Compliance and Archival

Keep Your File Archives Safe and Compliant

Struggling to manage secure, compliant file archives? CTERA offers the ideal solution for businesses seeking a unified, secure, and compliance-ready file repository. By centralizing your data and using advanced immutable (WORM) archival practices, CTERA ensures your critical information is protected and adheres to regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and SOX. With tamper-proof storage, automated retention policies, and built-in disaster recovery, CTERA makes it effortless to keep your archives safe and compliant.

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Secure and Compliance-Ready Archive

Experience Effortless Compliance & Archival

CTERA enables you to seamlessly adhere to GDPR and industry-specific regulations while securely archiving your critical data.

Centralize Your Data & Archival Management

Consolidate and archive distributed file data into a single, secure repository, ensuring streamlined access and compliance.

Adopt Immutable Storage Best Practices

Protect your records with CTERA Vault, tamper-proof, WORM-compliant storage, ensuring long-term data integrity and security.

Stay on Top of Your Data

Gain deep insights into your security and access controls while efficiently archiving data to meet compliance requirements.
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Unify Global Storage

CTERA centralizes and archives data across all locations, making it easier to manage security and maintain compliance worldwide.

Adapt to Future Regulations

CTERA’s scalable solutions adapt to future regulatory changes, ensuring your archived data stays secure and compliant no matter how the world evolves.

Ensure You’re on the Right Side of Regulations, Always

Compliance TypeDescriptionCTERA’s Solution
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)Ensures data privacy and protection for individuals within the European Union.GDPR-compliant data storage and archival, with robust encryption and access controls to protect personal data.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)Governs the security and privacy of healthcare data in the United States.Secure, compliant storage solutions for PHI, including WORM-compliant archival and strict access controls.
FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority)Regulates recordkeeping and data retention for financial services in the U.S.Secure, tamper-proof WORM storage, and automated data retention policies.
SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act)Mandates financial transparency and data integrity for U.S. companies.Archival solutions that ensure data integrity and accurate record-keeping.
ISO/IEC 27001International standard for information security management systems.Encrypted, secure data storage and rigorous access controls.
PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard)Ensures secure handling of cardholder information for payment transactions.Secure sensitive payment data with encryption and controlled access.
FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act)Regulates information security for federal agencies in the United States.Secure data management and comprehensive audit trails.
WORM (Write Once Read Many)Ensures that data cannot be altered once it is written, critical for compliance.Protect data from tampering and ensuring long-term archival integrity.

CTERA’s Robust Range of Compliance & Archival Features

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Uncategorized: A New Frontier in Data Security: Unveiling CTERA Vault

Today, we’re excited to share that CTERA is launching CTERA Vault – our Write Once, Read Many (WORM) protection technology. As the latest addition to CTERA’s security suite, CTERA Vault protects against risks related to data tampering. In simple terms, CTERA Vault allows data to be written to a storage system once and then prevents…

Videos: CTERA Vault

In this video, we demonstrate CTERA Vault, our Write Once, Read Many, also known as WORM, protection technology. As the latest addition to CTERA’s security suite, CTERA Vault protects against risks related to data tampering.

FAQ

Yes! Our platform is designed to be flexible and adaptable to changing regulations, allowing you to update compliance and retention policies quickly and efficiently so that your data management practices remain compliant as regulations evolve. 

During data migration, we employ end-to-end encryption (AES-256) for data both at rest and in transit, guaranteeing the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information throughout the migration process. Role-based access controls (RBAC) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) are enforced to restrict data access to authorized personnel only. Additionally, we provide detailed audit logging, capturing file-level activities, data transfers, and access attempts, which are crucial for meeting regulatory requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, and CCPA. These logs can be exported for external auditing or compliance reviews, ensuring full transparency and traceability during the migration process. We support secure file-sharing protocols (SMB, NFS) and adhere to data residency policies to further ensure compliance during cross-site or multi-cloud migrations. 

We enable administrators to configure granular retention policies that automatically manage the lifecycle of data according to compliance requirements. These policies can be set at the file, folder, or system level, defining the retention period based on regulatory mandates such as GDPR, HIPAA, and industry-specific standards. When data reaches the end of its retention period, our hybrid cloud data platform triggers secure, cryptographic deletion (wiping all instances across edge filers and cloud storage) or transitions the data to a compliant archival state, using immutable storage options to ensure no modifications can occur post-archiving.  

All actions are fully logged with timestamps and audit trails to provide verifiable proof of compliance during the data lifecycle and beyond, ensuring adherence to stringent data retention and deletion protocols. 

Ensure Your Compliance Strategy Is More than Just a Checklist

Don’t leave your compliance and archival to chance. Contact us today to learn how CTERA can help you safeguard your data, ensure regulatory compliance, and simplify archival processes.