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Privacy guidemedium risk

Choose private infrastructure

Choose infrastructure for one concrete workload and a documented trust requirement.

2–4 hours for a pilot deployment1 recommended options

Do this first

Write down whether you need network transport, compute hosting, file storage or document collaboration.

Best fit

Choose the option matching the conditions below.

NYM

infrastructure

Use only when it matches the task and conditions described above.

infrastructureOpen sourcePrivacy by default
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Fileverse

infrastructure

Consider for the distinct workload described in the steps.

infrastructureOpen source
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Step by step

Set it up safely

  1. 1

    Write down whether you need network transport, compute hosting, file storage or document collaboration.

    Step 1 · Not started

    • Verify step 1: The workload is classified as transport, compute, storage or collaboration.
  2. 2

    For network transport evaluate Nym; for compute evaluate hosting providers such as Aleph; for collaboration evaluate Fileverse. Compare only services that meet the same workload.

    Step 2 · Not started

    • Verify step 2: The selected provider supports that particular workload.
  3. 3

    Check encryption boundaries, administrator access, backups, export options and operational dependencies in the selected provider documentation.

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    • Verify step 3: Access, export and trust requirements were checked against documentation.
  4. 4

    Deploy a non-sensitive sample and test access removal and data export before using real information.

    Step 4 · Not started

    • Verify step 4: A test deployment was exported and access removal was checked.

How you know it works

  • A test deployment was exported and access removal was checked.

Watch out

  • Transport privacy does not imply private application storage.
  • Open source alone does not prove a deployed service is secure.
  • Check product readiness and independent evidence for your intended configuration.

Selected reading & media

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Sources and review

Reviewed 2026-09-05 · Content revision 2

Steps were revised. Previously saved plans remain on this device; check the current instructions before marking a new step complete.