Welcome Guest. | Log In | Register | Membership Benefits

CipherCloud Provides Unified Data Protection For All Cloud Services

New connectivity and malware detection in CipherCloud Version 2 Release

Aug 25, 2011 | 10:52 AM | 


CUPERTINO, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 25, 2011) - CipherCloud, a leading provider of cloud data security and compliance solutions for cloud applications, today announced the availability of CipherCloud Version 2. New with CipherCloud 2 are out-of-the-box connectors, CipherCloud Connect Open API, and cloud malware detection. These powerful new features allow enterprises to extend protection overall to critical data stored and processed in public and private cloud platforms and applications. CipherCloud 2 connectors for Salesforce, Force.com, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Box.net facilitate cloud adoption by allowing customers to retain complete control over sensitive data. The open API helps developers and ISVs to create custom connectors that can leverage CipherCloud data protection technology with their public or private cloud applications. Malware detection identifies and blocks infected files from being uploaded, enabling enterprises to protect themselves against attempts by hackers to penetrate data-rich cloud environments.

CipherCloud provides a unified cloud data encryption and tokenization gateway to protect sensitive data on the fly before it's sent to any cloud, without impacting functionality and usability. Customers can choose from various encryption and tokenization algorithms and retain control over encryption keys at all times.

"When planning to collaborate or leverage cloud services, organizations must consider many security and regulatory compliance measures such as data protection and threat protection technologies," said Lawrence A. Pingree, research director of data center transformation and security at Gartner. "Flexible encryption technologies are the key to maintaining the security of sensitive data in the cloud. Also, organizations must use anti-virus and anti-malware capabilities when collaborating on documents, to ensure protection as they traverse this new infrastructure between internal and external users."

"CipherCloud is an ideal solution for our clients' data privacy and compliance needs -- which are the biggest concerns we encounter in the financial sector," said Kerry L. Jackson, principal at Intellect Solutions. "CipherCloud's innovative technology and open API eliminate security concerns while enabling our customers to manage their own privacy and regulatory requirements independently." CipherCloud Version 2 Features and Benefits:

• Unified Cloud Data Protection - A single gateway and unified policies to protect data across all cloud platforms and applications. As enterprises use multiple cloud services, this solves the challenges associated with single cloud centric solutions.

• Cloud Data Privacy - Data is encrypted, tokenized, or masked prior to leaving the enterprise, and the only set of keys resides with the enterprise; this protects the data and makes it unusable by anyone without the keys. Enterprises can either leverage out-of-the-box connectors provided by CipherCloud, or develop custom connectors using the CipherCloud Connect open API.

• Cloud Data Security - Malware detection capabilities allow customers to protect their public and private cloud platforms against malware attacks spread through files such as infected Adobe PDFs or Microsoft Office documents.

• Cloud Compliance - Consistent logging of user activities across all cloud applications enables organizations to manage compliance and forensic requirements, giving them the ability to find out who is doing what, where, and when, in which application and on which object.

"With CipherCloud 2, we are excited to offer our enterprise customers a unified gateway that addresses current and emerging threats across all cloud data," said Pravin Kothari, founder and CEO of CipherCloud. "The recent strategic partnerships and investment validate our vision of providing game-changing technology that addresses the key impediments to cloud adoption globally."

CipherCloud Expands Global Presence CipherCloud also announced today a partnership with SunBridge Corporation to expand its presence in the Japanese market. SunBridge, a co-founder of salesforce.com Japan and Concur Japan, is a leading implementation partner for enterprises deploying cloud-based services in Japan.

"The solution from CipherCloud addresses the concerns around data privacy, security and compliance that enterprises raise during their evaluation of cloud computing," said Allen Miner, SunBridge CEO. "We have already identified several prospects for the CipherCloud unified cloud data protection gateway. We are particularly enthusiastic about CipherCloud's potential to address cloud security in a unified and comprehensive way across the entire spectrum of enterprise cloud services including Japan's leading domestic providers."

SunBridge adds to CipherCloud's worldwide footprint, which already encompasses partnerships in Canada, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America. Partners include:

• Cloudware Connections, a leading implementer of Salesforce and Force.com solutions in Canada • A leading telecom carrier and cloud computing provider in Europe • Intellect Solutions, a provider of cloud-based financial solutions in Latin America • Lava Protocols, a leading cloud computing provider in Malaysia

Amazon Web Services Connector AWS now has more than 10,000 customers and is fast becoming one of the industry's most highly used cloud services. To provide users with enhanced cloud data security for their AWS deployments, CipherCloud today also announced a connector for Amazon EC2 and S3.

Fresh Venture Capital

CipherCloud is announcing investment from Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom. CipherCloud investors recognize the market opportunity around cloud data protection needs, and the growing demand for solutions from CipherCloud around the globe.

Availability CipherCloud 2 is now available. For a demonstration, visit CipherCloud at Dreamforce USA 2011 (Booth 218), Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif. For more information, visit www.ciphercloud.com.

Social media links: • Twitter: @CipherCloud (http://twitter.com/ciphercloud) • LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/ciphercloud • Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CloudDataProtection • Blog: http://www.ciphercloud.com/blog About CipherCloud CipherCloud (www.ciphercloud.com) provides a unified cloud data protection gateway with award-winning technology to encrypt sensitive data in real time before it's sent to the cloud. CipherCloud protects enterprise data using encryption, tokenization, and malware detection in any private or public cloud environment without impacting functionality, usability, or performance. CipherCloud eliminates data privacy, data sovereignty, security, and regulatory compliance concerns, and accelerates cloud adoption. Copyright 2011, CipherCloud, Inc. All Rights Reserved. CipherCloud and the CipherCloud logo are trademarks of CipherCloud, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademark are properties of their respective owners.



Currently we allow the following HTML tags in comments:

Single tags

These tags can be used alone and don't need an ending tag.

<br> Defines a single line break

<hr> Defines a horizontal line

Matching tags

These require an ending tag - e.g. <i>italic text</i>

<a> Defines an anchor

<b> Defines bold text

<big> Defines big text

<blockquote> Defines a long quotation

<caption> Defines a table caption

<cite> Defines a citation

<code> Defines computer code text

<em> Defines emphasized text

<fieldset> Defines a border around elements in a form

<h1> This is heading 1

<h2> This is heading 2

<h3> This is heading 3

<h4> This is heading 4

<h5> This is heading 5

<h6> This is heading 6

<i> Defines italic text

<p> Defines a paragraph

<pre> Defines preformatted text

<q> Defines a short quotation

<samp> Defines sample computer code text

<small> Defines small text

<span> Defines a section in a document

<s> Defines strikethrough text

<strike> Defines strikethrough text

<strong> Defines strong text

<sub> Defines subscripted text

<sup> Defines superscripted text

<u> Defines underlined text

Dark Reading encourages readers to engage in spirited, healthy debate, including taking us to task. However, Dark Reading moderates all comments posted to our site, and reserves the right to modify or remove any content that it determines to be derogatory, offensive, inflammatory, vulgar, irrelevant/off-topic, racist or obvious marketing/SPAM. Dark Reading further reserves the right to disable the profile of any commenter participating in said activities.

Disqus Tips To upload an avatar photo, first complete your Disqus profile. | View the list of supported HTML tags you can use to style comments. | Please read our commenting policy.
Subscribe to RSS



Cloud Security Reports

report Monitoring And Measuring Cloud Providers' Security Performance
There is no ignoring the cloud, which means that IT professionals must find ways to monitor and measure the performance of cloud providers. While moving even in part to a cloud model is a big change for many reasons, the most significant difference is a loss of direct control. Just as security groups often struggle with managing security inside a corporation when in a governance role, we struggle even more with governing the security of assets that no longer sit within our own data centers. The challenge is to develop and implement a strong governance model for these cloud offerings that ensures that security is part of the conversation.

report How to Manage Identity in the Public Cloud
Use of the public cloud for enterprise applications complicates what was already a complicated task: identity management. As companies increase their use of cloud-based applications, IT and security professionals must make some tough and far-reaching decisions about how to provision, deprovision and otherwise manage user access. This Dark Reading report examines the options and provides recommendations for determining which one is right for your organization.

report Spot Trouble In The Cloud: Adapting Security Monitoring & Incident Response.
Security monitoring, incident response and forensics are essential, even in the cloud. But the cloud by definition implies relinquishing at least some control, which can make these practices problematic. In this report, we identify the challenges of detecting and responding to security issues in the cloud and discuss the most effective ways to address them.

Other reports from the Cloud Security Tech Center:




Featured Webcasts
Featured Whitepapers
Featured Reports