CipherCloud
{{short description|Cloud security software company}}
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John M. Jack, Board{{cite web | url = http://www.siliconbeat.com/2012/12/05/wiretap-marc-andreessen-knows-jack/ | title = Wiretap: Marc Andreessen Knows Jack | publisher = Silicon Beat | date = 5 December 2012 | accessdate = 28 August 2014 | author = Delevett, Peter}}
Gilles Samoun, Board
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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
CipherCloud was founded in 2010 by Pravin Kothari, who previously co-founded ArcSight.{{cite news | url = https://www.darkreading.com/risk/ciphercloud-closes-$30-million-investment-round-with-andreessen-horowitz/d/d-id/1138799 | title = CipherCloud Closes $30 Million Investment Round With Andreessen Horowitz | publisher = DarkReading | date = 5 December 2012}} The company launched in February 2011 and initially worked in Salesforce.com environments.[http://www.crn.com/news/cloud/229218565/ciphercloud-uses-encryption-tokenization-to-bolster-cloud-security.htm Andrew R. Hickey, "CipherCloud Uses Encryption, Tokenization to Bolster Cloud Security," CRN, February 14, 2011] It added Amazon Web Services integration in 2011.{{cite news|title=CipherCloud extends cloud data encryption to AWS|date=27 October 2011|work=Telecompaper World}} CipherCloud released its Gmail security service in June 2012.{{cite news|title=CipherCloud unveils Gmail encryption solution|date=11 June 2012|work=Internet Business News}} By September 2012, CipherCloud's platform could secure Force.com, Chatter, Microsoft Office 365.[http://gcn.com/articles/2012/09/06/ciphercloud-enryption-for-cloud-apps.aspx Rutrell Yasin, "CipherCloud Encrypts Data Across Multiple Cloud Apps," GCN.com, September 6, 2012] 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 in December 2012.{{cite web|date=December 5, 2012|url=http://allthingsd.com/20121205/ciphercloud-lands-30-million-from-andreessen-horowitz/|title=CipherCloud Lands $30 Million From Andreessen Horowitz|author=Arik Hesseldahl|publisher=All Things D|accessdate=28 March 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://pando.com/2012/12/05/on-cloud-a16z-ciphercloud-raises-30m-from-andreessen-horowitz/|title=On cloud a16z: CipherCloud raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz|author=Richard Nieva|publisher=PandoDaily|date=December 5, 2012|accessdate=March 28, 2014}} Deutsche Telekom also participated in the funding round through T-Ventures, the telecommunications company's venture capital arm.{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2104320/deutsche-telekom-works-with-ciphercloud-to-protect-hosted-apps.html|title=Deutsche Telekom works with CipherCloud to protect hosted apps|author=Mikael Ricknäs|publisher=PC World|date=March 4, 2014|accessdate=March 28, 2014}} John M. Jack, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former CEO of Fortify Software, joined the CipherCloud board following the investment. The company opened its European headquarters in London, England in the same month.[https://web.archive.org/web/20201124101833/https://www.zdnet.com/article/ciphercloud-opens-european-hq-in-london-after-30m-investment/ ,"zdnet", 7 Dec 2012] CipherCloud added an Australian headquarters in 2013.[https://www.csoonline.com/article/3505615/ciphercloud-expedited-sydney-office-as-australian-cloud-data-protection-demand-surges.html David Braue, "CipherCloud expedited Sydney office" CSOonline, August 22, 2013]
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.[https://www.channelfutures.com/cloud-2/ciphercloud-for-box-extends-privacy-controls-to-organization-collaboration , "A partnership between CipherCloud and Box will provide additional security",ChannelFuture, February 25, 2013] In January 2014, CipherCloud acquired CloudUp Networks.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/16/ciphercloud-acquires-cloudup-networks-to-beef-up-its-cross-platform-data-tracking/|title=CipherCloud Acquires CloudUp Networks To Beef Up Its Cross Platform Data Tracking|author=Alex Williams|publisher=TechCrunch|date=January 16, 2014|accessdate=March 28, 2014}} CloudUp Networks' software was in the area of tracking and authorized data management in the cloud environments.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/01/16/cloud-security-startup-ciphercloud.html|title=Cloud security startup CipherCloud buys CloudUp Networks|author=Cromwell Schubarth|publisher=Silicon Valley Business Journal|date=January 16, 2014|accessdate=March 28, 2014}}
In April 2014, CipherCloud released a new product, CipherCloud for Cloud Discovery.{{cite web| url = http://cloud-computing-today.com/2014/05/02/1070240/ | title = CipherCloud Releases Cloud Discovery To Enable Enterprises To Detect Cloud Application Usage | author = Arnal Dayaratna | date = 5 February 2014 | work = Cloud Computing Today | accessdate = 2014-06-24 }} 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.{{cite web| url = http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/it-unmasked/ciphercloud-adds-risk-scoring-to-free-cloud-application-discovery-tool.html | title = CipherCloud Adds Risk Scoring to Free Cloud Application Discovery Tool | author = Mike Vizard | date = 2014-04-30 | work = IT Business Edge | accessdate = 2014-06-24}}
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.{{cite web| url = https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/19/ciphercloud-scores-50m-as-cloud-security-comes-to-forefront/ | title = CipherCloud Scores $50M As Cloud Security Comes To Forefront | author = Ron Miller | date = 2014-11-19 | work = TechCrunch | accessdate = 2020-04-24}}
Technology
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.[https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/cloud-access-security-brokers/vendor/ciphercloud/ratings Gartner PeerInsights: Peer Review for CipherCloud Cloud Security Broker (CSB)]
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External links
- [http://www.ciphercloud.com/ Official Website]
Category:American companies established in 2010
Category:Companies based in San Jose, California