# Vault Cloud

> Vault Cloud is a 100% Australian-owned and operated hyperscale cloud provider built exclusively for security. Founded in 2012 by Rupert Taylor-Price, it was the first cloud certified by the Australian Signals Directorate for classified government workloads. Running on an OpenStack architecture across sovereign data centres in Sydney and Canberra, Vault serves federal and state government, defence, and critical-infrastructure customers with PROTECTED, SECRET and TOP SECRET-grade cloud services, all staffed by security-cleared personnel under Australian jurisdiction.

- **Founded:** 2012
- **Headquarters:** Canberra, Australia
- **Founders:** Rupert Taylor-Price (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** ~64 employees (expanding by ~60 following the 2024 NRF investment)
- **Products:** Government Cloud, Critical Infrastructure Cloud, Secure Internet Gateway (SIG), SECRET Cloud, Cross Domain Gateway
- **Notable:** First cloud certified by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) for classified government systems., IRAP assessed for PROTECTED SIG, PROTECTED Cloud and SECRET Cloud environments., Selected as the first Defence-capability investment of the AU$10B National Reconstruction Fund.

## Products & services

- **Government Cloud** — Secure community cloud for federal, state and local agencies, law enforcement and defence, with Australian Government security controls automated by default.
- **Critical Infrastructure Cloud** — Hyperscale cloud for banking, health, transport, energy, communications and water operators requiring high assurance.
- **Secure Internet Gateway (SIG)** — Monitored, certified secure gateway providing controlled internet access for classified networks.
- **SECRET Cloud** — Cloud environment certified for SECRET and higher classified workloads, expanded via the 2024 NRF investment.
- **Cross Domain Gateway** — Controlled data transfer between security domains of differing classification levels.
- **Secure Container Cloud** — Container-as-a-Service built on OpenStack, Kubernetes and Rancher for secure DevSecOps.
- **Backup as a Service** — Sovereign backup and disaster-recovery services within Australian data centres.
- **VaultStack (Secure On-Premise Infrastructure)** — On-premise sovereign cloud stack for pre-production and air-gapped environments.
- **Vault Academy** — Training and enablement program for partners and customers operating on the Vault platform.

## Achievements

- First cloud certified by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) for classified government systems.
- IRAP assessed for PROTECTED SIG, PROTECTED Cloud and SECRET Cloud environments.
- Selected as the first Defence-capability investment of the AU$10B National Reconstruction Fund.
- Partnered with Fujitsu to deliver PROTECTED Cloud to Australian government (2018).
- Positioned to provide the digital backbone for Australia's future nuclear-powered submarine fleet.
- Operates a Zone 5-rated Secure Operations Centre.

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Raised AU$22.5M Series B from the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation - the fund's first Defence-capability investment - to expand SECRET Cloud and hire ~60 staff.
- **2024-12** — Announced plans to help provide the digital backbone for Australia's future nuclear-powered submarine fleet under AUKUS.
- **2018-01** — Fujitsu Australia launched PROTECTED Cloud SaaS for government in partnership with Vault Systems.

## Links

- Website: https://vaultcloud.com.au
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/vault-cloud
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/vaultsystems

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