Mobiu is a unique highly secure remote working and collaboration service that uses unique, patented chip and pin technology for security, the same as the technology used in your bank card and mobile phone. The Mobiu Key holds a SIM, an authentication client, data management software, and a range of office applications.

The first time the Mobiu Key is plugged into PC there is a simple registration and setup procedure which prompts you to backup folders from your PC into the MobiVault secure online data centre. Your data is then backed up and protected by powerful chip and pin security, and can only be accessed by you or another "Trusted User" through any online PC - without leaving any trace on the PC that you use.

The service works on any online Windows XP or Vista PC and is based on technology created and patented by Vodafone. As you would expect, we take business continuity and information security management very seriously, which is why our platform is hosted by NTT and powered by Sun Microsystems. Our secure data centre provides leading firewall, antivirus and intrusion protection services, and is certified to ISO 27001 for information security management.

"Chip and pin" provides two-factor authentication; a simple easy to remember PIN (Personal Identification Number) and a Chip module (SIM equipped USB). Only when you physically have the Chip and you enter the correct PIN can access be granted, which enables Mobiu to provide the most secure access to your data - the UK banks have proven this works. Secure and encrypted online storage and back-up with MobiVault and MobiRooms provides virtually limitless storage potential, and the data in a MobiRoom can only be read by the Mobiu owner of that data and those trusted Mobiu users authorised by the owner of that data, so privacy is assured. Should you lose the Mobiu key, your connection to your data is easily recovered with a new Mobiu key (just like replacing your bank card if you lose it) and your lost Mobiu is immediately deactivated so your data remains safe.

Most online services use single factor authentication - known to most people as "username and password". This has been proven time and time again to be inadequate. It's not how many bits are devoted to encryption; it's the human link in the security chain that is weakest. People need easy to remember passwords and those passwords often prove easy to guess, pick up through keylogging or are easily found, hence the need for another factor in the authentication process.