection. To guard against software bugs, our system uses a permissions structure which requires specific permission to view a file so even if we make a mistake - the system will fail-safe and keep your files secure.
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Internet
Files protected by 256-bit SSL encryption for transfer over the net.* |
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FirewallsDefend equipment from cyber attack. |
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Load Balancers
Ensure constant availability, even in the event of equipment failure. |
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Application Servers
Redundant servers ensure you can always access your data. |
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Network Partitioning
Storage clusters cannot be accessed from the Internet. |
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Storage Clusters
Each file is held on multiple independent storage clusters with continuous back up. |
* If you use humyo to store sensitive or private files and information we recommend the use of SSL encryption to ensure that your data can never be intercepted by another party. SSL encryption is available with our premium plan.
Don't take our word for it
Install the PC client application on your computer and copies of your files will be kept on humyo and on your local hard drive.
You won't have to worry about us letting you down as you'll always have an independent copy of your files on your PC. What's more, if your hard drive fails or your computer is stolen, humyo will save the day!
A final thought...
If you're still not convinced, consider the following - we're sure you'll agree that any risks of using humyo are far outweighed by the risk of not doing.
- 6.3% of consumer grade hard disk drives fail in the first year of their life, whilst 28% have failed after 5 years.
Source: Google Labs - The chances of your laptop being stolen are 1 in 10.
Source: Gartner Group - 97% of stolen computers are never recovered.
Source: National Hi-Tech Crime Unit