Security and Data Sovereignty
Geo-Distributed, Multi-Provider Storage
IronShard's security and sovereignty core principle is to never rely on a single cloud provider, region, or execution environment. Every object is encrypted, sharded, and distributed across multiple providers and geographic locations. You retain full authority over where data lives, how it moves, and which humans or AI agents can interact with it.
Key Benefits:
- Provider-agnostic data reconstruction
- Cloud providers never store complete files
- Geo-fencing for local data residency requirements
- Regulatory and security controls across multiple clouds
- Cloud lock-in and data concentration risks are minimized
- Regional or provider infrastructure failures do not impact availability
Cloud-Agnostic Fault Tolerance
IronShard stores encrypted redundant object fragments across independent cloud platforms and regions, creating true multi-cloud resilience. Even a full provider outage does not disrupt access or data reconstruction.
Geo-Fencing at Bucket or Object Level
Define approved regions for each bucket or individual object. IronShard automatically blocks storage, caching, or reconstruction outside permitted zones.
Storage Placement Policies
Choose which providers and regions receive fragments. Combine AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-prem storage with precise, predictable placement control.
Access Governance
IronShard merges multi-cloud freedom with strict, enforceable governance. Every reconstruction request is validated against your access policies before any fragment is assembled or decrypted.
AI systems inherit your access policies, preventing model overreach, data oversharing, or cross-region leakage caused by autonomous agents.
Encryption at Every Stage
All fragments are encrypted in transit and at rest. Storage providers only hold encrypted fragments that have no standalone meaning.
Encryption Guarantees:
- Only authorized clients can initiate reconstruction
- Individual cloud providers cannot interpret fragment contents
- Access requires both policy approval and cryptographic validation
Your data remains unreadable without your keys and IronShard's coordination layer.
Built-In Compliance
IronShard's fragmentation and geo-distribution model aligns naturally with strict regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, HIPAA, the EU AI Act, and financial-sector requirements.
IronShard supports:
- Provider neutrality
- Automatic versioning
- Multi-region resilience
- AI-ready access control
- Cross-border limitations
- Comprehensive audit logs
- Data residency and jurisdictional boundaries
More secure, resilient, and sovereign data compared to any single cloud provider or AI platform.
Comprehensive Audit Logs
IronShard records an immutable, complete audit trail for all activity, including:
- Fragment writes
- Access requests
- Reconstruction events
- Administrative changes
- Region placement decisions
- Policy enforcement outcomes
- AI agent interactions and queries
Security and compliance teams gain full visibility into how data is stored, accessed, reconstructed, and consumed, including by AI systems.
FAQs
What makes IronShard different from traditional multi-cloud storage?
Traditional multi-cloud storage replicates entire files across cloud providers. IronShard uses erasure-coded fragmentation, distributing unreadable fragments across multiple providers and regions. No provider ever sees a full file.
How does IronShard ensure GDPR compliance?
IronShard keeps encrypted fragments in the regions you specify, enforces geo-fencing, and ensures no provider can reconstruct your data. GDPR-protected data can safely live across cloud vendors without exposing raw content.
Can organizations control where data lives?
Yes. Region-level and object-level placement rules guarantee data remains inside approved jurisdictions.
How does multi-provider distribution improve security?
If a provider is compromised, an attacker gains only encrypted fragments. Reconstruction requires fragments from multiple providers and access approval.
Does geo-distributed storage affect performance?
No. IronShard uses intelligent routing, predictive caching, and access-aware fragment placement to keep latency low, even in multi-cloud configurations.
Do storage providers have visibility into my data?
No. Providers store encrypted fragments with no usable meaning. Only your organization controls the keys and reconstruction permissions.