CipherCloud is an American
software company
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providing
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to businesses. The company was established in 2010 and is based out of
San Jose, California
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.
History
CipherCloud was founded in 2010 by Pravin Kothari, who previously co-founded
ArcSight.
The company launched in February 2011 and initially worked in
Salesforce.com environments.
[Andrew R. Hickey, "CipherCloud Uses Encryption, Tokenization to Bolster Cloud Security," ''CRN,'' February 14, 2011]
/ref> It added Amazon Web Services
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integration in 2011.Gmail
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security service in June 2012. By September 2012, CipherCloud's platform could secure Force.com
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, Chatter, Microsoft Office 365.[Rutrell Yasin, "CipherCloud Encrypts Data Across Multiple Cloud Apps," GCN.com, September 6, 2012]
/ref> It also launched Connect AnyApp, which allowed users to specify Web pages of an application to be secured.[
CipherCloud closed a $30 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and ]Index Ventures
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in December 2012.[ ]Deutsche Telekom
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also participated in the funding round through T-Ventures, the telecommunications company's venture capital arm.[ The company opened its European headquarters in ]London, England
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in the same month. CipherCloud added an Australian headquarters in 2013.[David Braue, "CipherCloud expedited Sydney office" ''CSOonline,'' August 22, 2013]
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In February 2013, CipherCloud joined Box Inc., an online file sharing and cloud-content management service, to bring CipherCloud's security to file-sharing and file-hosting services such as Box.[, "A partnership between CipherCloud and Box will provide additional security",ChannelFuture, February 25, 2013]
/ref> In January 2014, CipherCloud acquired CloudUp Networks. CloudUp Networks' software was in the area of tracking and authorized data management in the cloud environments.
In April 2014, CipherCloud released a new product, CipherCloud for Cloud Discovery. Cloud Discovery was built to analyze firewall and proxy logs of cloud applications in use (Shadow IT), as well as evaluate the risks those applications might represent to the organization.
In November 2014, the company announced closing its Series B funding round of $50 million. Transamerica Ventures led the round, joined by Delta Partners, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and T-Ventures, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom.
Technology
According to Gartner's reviews, CipherCloud's CASB+ platform shares the features similar to other major cloud services
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providers: data protection, adaptive access control, threat protection and centralized compliance capabilities across different SaaS and IaaS clouds.[ Gartner PeerInsights: Peer Review for CipherCloud Cloud Security Broker (CSB)](_blank)
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External links
Official Website
American companies established in 2010
Companies based in San Jose, California
Security companies of the United States
2010 establishments in California