Data and AI

Storm AI Workbench

Intelligence empowered. Privacy preserved.

A self‑hosted, project‑centric AI platform that ingests your documents, retrieves relevant context and generates auditable answers with an on‑premise LLM. All inside your security boundary.

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Delivering solutions for

the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Historic England
Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service
The Scottish Parliament
NHS Forth Valley

Storm AI Workbench

Storm AI Workbench delivers what hyperscale cloud providers can't: guaranteed UK data sovereignty, full operational control and flexible, AI capability purpose-built for organisations that cannot compromise on privacy and compliance. It brings AI to your data, not your data to AI, ensuring sensitive data never leaves your control.

Deployed entirely in UK-based private cloud or on-premise, Storm AI Workbench provides tenant isolation, enterprise authentication and auditability so regulated teams can benefit from AI without giving up data sovereignty.

Where Storm AI Workbench delivers impact

Justice and policing

Analyse case files, search intelligence databases and support investigations with absolute assurance that sensitive data remains under UK jurisdiction and control. Storm AI Workbench can assist with case file review, evidence summarisation and more.

NHS and healthcare

Trusts and boards need environments that deliver improved productivity while meeting strict patient data protection requirements. Storm AI Workbench can assist with MDT meeting preparation, discharge summaries, clinical pathway queries and more.

Legal and professional Services

Accelerate case preparation, contract analysis and legal research while maintaining absolute client confidentiality and professional privilege. Storm ID Workbench can assist with case law search, document review, briefing automation and more.

Central and local government

Process FOI requests, analyse policy documents and support procurement decisions with full transparency and auditability. Storm AI Workbench can assist with tender analysis, policy research, citizen enquiry handling and more.

What makes Storm AI Workbench different

We don't rely on hyperscale cloud infrastructure with opaque data flows. We deploy in environments you control.

Guaranteed UK data sovereignty

All prompts, documents, models and outputs remain on UK soil, in your data centre or UK-based private cloud. No international data transfers. No ambiguity.

Full operational control

You decide where data is stored, who can access it, and how long it's retained. No vendor holds the encryption keys. No overseas staff can touch your data without your explicit approval.

Transparent, auditable architecture

Complete visibility into data flows, processing locations and access logs. When regulators or auditors ask, "where is your data?", you have a definitive answer.

Purpose built for UK compliance

Designed from the ground up to meet UK DPA 2018 Part 3, GDPR, NHS DSPT, Caldicott Principles and UK public sector requirements.

Expert integration and managed service

Storm ID brings 20+ years delivering secure solutions to UK public sector and regulated industries. We don't just deploy technology. We design, integrate, optimise and provide ongoing support, all aligned to your operational needs.

How Storm AI Workbench works

  1. 1
    Deploy sovereign infrastructure
    We deploy on infrastructure within your UK data centre, or in a UK based private cloud environment under your control. No shared infrastructure. No international data transfers.
  2. 2
    Build your private knowledge base
    We securely integrate your organisation’s knowledge (policies, procedures, case law, clinical guidelines, operational data etc.) curated entirely within your trust boundary.
  3. 3
    Provide intelligent, compliant project workspaces
    Role-based AI workbenches with granular permissions, comprehensive audit trails and controls that satisfy the most stringent compliance requirements.
  4. 4
    Optimise and evolve with you
    Continuous monitoring, model refinement and capability expansion, with transparent reporting and predictable costs.

Technical architecture
Deployment options built for sovereignty

  • On-premise deployment

    • Deployed on HPE or Dell infrastructure within your data centre
    • Physical hardware under your exclusive control
    • Air-gapped options available for maximum security
    • Zero dependency on external cloud providers

  • UK private cloud

    • Hosted in UK-based private cloud
    • Dedicated tenancy. No shared infrastructure
    • UK-based support staff only
    • Contractual guarantees on data location

  • Hybrid deployment

    • Sensitive workloads on-premise, less-sensitive in UK private cloud
    • Designed to meet specific data classification requirements
    • Unified management plane across environments

Security

Advanced safeguards against emerging threats

Storm AI Workbench is built with proactive threat modelling to defend against modern attack vectors. Protections include safeguards against prompt injection attempts, strict tenant isolation to prevent cross-tenant data access and granular tenant-aware RBAC that extends beyond simple role assignments.

To ensure resilience, the platform enforces resource quotas and rate limiting to protect against denial-of-service attacks, while all user authentication integrates with enterprise Identity Providers via OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0, with a secure fallback for demonstration environments. Audit logs capture not just access activity but also project lifecycle events and data management actions and are stored separately in tamper-evident systems for forensic integrity. Even internal system traffic within Kubernetes is encrypted end-to-end, ensuring that every interaction, from browser to pod, is secured.

Threat protection and access control

  • Prompt injection defence

    Meta-prompt engineering, combined with input/output filtering and monitoring for malicious behaviour. 

  • Role-based Access Control (RBAC)

    Granular, tenant-aware RBAC aligned to organisational structures, with future extensibility for project-level permissions.

  • Identity federation

    Integration with your Identity Provider (OpenID Connect / OAuth 2.0) with MFA support, backed by a .NET Identity fallback for demonstration purposes.

  • Support staff security

    Vetting requirements aligned to client security postures.

Data protection

  • Encryption in transit

    TLS-secured communication across all external and internal traffic, including pod-to-pod traffic in Kubernetes.

  • Encryption at rest

    Encrypted disk volumes for PostgreSQL, Qdrant, and file storage, provided at the infrastructure level.

  • Resource safeguards

    Rate-limiting and quota enforcement to prevent denial-of-service and GPU resource exhaustion.

Audit, monitoring and compliance

  • Comprehensive audit logging

    Secure, tamper-evident logs for security events (e.g. authentication attempts, permission changes), resource lifecycle (tenant/project creation and deletion) and data management activities.

  • Real-time monitoring

    Detection and alerting for anomalous activity.

  • External audit ready

    Exportable audit data for forensic analysis, investigation or regulatory review.

Compliance

Regulatory alignment

Storm AI Workbench supports compliance with leading UK and international standards, including:

  • UK Data Protection Act 2018 Part 3 (law enforcement processing)
  • GDPR / UK-GDPR
  • NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)
  • Caldicott Principles for patient data
  • Government Security Classifications (OFFICIAL, OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE)
  • ISO 27001, SOC 2, Cyber Essentials Plus

Storm AI Workbench is designed from the ground up with security and compliance at its core. Every layer of the system - identity, data and infrastructure - has been engineered to meet the most stringent standards for data protection and regulatory alignment.

Technical stack

  • Private LLM deployment. Choice of models deployed within your environment. Models never connect to external APIs.
  • Organisational knowledge engine. Secure document ingestion and retrieval. Your data never leaves your infrastructure.
  • Intelligent workspace interface. Custom-built by Storm ID with role-based permissions, collaborative features, and audit controls. Designed for ease of use without compromising security.
  • High availability and resilience. Redundant infrastructure, automated failover and backup / disaster recovery aligned to your business continuity requirements.

Why now is the time to act

Your organisation has probably been experimenting with AI for months, maybe years. Sandboxes, pilots, proof-of-concepts. The enthusiasm is there. The use cases are compelling. The business case is clear. But something keeps stopping you from deploying at scale:

"We can't put real data into public cloud AI"

Compliance won't sign off on sending sensitive information to external APIs.

"We're stuck in endless security reviews"

InfoSec and legal teams raise the same sovereignty concerns with every pilot.

"Leadership wants guarantees we can't give"

No one can definitively answer "where exactly is our data processed?"

"We're burning budget on pilots that go nowhere"

Proof-of-concepts deliver results, then hit the compliance wall.

You're not alone. Organisations across healthcare, government, professional services and enterprise face the same blocker: you need AI capability, but you can't compromise on data sovereignty. Storm AI Workbench solves this-today.

  • Proven technology deployed in weeks, not years
  • Measurable ROI from day one. No more pilots that lead nowhere
  • Zero sovereignty risk-your data. Your infrastructure, your control
  • Expert support from a team that understands UK public sector compliance

Why Storm ID

25 years delivering for UK public sector

We've worked with public bodies that demand the highest standards of security and compliance.

Microsoft Solutions Partner (Data & AI specialisation)

We understand Microsoft's ecosystem intimately, and we know its limitations when it comes to sovereignty. That's why we built Storm AI Workbench.

Proven track record in regulated industries

We don't just understand compliance frameworks. We've designed and delivered solutions that satisfy regulators, auditors and information governance teams across healthcare, justice and government.

End-to-end capability

We're not a software vendor or a reseller. We're a partner who designs, deploys, integrates, optimises and supports sovereign AI environments from strategy through to ongoing operation.

No vendor lock-in

You own the infrastructure. You control the data. You decide the roadmap. We're here to support you, not lock you in.

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Frequently asked questions

Public sovereign cloud offerings may still involve shared infrastructure and international data flows that cannot be guaranteed. Storm AI Workbench is deployed on infrastructure you control, with no dependency on hyperscale cloud providers.

Yes. Storm AI Workbench is designed to complement Microsoft 365 for scenarios where Copilot's public cloud processing isn't appropriate. You can use Copilot for general productivity and Storm AI Workbench for sensitive, regulated work.

You can choose. We will help you select the right models for your use cases and compliance requirements.

Typically, 8 to 12 weeks from initial workshop to production deployment, depending on infrastructure readiness and integration complexity.

We offer managed service packages including updates, performance optimisation, security monitoring, user training and helpdesk support, tailored to your needs.