Data and security – overview
Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Security
Our technology runs exclusively on the Microsoft Azure platform, with our software running on Microsoft’s servers in Australia. For full, up-to-date security documentation, please visit the Microsoft Azure Security Documentation page. Here, you will find overviews of storage, network and data encryption policies, amongst other useful information.
Data Security
All communications between PowerStats servers and the end users are encrypted using SSL, with our portals accessible only via an HTTPS connection. All data is encrypted in transit and at rest.
Password Security
All user passwords are encrypted, both in transit and at rest, and are not visible in text format to the PowerStats team. Industry-standard strong password requirements are in place for all end users. Temporary and permanent lock-out systems help prevent unauthorised use. Scheduled forced password resets can be enabled on request.
Policy Compliance
Our service is compliant with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), and you are free to review our Privacy Policy.
Access to Data
Our proprietary permissions framework ensures all users gain access only to the data they require access to, and no more. Separate permissions define a user’s ability to load and re-load data. All access to PowerStats portals is logged and monitored in real time.
Application Security
Web application architecture and implementation follow best practice .NET and Javascript frameworks, utilizing additional Microsoft AzureSQL security features. Real-time monitoring notifies us of any security-related events. Single Sign On (SSO) allows you to authenticate users inside your systems without requiring them to enter login credentials for their PowerStats portal. We allow SSO via best practice industry standards.
Data Ownership
The user’s own, confidential data that describes their activity always belongs to the user – and the users are able to download it from the relevant PowerStats portal at any time, free of charge and with our help if required. PowerStats owns the aggregated, compiled, non-confidential data that can’t be used to identify any entity. Full details on Data Ownership are available via our General Terms of Use (contact us to request this document).
Data Accuracy
The primary sources of data in any PowerStats portal are the participating end users, and the data loaded by them is not verified by PowerStats. To do our best to promote data integrity, automatic data-check algorithms are set up in consultation with you at the beginning of each project and these prevent certain types of invalid data from being entered.
