Security

Mamut Teamwork is completely safe to use and employs several security layers to ensure that your information can only be opened and read by you, as well as storing it in a safe place.

During the installation, you have to enter an activation code in order to continue and start using the program. Since the user account is identical to your e-mail address, you will be sent an e-mail with the activation code to the registered address as an inbuilt security-check. This way we can prevent others from making unauthorised use of your e-mail address and registering it as the account for this service.

Mamut Teamwork encrypts all information on your PC through symmetrical AES before it is transmitted via the SSL-protocol (128 bits SSL Encryption). AES is regarded as one of the most secure encryption algorithms on the market. AES is also known as Rijndael.

Once Mamut Teamwork has encrypted and compressed your data, it then securely transmits it via the SSL-protocol. This protocol gives you 128-bit encryption for transmission to our servers. The same protocol is also being used when you retrieve your backup data from the server.

Mamut Teamwork communicates with our servers via the Internet. For this it uses port 80 (HTTP) and port 443 (HTTPS). Thus the firewalls and the proxy-server have to be configured such as to allow Mamut Teamwork to access these ports.

All the information which is being backed up to our servers is stored in its encrypted form; this is to ensure that no-one other than yourself - not even our administrator for the server - has access to this information. In order to achieve the highest level of security possible, your backup is stored in two, physically separate, places. The replication of all information between these two locations takes place three times a day via gigabit fibre-optic cables. The servers are kept in a monitored and stable operating environment with an operating centre manned around the clock, continuous monitoring of all operations, battery backup, access control and video surveillance.

The password you create when registering your account is used for logging into the service when starting up the program. This gives you access to your backup and other functions. Be aware that the program starts up and signs you in automatically. This means that other users with access to your computer can also access your backup data. However, they will not have access to the Restore function without your Mamut Key.

During the Installation of Mamut Teamwork, you will be asked to create your own Mamut Key. If you shall restore data from your machine with the help of Restore, you must know about this specific key.

The Mamut Key is not the same as the password to the system. The password is used to login, but cannot be used to restore/collect together data that has been backed up.

If you use multiple machines in the same office, each machine must have its own key.