Common use of Partitioning Clause in Contracts

Partitioning. Our network is partitioned to provide minimum access between our servers and the internet. In particular, our databases cannot directly access or be accessed from the internet, but only from specific servers. Only a handful of servers can be accessed from the internet, and only on specific ports and using specific protocols (e.g., no unencrypted connections are permitted). This reduces the likelihood that external hackers can gain access to our servers and then get data out. Our data is partitioned so that your data is held in a separate database from that of other accounts. This reduces the likelihood that a compromise in somebody else’s account (because, for instance, they use an easily guessable password) would lead to a compromise of your data. Our software is partitioned so that it only has the minimum level of privileges to carry out whatever task it is currently doing. This reduces the likelihood that somebody who hacked into one part of our code could use it to compromise other areas.