| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Information privacy |
| Founded | (2010) |
| Founder | Pravin Kothari |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Pravin Kothari, Founder & CEO John M. Jack, Board[1] Gilles Samoun, Board |
| Website | www |
CipherCloud is an American software company providing cloud computing security to businesses. The company was established in 2010 and is based out of San Jose, California.
History[edit]
CipherCloud was founded in 2010 by Pravin Kothari, who previously co-founded ArcSight.[2] The company launched in February 2011 and initially worked in Salesforce.com environments.[3] It added Amazon Web Services integration in 2011.[4] CipherCloud released its Gmail security service in June 2012.[5] By September 2012, CipherCloud's platform could secure Force.com, Chatter, Microsoft Office 365.[6] It also launched Connect AnyApp, which allowed users to specify Web pages of an application to be secured.[6]
CipherCloud closed a $30 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures in December 2012.[7][8][2] Deutsche Telekom also participated in the funding round through T-Ventures, the telecommunications company's venture capital arm.[9] John M. Jack, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former CEO of Fortify Software, joined the CipherCloud board following the investment.[7][8] The company opened its European headquarters in London, England in the same month.[10] CipherCloud added an Australian headquarters in 2013.[11]
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.[12] In January 2014, CipherCloud acquired CloudUp Networks.[13] CloudUp Networks' software was in the area of tracking and authorized data management in the cloud environments.[14]
In April 2014, CipherCloud released a new product, CipherCloud for Cloud Discovery.[15] 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.[16]
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.[17]
Technology[edit]
According to Gartner's reviews, CipherCloud's CASB+ platform shares the features similar to other major cloud services providers: data protection, adaptive access control, threat protection and centralized compliance capabilities across different SaaS and IaaS clouds.[18]
References[edit]
- ^ Delevett, Peter (5 December 2012). "Wiretap: Marc Andreessen Knows Jack". Silicon Beat. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
- ^ a b "CipherCloud Closes $30 Million Investment Round With Andreessen Horowitz". DarkReading. 5 December 2012.
- ^ Andrew R. Hickey, "CipherCloud Uses Encryption, Tokenization to Bolster Cloud Security," CRN, February 14, 2011
- ^ "CipherCloud extends cloud data encryption to AWS". Telecompaper World. 27 October 2011.
- ^ "CipherCloud unveils Gmail encryption solution". Internet Business News. 11 June 2012.
- ^ a b Rutrell Yasin, "CipherCloud Encrypts Data Across Multiple Cloud Apps," GCN.com, September 6, 2012
- ^ a b Arik Hesseldahl (December 5, 2012). "CipherCloud Lands $30 Million From Andreessen Horowitz". All Things D. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ a b Richard Nieva (December 5, 2012). "On cloud a16z: CipherCloud raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz". PandoDaily. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ Mikael Ricknäs (March 4, 2014). "Deutsche Telekom works with CipherCloud to protect hosted apps". PC World. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ ,"zdnet", 7 Dec 2012
- ^ David Braue, "CipherCloud expedited Sydney office" CSOonline, August 22, 2013
- ^ , "A partnership between CipherCloud and Box will provide additional security",ChannelFuture, February 25, 2013
- ^ Alex Williams (January 16, 2014). "CipherCloud Acquires CloudUp Networks To Beef Up Its Cross Platform Data Tracking". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ Cromwell Schubarth (January 16, 2014). "Cloud security startup CipherCloud buys CloudUp Networks". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ Arnal Dayaratna (5 February 2014). "CipherCloud Releases Cloud Discovery To Enable Enterprises To Detect Cloud Application Usage". Cloud Computing Today. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
- ^ Mike Vizard (2014-04-30). "CipherCloud Adds Risk Scoring to Free Cloud Application Discovery Tool". IT Business Edge. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
- ^ Ron Miller (2014-11-19). "CipherCloud Scores $50M As Cloud Security Comes To Forefront". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ Gartner PeerInsights: Peer Review for CipherCloud Cloud Security Broker (CSB)