Fortunately, cloud storage solutions such as Dropbox and Google Drive are there to give you that extra storage space that you need, oftentimes for free. Internal storage is expensive on a phone, as illustrated by the iPhone 7, where bumping up that £599 32 GB basic model to a larger 256 GB model will cost you an extra £200. And if you're a mobile user, space is at a premium. Should you be encrypting these files? And if so, how? That's what we're here to find out.ĭata takes up space. But there may be a gap in our security nets that we haven't considered: files stored in cloud storage.
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Many of us will already be using some form of encryption, either with full mobile encryption such as that provided built-in with Android devices or with password encryption managers, such as LastPass. With so much personal, potentially sensitive, data around, it only makes sense that we all want to protect ourselves as best as we're able. Sookasa brings secure compliance to Dropbox and other cloud servicesĪs the cloud infiltrates sectors like healthcare and education, security issues emerge around compliance regulations.Encryption in all its forms is big business these days. Sookasa now offers a compliance service across industries to protect user data.įor those who work in industries that deal with sensitive data, keeping files compliant with privacy regulations is a process that is both absolutely necessary and completely frustrating. Cloud computing adds another level of anxiety to the process as employees have to constantly worry about what devices hold that data and who can access it. Sookasa, a compliance service for cloud products, came out of stealth today to address this issue. They had been running in stealth since they launched in 2012.
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Their $1.65 million seed round was led by First Round Capital, SV Angel and others and they recently netted a $5 million series A round led by Sameer Gandhi with Accel Partners. Gandhi also backed Dropbox and Sourcefire. According to Gandhi, Sookasa speaks to trends of enterprise cloud and BYOD. “The classic enterprise security model never really accounted for cloud services or mobile devices that move in and out of enterprise networks,” Gandhi said. Rather than prevent them from using these great services, let’s enable them.” Adding, “Whether its legal, financial services, or healthcare, these are huge markets that are clamoring to consume cloud services. Sookasa allows companies to employ the use of their favorite cloud services, while remaining compliant with data regulations such as HIPAA in healthcare or FERPA in education. Despite initial concerns, many of these industries have already started moving toward the cloud. “You may be surprised that there is such high cloud usage, even in industries with data regulations,” said Sookasa CEO and co-founder Asaf Cidon. When you use a service such as Dropbox, Gmail, or Box they will keep copies cached locally on all devices, and Cidon said that is the biggest problem for compliance. Once you encrypt files with Sookasa, it will always be encrypted. So, even if it is shared on Dropbox, it won’t be accessible to anyone without the encryption key.Īs the enterprise moves increasingly toward the cloud, regulatory compliance will become a major issue for these industries. According to Edward Ferrara, a principal analyst at Forrester Research, security is on everyone’s mind when it comes to the cloud. “All of Forrester’s research shows that the number one impediment to cloud adoption is the lack of security, and security controls and compliance are a part of that,” Ferrara said. Sookasa is not a cloud storage company or a file sharing company.
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