Hawk Solutions prioritizes Indigenous data sovereignty and adheres to the First Nations principles of ownership, control, access, and possession (OCAP©).
Each Nation and organization retains control of its data. Information is never shared or sold and can be deleted on request. Data is protected at rest and in transit and stored in a high-end data centre in Canada.
Indigenous peoples hold rights to self-determination and self-government, which require assertion of data sovereignty and ownership over Indigenous intellectual property. Hawk Solutions provides tools that support Indigenous ownership, control, and sovereignty over data.
Data is encrypted in transmission (i.e. “in transit”) and in storage (i.e. “at rest”)
Data is secured in case of disaster through encrypted backups
Data is separated by tenant isolation to ensure data partitioning between clients
Audit logs ensure system security posture is not compromised
Security groups and access controls are used to segment servers and allow access exclusively to authorized sources with least-privilege permissions
Servers are kept in a private network to eliminate possibility of public network access
Data centres use state-of-the-art electronic surveillance and multi-factor access control systems
