“Reinventing the resilience of companies to cyberattacks”

“Over the last few decades, digital applications have become the norm at companies. This evolution is based on two phases. The first, with the adoption of the internet, instant messaging and document sharing, was characterised by considerable productivity gains. At Astran, we quickly saw the benefits of integrating these new applications. This first phase of adoption now coexists with a more comprehensive vision that understands the dependence on digital technology and raises fundamental questions of trust and resilience. At the heart of the business, information systems have taken on a significant role and data is centralised in the hands of a limited number of non-European suppliers, threatening the principle of sovereignty.

Our solution uses advanced cryptographic algorithms to encode, fragment and distribute data across multiple cloud storage nodes, ensuring confidentiality, high availability and data integrity. This method makes it impossible to reconstitute data without authorisation and ensures a high level of availability, making the data stored in this way the business’ last line of defence in the event of a major cyberattack.

Collectively addressing this vital issue

We work with major public and private players, including BNP Paribas. We are currently working with the latter on two projects, and we have also joined its “We are Innovation” accelerator, which gives us access to its network and allows us to benefit from its expertise.

Our goal is to make our solution a secure cloud storage standard. To do so, we are working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an American agency aiming to promote technological innovations while garanteeing economic security. Although the process will take several years, we are determined to make progress on the matter, as achieving a high level of resilience and data security is one of the key challenges of the decade for all companies.”