A number of businesses of late have come to rely on OneDrive for Business as their sole means of endpoint data protection. With Microsoft 365 becoming widely prevalent, businesses are viewing OneDrive as ‘free’ endpoint backup. …

“Do you support Remote Wipe?”. We still get this question. And it is usually clear that the prospect is running down a checklist of things someone gave them to ask — or they’re simply looking through a competitor’s datasheet and rattling off the bullets they see in there. “Do you…

Encryption pervades all aspects of our lives today. We utilize it as a matter of course without even giving it a second thought. That book you ordered for your Kindle library last night, the message you sent your friend on WhatsApp this morning, the agreement you digitally signed just now — all these acts used encryption, or the science of Cryptography. — A bit of history The desire to keep and hold secrets is ageless. Cryptography in the form of basic ciphers, has existed from the times of the Greek and Roman civilizations. These were rudimentary in nature and mainly designed to obfuscate messages so they didn’t make sense if they fell into the wrong hands…

In conversations with customers over the last 4–6 months, I am sensing a real need for a strong, enterprise class solution that allows them to securely share content with entities outside their organization. Many times, these could be short-term engagements they have with vendors, attorneys, consultants etc. …

As we approach the end of the year, I wanted to take some time to reflect on the kind of year it has been, and how I feel we’re shaping up for 2019. Cloud Without a doubt, 2018 was the year of the public cloud. The global market grew at…

Most mid-size companies I have spoken to about GDPR compliance mainly seem concerned about one thing — and that is seeking consent. Many of them are scrambling, reaching out to customers, asking to reconfirm their marketing information and/or to get re-permission for email marketing. GDPR and CONSENT And with good reason. The GDPR…

How much safer does it make your endpoint? Microsoft recently announced a useful feature for OneDrive enterprise users. Administrators can now use Group Policy Objects to prompt users to redirect known Windows folders, such as Desktop, Documents, Pictures, Screenshots, and Camera Roll to OneDrive. Such redirection was possible earlier as…

Have you been receiving a raft of emails from several companies you did (or didn’t) do business with, informing you of their updated privacy policies? If so, well, then you have General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to thank. The sweeping new data privacy regulation is now in force, and applies…

This question came up at a GDPR event at which I recently spoke. Most of the attendees were from their respective Legal, GRC, or CISO offices; a legally astute, but also a very technical audience. One of the speakers who went up before I did, brought this up — as…