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Impossible Cloud Object Lock immutability explained
Impossible Cloud Object Lock Immutability Explained: Secure Data Sovereignty
Data immutability is your final defense against ransomware and compliance failures. Impossible Cloud’s Object Lock provides this protection within a sovereign European framework. Discover how to secure your data with 100% predictability.
Key Takeawys
Impossible Cloud's Object Lock provides true data immutability, making backups ransomware-proof by preventing any modification or deletion during a set retention period.
The platform is sovereign by design, operating exclusively in European data centers with geofencing to ensure GDPR compliance and eliminate exposure to non-EU laws, such as the CLOUD Act.
Our predictable pricing model with zero egress fees, no API call costs, and no minimum storage duration offers stable margins for MSPs and reduces total cost of ownership for enterprises.
A majority of EU leaders demand sovereign data solutions to mitigate regulatory risk. Impossible Cloud delivers this with S3-compatible object storage operated exclusively in certified European data centers. Our platform provides true data immutability through Object Lock, offering a powerful defense against ransomware while ensuring GDPR compliance. We eliminate vendor lock-in with a transparent economic model featuring zero egress fees or API call costs. This approach gives you full control over your data, backed by an architecture built for 100% consistency and availability.
Establish Digital Sovereignty with EU-Centric Immutability
A significant share of EU companies now prefers a European cloud provider for data security. Our platform is sovereign by design, operating in 100% European data centers to avoid CLOUD Act exposure. This architecture provides total EU legal certainty for your critical data assets.
We enforce country-level geofencing to guarantee data residency within specific EU nations. This meets strict GDPR requirements for regulated workloads in sectors like finance and healthcare. Over 75% of organizations consider this a key criterion for selecting a provider.
Our commitment to open standards ensures you have a real exit strategy. The upcoming EU Data Act, effective from September 2025, mandates data portability . We provide this by design, protecting your freedom with 0% lock-in risk. This focus on sovereignty is a core competitive advantage.
Activate Ransomware Defense with S3 Object Lock
Object Lock creates write-once-read-many (WORM) storage, making data unalterable for a set period. This feature is your strongest defense against ransomware, as attackers cannot encrypt or delete your backups. It provides a virtual air gap for 100% of your protected data.
Our platform offers two modes for flexible control. Governance Mode allows authorized users to alter retention settings, ideal for testing policies. Compliance Mode creates a non-modifiable lock that even a root user cannot override, ensuring audit-ready data retention for regulations like GDPR.
Integrating this feature into your backup strategy is simple with our full S3-API compatibility. Leading tools like Veeam work out-of-the-box, allowing you to set up Veeam immutable backups in minutes. This protects your past investments and minimizes migration efforts by over 90%.
This powerful feature is a core part of a modern data resilience strategy.
Simplify Operations with an Always-Hot Architecture
Complex tiering models create hidden costs and restore delays of up to 48 hours. Our “Always-Hot” object storage model ensures all data is immediately accessible 100% of the time. This eliminates fragile lifecycle policies and API timeouts during urgent restores.
We deliver strong read/write consistency for millions of objects without performance loss. This model supports diverse workloads, from analytics to archiving, with predictable low latency. It reduces operational complexity by at least 50% compared to tiered systems.
Our S3 compatibility extends to advanced capabilities, supporting more than just basic operations, as shown in this list:
Object versioning for granular recovery
Lifecycle management rules
Event notifications for automation
Identity-based IAM with MFA/RBAC
Support for external IdPs via SAML/OIDC
Presigned URLs for time-bounded access
This comprehensive support ensures your existing tools and pipelines keep working without a single code rewrite. You can learn more about our secure S3 backup targets online. This architecture provides a foundation for consistent performance.
Meet Evolving EU Compliance Mandates
Our platform is built to address modern European regulations directly. The NIS-2 Directive, affecting approximately 29,000 German entities, requires continuous security processes and supply-chain assurance. Our immutable storage helps meet these stringent data integrity and availability requirements.
From September 2025, the EU Data Act will enforce data portability by design . Our platform already delivers on this promise, ensuring you can export all data, including metadata and versions. This provides a proven exit path and preserves your long-term negotiating power.
We help you achieve verifiable compliance for regulated workloads. Key features include:
EU-controlled key management and revocation
Verified encryption for data in transit and at rest
Immutable Object Lock for audit-ready retention
Strict geofencing for data residency
GDPR alignment across all operations
These capabilities turn regulatory readiness into a true competitive advantage for your business.
Drive Partner Profitability with a Predictable Economic Model
For MSPs and resellers, unpredictable costs can destroy margins by up to 30%. Our model is predictable by design, with zero egress fees, no API call costs, and no minimum storage durations. This allows you to build stable, defensible margins for BaaS and archiving services.
Our partner-ready console simplifies multi-tenant management for hundreds of clients. It includes granular RBAC, MFA, and detailed reporting to streamline operations. Automation via our full API/CLI support reduces manual onboarding tasks by over 80%.
We are expanding local access for our partners across Europe. Our 2025 distribution milestones include onboarding api in Germany and Northamber plc in the UK. This momentum provides our channel partners with dedicated local support and faster onboarding for their customers.
This partner-centric approach is designed to fuel your growth.
Implement Immutable Backups in 3 Steps
Adopting immutable storage is a practical step toward cyber resilience. A 3-2-1 backup strategy, which involves 3 copies of data on 2 different media with 1 offsite, is a great start. Adding immutability creates an even stronger 4-2-2 model for complete protection.
You can start with a free trial to test our platform with zero commitment. First, configure your S3 endpoint in your backup application, such as the Veeam S3 target. Then, create a new bucket with Object Lock enabled and set your desired retention period.
Finally, run a test backup and attempt to delete the data to confirm its immutability. This entire process takes fewer than 15 minutes. Talk to one of our experts to get a personalized demo and see how simple it is to secure your data.
More Links
Wikipedia offers a comprehensive overview of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
German Data Protection Conference (DSK) provides guidance on cloud computing in this PDF document.
