secure server

American  

noun

Computers.

1. a web server that uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or another security protocol to protect transmitted personal data from unauthorized access.

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Etymology

Origin of secure server

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

There is no winning unless Ethan and his team can retrieve the Entity’s source code from a submersible at the bottom of the sea and trap it inside a secure server, a mission more impossible than any that have come before it.

From Salon

However, digitizing the material — and storing it in the cloud on a secure server — gives you a virtual backup out of nature’s reach.

From New York Times

The man whose sister died said authorities informed him a few months ago that the footage existed and that he watched the video on a secure server at the FBI’s office in Sacramento.

From Los Angeles Times

“Then it is stored on a secure server, with limited access by a small number of Googlers for analysis and debugging. After 30 days, it is deleted.”

From The Verge

They read the documents, as well as one another’s stories, on a secure server before coordinating the rollout of their articles on social media.

From Seattle Times