Secure technology, secure work-flow, private data

Security

Gust utilizes some of the most advanced technologies available for Internet security. When you access our site, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology protects your information using both server authentication and data encryption, ensuring that your data is safe, secure, and available only to registered users in your organization. Your data will be inaccessible to non-authorized users. Gust provides each user in your organization with a unique user name and password that must be entered each time a user logs on (unless the user has activated the "Remember me" feature). Gust issues a session "cookie" only to record encrypted authentication information for the duration of a specific session. The session "cookie" does not include either the username or password of the user. Gust does not use "cookies" to store other confidential user and session information, but instead implements more advanced security methods based on dynamic data and encoded session IDs.

In addition, gust.com is hosted in a secure server environment that uses a firewall and other advanced technology to prevent interference or access from outside intruders.

Disaster Recovery

All of your data is protected and backed-up on a daily basis to ensure business continuity. The system also allows manual export of critical data.

Web-Based

GusGust's web-based system is far more secure than sending unencrypted emails and requires authentication for any critical user function.

What about NDAs (Non Disclosure Agreements)?

In keeping with standard early stage investment industry practice, the Gust platform does not mandate the use of NDAs by investors, as the vast majority of angel groups and venture capital funds will not sign them prior to reviewing funding applications. Investors are not focused on executing business plans as you, the entrepreneur, are. We suggest that you do not include trade secrets, pre-patent information, or other intellectual property in your initial applications, and suggest that entrepreneurs wait until initial contact and interest is established before sharing detailed intellectual capital with prospective investors. On the other hand, the more comprehensive your application, the more likely it is to provide a prospective investor with the information needed to move to the next step in the process.