Over the past few months, we’ve been talking a lot about managing the chaos of content repositories like SharePoint, Dropbox, file shares, and even email through our solution, Adhere for Alfresco. A large part of creating control around these technologies is delivering security that protects information and increases compliance. As content continues to increase exponentially, along with the risks associated with that growth, many companies are making content security a top priority in 2015.
In order to design a solution to give you true security for your content—whether on or off premise—we partnered with Covertix. As the leader in data security for both internal and external collaboration, they recognized the need to automate the security process. Through their SmartCipher™ product suite, data is encrypted for protection no matter where it travels. This keeps information out of the wrong hands whether due to a human or system error, or even malicious activities.
“In the past few years, we’ve seen an ever-increasing trend towards simplifying the external sharing of corporate information, including the adoption of consumer-quality cloud sharing technologies such as Dropbox or Box.net within the enterprise,” said Mike Mahon, CEO and co-founder of Zia Consulting. “Unfortunately, we have not seen a similar dedication towards securing those documents when they leave the organization, leading to what many have termed ‘the Dropbox problem’. With Covertix, we have the ability to address this issue, without the unrealistic expectation that we can get employees to stop using these technologies.”
One of the things our clients especially appreciate about SmartCipher is the automation that occurs behind the scenes. Your organization’s policies are embedded so that they are in place whether the document stays in house or travels. This seamless, automated integration makes sure your documents and information remain secure without you even having to think about it.
Building the SmartCipher technology into the Zia Adhere solution allows us to deliver Universal Content Security with any existing infrastructure, like SharePoint. This allows your enterprise to maintain security through both internal and external collaboration and remain compliant. This compliance is also increased because end users can continue working with technologies they are comfortable with so the system isn’t bypassed.
Interested? Read our recent guest blog post from Yoran Sirkis, CEO of Covertix, discussing The Need for Data Centric Security.
To learn more about the capabilities of SmartCipher from Covertix, watch their newly released introductory video here.