E-bomb (electromagnetic bomb)

A clear sky, yet you hear the crack of thunder and note a bright lightning flash. Just a few seconds later, your company’s operation is paralyzed. Not a single computer is functioning. All of your software, every database is destroyed… for good. Even within your vault, stored back-ups are history. In the wink of an eye, your company is catapulted back to the middle ages.

E-bomb cooks it well-done

Science fiction? Not at all, now that the electromagnetic bomb (e-bomb) is a fact. The U.S. military developed this weapon which releases an exceptionally powerful microwave pulse. Many times stronger than a simple lightning strike. The electromagnetic radiation is harmless to people, but will shut down the electrical power grid and all electronic carriers.

E-bomb leaves communication paralyzed

The Americans have deployed the e-bomb successfully in Kosovo and Afghanistan. Military personnel use the e-bomb to shut down the communication capacity of their enemy.

Imagine for a moment that the same were to happen to your company. All data for distribution, storage and invoicing shows up “zero”. You competitors will be served your customers on a silver platter. Not fiction, but very real threat; a terrorist can assemble an e-bomb for under 400 euros.

E-bunker protects against electromagnetic bomb

But it doesn’t have to be an e-bomb. Lightning strike, electrical short, fire, water, computer crash, human error... any of these can be enough to shut down your computer system. Fortunately, only 2 steps are needed to protect yourself:

Provide for a regular back-up of your files.
Have the back-ups stored in a remote and secure location.

Back-ups in electromagnetic bunker

The Merak Back-up solution combines both steps. You determine the contents, the frequency and the exchange procedure for the magnetic carriers.

Merak stores them safely in sealed cases in the vault of its brand new electronic ‘bunker’. This provides the only real protection against the e-bomb with its ‘Faraday cage’. This is a three dimensional lightning rod that snatches up the electromagnetic radiation and directs it into the ground. Your back-ups remain free from harm.

> Storing magnetic carriers

> E-bunker in the press