A Risk Assessment of Piql Services by FFI

In coordination with Piql AS, it has been decided that all storage facilities evaluated in this assessment are fitted with a fully automated storage system, a modified version of Element Logic’s AutoStore® system. This system is used for the automatic handling and storing of piqlFilms in the piqlVault. 8 Within the space described above there is room for an AutoStore® grid which holds 5.000 piqlBins, each containing four piqlBoxes stacked horizontally on top of each other. This puts the total at 20.000 piqlBoxes, or 2.240 terabyte (TB) worth of digital storage space. 9

Figure 5.1 The size and layout of the piqlVault system. Source: Piql AS

The modified version of the AutoStore®, from now on referred to as the piqlVault system, and how this automated system operates, is described in the following. This includes what we alluded to in chapter 3, namely the control system of the piqlVault system, or the data input, the physical handling of the piqlBins, done by robots, and lastly the external structural dependencies, such as power supply, and where in the system this is critical. The IT system security architecture is described further in the last section of this chapter.

8 According to Piql AS’s wishes, the report only assesses risks in a piqlVault with an automated storage system. It should be noted, however, that it is likely that some users would not wish to utilise this operating system, preferring instead a manual system for handling the piqlFilms. 9 The specifications on the storage capacity in the piqlVault for the purposes of this analysis was as part of an email correspondence with Katrine Thomsen, Project Manager at Piql AS, on 07.10.2015.

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