Central Company Drive
Data protection starts with clarity: Why centralized storage locations matter
In many organizations, employees still decide for themselves where to store filesâon their desktops, in private cloud accounts, or on local drives. What may seem practical day-to-day leads to a loss of control over sensitive data in practiceâand makes genuine GDPR or NIS-2 compliance impossible.
idgard changes this.
With idgardâs Central Company Drive (also usable as an enterprise file service), companies centrally govern where data may be stored. Administrators define storage locations, access rights, and rules. Users operate intuitively: just choose âSave Asââand the idgard drive appears seamlessly in Explorer or Finder.
The difference: your data doesnât end up anywhereâit ends up precisely where it belongs:
- Centrally managed
- GDPR and NIS2 compliant
- Highly-Secure encrypted
- Stored on highly secure, sealed servers
Compliance without detoursâin a solution that feels familiar but redefines security.
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The âArkâ for your IT: If everything falls, idgard stays afloat.
In a cyberattack, your internal IT infrastructure might be fully compromised. But idgard remains accessibleâregardless of the condition of your internal systems.
Thatâs why critical business data belongs in idgard. Even if your environment fails, idgard still enables secure operationsâwith encrypted file access and protected communications (e.g. chat).
In short, idgard becomes the lifeboat of your digital workflowsâreliable, accessible, and safe.
From filing cabinet to secure digital file â made simple with idgard
Often, organizations still rely on classic fileservers in their own premises. These servers allow internal IT full accessâproblematic for certain use cases. Sensitive content such as personnel files or other protected personal data are hard to store in compliance with privacy laws on a local server. Understandably, many of those documents still exist physically in locked file cabinets rather than digitally.
With idgard, that changes:
Encrypted, revision-proof data rooms (âboxesâ) enable you to store personnel files and other confidential documents with restricted access, full auditability, and strict GDPR compliance.
Secure like a locked cabinetâonly digital.
Use Case: How a university hospital sends documents in compliance with GDPR with one click â directly from the hospital information system.
In everyday hospital life, every second counts â and at the same time, compromises cannot be made when it comes to sensitive patient data. Many hospitals have struggled for years with complex, insecure, or cumbersome solutions for sending documents.
With idgard, this is a thing of the past:
We seamlessly integrate our solution into your hospital information system (HIS). A button appears behind every document: Do we want to add healthcare here?
“Send securely now with idgard” â and one click is all it takes.
Your employees send lab results, doctor’s letters, or invoices securely, quickly, and traceably â directly to laboratories, referring physicians, health insurance companies, or patients.
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GDPR-compliant & audit-proof
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Directly from the KIS â no media disruption
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Intuitive operation â no training required
“With idgard, we were finally able to solve a problem we’d been struggling with for years. Secure document delivery is now child’s play.”
IT Manager, University Hospital (anonymized)
Experience now how easy security can be.
Contact us for a demo or consultation.
No more security worries. Focus on your business.
Maximum data security
Your data remains protected at all timesâeven when working remotely or from home.
No one has accessânot even idgard
End-to-end encryption is just the start. Thanks to our patented Sealed Cloud technology, even idgard staff are excluded from data access.
Efficient workflows
Direct access to files accelerates processes and eases cross-team collaboration.
Familiar work environment
Work within your usual file systemâno new tools or training required.
SYNC CLIENT
Synchronize data, work offline, and save space
- Direct integration into Windows Explorer as an idgard drive
- File operations (open, copy & paste) behave as usual
- Smart file upload/download
- Cross-device operation: consistent file states across all devices
- Selective download to save storage and reduce network load
- Offline capability: choose which folders or files should be available offline; auto-sync when connected
- Enhanced search via integration with Microsoftâs search functionality
Deployment Scenarios
- Enterprises: Simplified access to central project data, secure collaboration across departments and locations
- Authorities & Professionals bound to confidentiality: GDPR- and BSI-compliant cloud usage with auditability for confidentiality obligations (§ 203 StGB)
- Insurance: Secure and audit-ready document exchange (e.g. claims management or contract files)
- Healthcare: Protected digital collaboration and high-security exchange of patient and clinical data
How it works â at a glance
- Seamless integration: Install idgard for Windows or macOS to embed idgard as a network drive in the local file system
- Direct access: After setup, idgard appears as a regular drive in Explorer / Finde
- Automatic sync: Data synchronizes in the backgroundâno manual tasks
- Offline availability: Select files/folders for offline use; they sync automatically when reconnected
- Highest security: All transfers and storage happen under strong encryptionâcertified end-to-end, German-standard security
The challenge
A unified system is needed that includes external partnersâwithout granting them access to internal systems. Only personal data is exchanged via a privacy-compliant environment.
The solution
A secure collaboration platform that not only meets high security demands, but is also intuitive and easy to use.
Products
Oliver Starzonek
âWe needed a technical solution that met our security standards while allowing easy data exchange with non-IT partners. idgard eliminated the need for encrypted USBs or ZIP filesâand its intuitive design meant no training was required.â