OmniCloud Sfor Secure Backup by Fraunhofer SIT

The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology will be presenting its OmniCloud software solution for the first time at CeBIT.

This solution provides companies with the ability to connect existing backup solutions securely and economically to the cloud: OmniCloud encrypts the data to be backed up, thereby protecting corporate secrets against unauthorised access. It prevents duplication within the backup, which, in turn, helps to minimize costs.

It has been designed as a solution for SMBs.

According to Michael Herfert, a department supervisor at Fraunhofer, "Our software meets the highest security demands and is particularly easy to integrate into existing processes."

A backup helps protect important company data. Companies now want to store their backup copies in the cloud. However, a study on this subject from Fraunhofer SIT, which is due to be published soon, clearly shows that most cloud service providers do not provide a sufficient level of security. This is why they developed OmniCloud, which encrypts data locally before it is moved to the cloud. It already supports a range of existing cloud storage services and can be connected to existing backup solutions – even if these do not support cloud connections themselves. It also offers a kind of moving service, similar to those that are common in the electricity sector. The software therefore ensures companies do not become dependent on a single provider.

During the data backup process, OmniCloud recognises duplicate entries and, if identical files exist, ensures only one dataset is moved to the cloud.

"Many files within companies are often stored in more than one location. If, for example, a manager sends an email to multiple employees, this data is often then saved on multiple computers. OmniCloud locates these duplicates and takes them into consideration when creating the backup. And that saves storage space and money", according to Michael Herfert, a department supervisor at Fraunhofer. "Our software meets the highest security demands and is particularly easy to integrate into existing processes."