A Risk Assessment of Piql Services by FFI

chemical plant is built in the vicinity or if someday someone decides to bomb a neighbouring business. If the piqlVaults and production sites are protected from the risks we can predict, they should be well-prepared for most of the ones we cannot. The inside threat was highlighted in chapter 9 as one of the biggest security challenges the Piql Preservation Services faces. Fortunately, there are several things that can be done to mitigate this threat: 1) One can make sure sound procedures for vetting of potential employees are in place during the hiring processes. These can include full security clearance or criminal record and credit check depending on sector. 2) It is important to perform such checks at regular intervals, not just at the start of the employment. This is to ascertain whether any changes in circumstance has come about which can have a negative effect on the way an employee conducts him- or herself at work. 3) It is possible to put in place even stricter procedures when it comes to accessing certain parts of the service, making sure only a few highly trusted people have access to the most critical parts of the service. 4) Some sort of control system can be implemented which ensure that the piqlFilms cannot be removed from the grid without being signed out by a second Piql operator. 5) Similarly, a control system can be implemented which does not allow piqlFilms to leave the storage facility unless authorised by two or more authorised personnel. 6) A working schedule can be worked out which ensures that no one person works alone. This applies to the writing process, during storage and it applies to the security personnel. For instance, a Piql operator working alone can simply put a memory stick into the computer and download the original file, and a security guard working the night shift can be bribed to give unauthorised access to threat actors. In chapter 5.4 of this report, when we outlined the location and description of the piqlVault, we alluded to the fact that perhaps not all users would wish to store their sensitive information in a regular office building. We were referring to the so-called high demanding user. When such users believe that a regular office building will not provide sufficient safety and security measures, our recommendation is to instead place their piqlVault system in a mountain repository. 46 The additional safety and security benefits of placing the information in a mountain hall include the location, which is somewhere off the beaten track, the exact location possibly being unknown to most people, multiple backup generators as energy redundancy, and fortified walls with additional protection against a nuclear blast, radiation, electromagnetic pulses and CBR agents. If the user does not have access to storage facilities such as these themselves, it is possible to rent a room in a mountain hall, which is called hosting. Besides these specific measures, mitigating the inside threat mostly comes down to building a relationship of trust between employees.

46 The high demanding user may also wish to use a manual storage system instead of an automated one.

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