by Ian Riopel on May 13, 2013
CloudLock is excited to welcome National Defense University (NDU) to our federal customer family. NDU purchased CloudLock Information Security Suite for Google Apps last month in an effort to enhance their Google Apps deployment.
During the purchasing process, NDU stated, “No other product provided the level of functionality that CloudLock does.” NDU’s deployment includes CloudLock’s Collaboration Security and Apps Firewall solution.
In their sole source justification NDU continued by stating that “[s]electing a different product would require [...] the University to settle for a product with significantly less functionality.”
NDU is the premier center for Joint Professional Military Education and provides advanced education to US military personnel and select allies. The University focuses on programs such as Senior Acquisition and Information Assurance, and is accredited by organizations that include the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
by Eric Chaves on May 8, 2013
Many organizations look for a way to tag files and classify them in Google Drive. Being able to do so can help asset management and ensure proper collaboration practices are used across the organization. CloudLock can help organizations:
- determine if there is NO current classification on the asset (and informing the user to add one!)
- detect documents and their classification (and manner in which they are shared)
What do you need to do to tag documents in Google Drive?
Documents can be ‘tagged’ within Google Drive in the description field. Several blogs exist that describe benefits on tagging / classifying documents for easier search capability. The beautiful thing is that it will work for ANY document type (native Google, MSFT, PDF, videos, images, etc.). You can now classify creatives and scanned documents that don’t specifically contain any content so they can be found and classified within Drive.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to add tags:
- Open Google Drive
- Under the More button, open the Details option. A panel on the right hand side will be exposed, and one field that can be filled is the Description field. This field can be used as a tag on the document for classification:
- tag_PROPRIETARY / tag_CONFIDENTIAL / tag_SECRET
- Classification::Gold / Classification::Silver / Classification::Bronze.
Within CloudLock, you can enable the Policy Engine to do several things:
- Detect if classifications exist on documents. If not, alert the user as necessary
- Detect if a classification does exist, determine the manner in which the document is shared and alert and/or perform an action automatically.
Example:
One organization may have three levels of classification identified for their assets, and they want to enable in their Google Apps domain to include these tags:
- Sensitive. Documents that are permitted within the Google Apps domain and can be shared with external collaborators.
- Confidential. Documents that are permitted within the Google Apps domain, but cannot be shared with external collaborators.
- Secret. Documents that should not be stored within the Google Apps domain. In rare cases these documents may be stored in the Google Apps domain with manager approval, but cannot be shared externally or with any peers within the organization.
Determine if there are documents with NO classification: Unclassified Documents. Include the “-” operator to show documents that do NOT include that particular keyword/phrase.
Search for documents that are classified in a particular manner and are shared in a specific manner:
Perform an action based on a policy violation when a document is out of compliance:
- Email – send an email to the data owner to correct the issue
- Compliance Action – automatically remove sharing on the document to minimize the risk exposure
by Eileen Ann on April 30, 2013
Join us on Thursday, May 16th at 2:00 PM EST for our next CloudLock Technical Overview Webinar.
In our 45-minute webinar, we’ll cover:
Technical How Tos New Releases in CloudLock Collaboration Security and Apps Firewall Q&A Hope you can make it!
Join us on Thursday, May 16th at 2:00 PM EST for our next CloudLock Technical Overview Webinar.
In our 45-minute webinar, we’ll cover:
- Technical How Tos
- New Releases in CloudLock Collaboration Security and Apps Firewall
- Q&A
Hope you can make it! Register here.
by Eileen Ann on April 29, 2013
Cambridge, MA – The 10th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium has announced CloudLock as one of ten finalists for the 2013 Innovation Showcase as its Collaboration Information Security Suite represents a cutting edge B2B solution that combines strong value and innovation to enterprise IT. CloudLock will receive key exposure to many of the world’s most creative and influential IT executives at the Symposium on May 22, 2013.
After careful consideration, the Innovation Showcase Judges, (consisting of MIT faculty, entrepreneurs, and early-stage investors) chose CloudLock as it
- Is a start-up with less than $10 million in 2012 revenue or Series A VC funding
- Is selling B2B or B2C enterprise IT solutions to CIOs or corporate departments
- Shows innovation as well as potential impact on the top and bottom lines
“We believe that in 5 years, most organizations will be heavily leveraging and dependant on SaaS applications and business platforms. As a leader in public cloud security, we are very proud of being among the MIT CIO Symposium finalists. This indicates a growing trend in the industry and among CIOs, who are now paying attention to all aspects of cloud security, and is consistent with the traction we see with our customers, including dozens of Fortune 500 enterprises,“ said Gil Zimmermann, CEO and Co-Founder of CloudLock.
CloudLock’s Security-as-a-Service is a suite of information security applications, allowing enterprises to adopt SaaS platforms by applying the appropriate security safeguards in place. Those safeguards are needed to meet data privacy regulations, protect sensitive data stored in messaging and collaboration repositories (e.g IP, PCI, PII ) and protect users’ accounts and identity from being compromised . By deploying CloudLock, enterprises can significantly increase the ROI of their investments in their SaaS strategy.
“We are pleased to award these top ten Innovation Showcase finalists, as their technologies represent cutting edge solutions with strategic value,” said David L. Verrill, Executive Director of the MIT Center for Digital Business, and the Co-chair of the Innovation Showcase. “The Symposium provides these early-stage companies a foundation to demonstrate their solutions that are architecting the future of technology and creates an environment for valuable partnership opportunities.”
For a full list of Innovation Showcase finalists visit http://www.mitcio.com/innovation.
The Innovation Showcase will take place at 5:00PM in the Kresge courtyard tent on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at MIT, in Cambridge, MA. The full agenda of the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is available at www.mitcio.com/agenda.
About CloudLock
CloudLock is the cloud information security company. CloudLock’s suite of information security applications gives organizations the safeguards necessary to take advantage of public cloud offerings like Salesforce.com, Google Apps, and Box without sacrificing security. The largest businesses in the world trust CloudLock to secure their information in the cloud.
For more information about the company or reseller opportunities call (781) 996-4332 or visit http://www.cloudlock.com.
About the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is the premier global event for CIOs and senior IT executives to become better business leaders. In one day, CIOs and senior IT executives receive actionable information that enables them to meet the challenges of today’s changing global economy. The annual event offers a day of interactive learning and thought-provoking discourse on the future of technology, best practices, and business that is not available anywhere else. The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is organized and developed by a team from the MIT Sloan Alumni Club of Boston and the MIT Center for Digital Business. Visit www.mitcio.com for more information and registration.
To stay connected to the community developing around the Symposium, please join The Global CIO & Executive IT Group (An MIT Sloan CIO Group), which can be found on Linkedin.com: http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=1719457. Follow Symposium updates on Twitter: http://twitter.com/mitciosymposium.
Journalists interested in a Symposium press credential should contact Derek Beckwith (derek@warnerpr.com 617-331-3567) or Sadie Furlong (sadie@warnerpr.com 717-220-1804), Warner Communications.
by Nick Vasiliadis on April 23, 2013
Following on the heels of recent updates which allow Google Apps users to dynamically update folders in Google sites and preview files in Google drive, Google has revamped one of their most commonly used tools: Gmail Compose.
The new Gmail Compose window is smaller, simpler and designed for speed and convenience. Gmail allows users to draft messages directly from their inbox, and the smaller, more chat-like compose window allows for convenient navigation of information located within Gmail–even while drafting. The recently implemented changes (of which there are many) aren’t merely cosmetic either.
Amongst the plethora of updates since the new Gmail Compose beta release are some pivotal changes. For example, users no longer have to worry about saving drafts, as Gmail messages now save automatically while they’re being written, much like information in Google Docs and Spreadsheets. Long email chains that have a tendency to get out of hand are easier to sift through thanks to a new feature which automatically trims lengthy content. The new reply experience affords users the ability to view email chains either in the usual format or in internet vintage with the new “respond inline” button , which is used to expand consolidated replies within an email thread.
Another one of Gmail’s nifty new tools is the ability to insert files into a Gmail message without leaving your inbox. Scrolling over the plus sign in the compose window and clicking on the Google Drive icon will offer composers the option to insert files using Google Drive. With Google Drive, the size limit for an attachment has been increased massively, allowing users to share files that are up to a whopping 10 GB.
If the recipients of the email aren’t already shared on the files you opt to send them, Google will automate the process by asking for permission to alter the file’s privacy settings–all directly from your inbox. As always, because they’re stored in the cloud, any changes you make to the files you email from your Google Drive will automatically update for the users you’ve sent them to.
1. Scroll over the plus sign on the toolbar at the bottom of the new compose to display more options
2. Click on the Google Drive icon to insert files from Google Drive
3. Choosing to insert files from Google Drive will bring up this window, allowing composers to add files from a number of locations, both local and cloud-based
4. Attempting to send a file to a recipient who is not already shared on it through Google Drive will prompt this message, giving the sender the option to send without sharing, change the files share settings remotely or choose to explore more options
5. "More options" offers senders the ability allow recipients of the email to view the attached file without altering the file’s share settings as, long as those on the receiving end are using an active Google account
Gmail’s new compose feature has been available to users since October, but has only been adopted as the new, polished and updated standard for Google Mail recently. At Cloudlock, we’re always looking forward to the changes and updates Google has in store for their application users like us.
