CipherCloud delivers encryption for box

SAN JOSE, USA: CipherCloud, the leader in cloud information protection, has delivered AES 256-bit encryption to its existing Box offering, the premier enterprise solution for cloud collaboration. Now 180,000 Box customers can further refine their policy controls and extend even greater protection to their sensitive information.

CipherCloud is unique in providing integrated AES 256-bit encryption, as an option to protect data, in Box. The encryption keys are retained by the customer - enabling them to have complete control over their data and assuring compliance of their sensitive information. While files are encrypted in Box, they can still be easily accessed and decrypted by authorized users from anywhere, on any device.

While others vendors tout server-side or file sync-and-share (FSS) encryption for cloud storage and collaboration, both approaches contain pitfalls and risks including the cloud provider holding onto the keys, insider threats, and the complexity of administering. CipherCloud's offering enables tighter data privacy, security and compliance and ensures that the customer is always in control of their information.

CipherCloud is seamlessly integrated to Box and completely transparent to users while preserving the benefits of Box and assuring that no third parties can gain unauthorized access to an organization's information. The solution fully leverages Box APIs to scan content in real-time as it is uploaded and detects sensitive information based on the organization's policies, including industry and country regulations - GLBA, PCI, HIPAA, the EU Data Protection Act, UK ICO guidance, the Australian Privacy Amendment Act and US State Privacy Laws.

"Box is growing rapidly in popularity among organizations as they look to improve employee collaboration and productivity while lowering costs," said Pravin Kothari, founder and CEO of CipherCloud. "But making this transition to the Cloud also raises new and significant risks to the security, privacy and compliance of essential corporate information stored in the cloud."

Based on a customer's policies, CipherCloud can enforce a range of actions including alert, block, restrict sharing, quarantine, or automatically encrypting sensitive files. All actions and alerts occur through the familiar Box interface along while preserving the ease-of-use that makes Box so popular.

CipherCloud also provides unprecedented visibility for a customer into their Box usage with drill-down reporting and security dashboards that track user activity, file content, DLP violations and security anomalies.