We’ve just added two new job openings here at CloudLock. The details:

Product Manager

At CloudLock we’re building the world’s leading and most innovative Security-as-a-Serivce offering for the Cloud, tackling the biggest roadblock to cloud adoption head-on. CloudLock is the leading enterprise class security solution on the market and is already being used by the largest Google Apps customers in the world.

We’re a small, highly motivated team. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with remote offices in London and Israel. Cloud is our passion (no servers allowed) and Cloud security is our mission! If you’re as enthusiastic about this as we are, we want you on our team.

As a product manager you’ll be the voice and champion of our customers. You’ll work closely with the team to define, prioritize, focus, and ensure delivery of a phenomenal product and user experience. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that we deliver and over-deliver on our customers expectations.

Past experience in a similar Product Management role is a must. Industry relevant expertise in security, cloud, saas, IT management, data management, and business are highly valuable.
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February 16, 2012, 4:00 PM-4:45PM EST
In this webinar, Henry Simpson, Director of Technology Support Services at California State University, Monterey Bay will discuss how the University has implemented controls to protect against inside and outside threats to secure their Google Apps environment.

In addition, Devin Regis, a Google Apps for Education Advisor, will be speaking about some of the typical drivers that are making colleges and universities switch to Google Apps, her role as a trusted advisor, and what makes a successful Google Apps for Education implementation.

Webinar Agenda (45 Minutes)

• CloudLock intro
• Devin Regis – Google Apps for Education Advisor
  • The role of a Google Apps for Education Advisor
  • Reasons for switching to Google Apps for Education in higher education
  • What makes a successful Google Apps for Education implementation
• Henry Simpson, Director of Technology Support Services at California State University, Monterey Bay
• CSUMB
  • Overview
  • GAPPs migration project
  • GAPPs success
  • Google Collaboration at CSUMB
  • Security Needs: Mitigating controls for inside & outside threats in Google Docs & Sites
  • Using CloudLock to mitigate risk & operational efficiency
• CloudLock Demo
  • General overview
  • Secure Inbound Collaboration: Mitigating External threats & protecting IP
• Q&A

The Presenters

	Devin Regis is a Google Apps for Education Advisor, and is responsible for helping universities and colleges make the most out of their Google Apps implementation.
	Henry Simpson is currently the Director for Technology Support Services at California State University, Monterey Bay. He has been with CSUMB for the past 15 years and manages the Help Desk and Training Environment, the Workstation Support Environment, and CSUMB’s Portal Strategy and Deployment Effort as well as their Google Apps migration.

CloudLock and customer AMAG Pharmaceuticals are featured in a new IDC Buyer Case Study by Sally Hudson. From the case study:

This IDC Buyer Case Study discusses IDC’s interview with Nathan McBride, vice president of IT, AMAG Pharmaceuticals, based in Lexington, Massachusetts. The company has been public since 2006 and launched its first product in 2009. It currently has 180 employees.

The case study details AMAG’s switch to Google Apps and how CloudLock enabled them to use Google Docs by giving them the control and visibility needed to protect information stored in Google Docs.

We’ve just added Cal State University, Monterey Bay to the growing list of CloudLock customer case studies. The following is an excerpt from the full case study that can be found here.

California State University, Monterey Bay provides an exceptional education at an affordable price. It is a small, residential campus with an engaged faculty. Students receive individual attention, plus the many opportunities of a comprehensive university. One of the 23 campuses that make up the California State University system, CSUMB is located one mile from the shores of Monterey Bay, between the Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula.

The Problem

CSUMB was among the first wave of universities to adopt Google Apps, with its staff, faculty, students and alumni using the collaboration suite.

The IT team at CSUMB recognized the need for the same controls for data stored in the cloud as data stored in on-premise file servers, and searched for a solution that will help them with the visibility, security, and ability to comply with regulations.

“Since CSUMB uses Google Apps for Education, we have a delicate balance to maintain; we have students and faculty that want the freedom to collaborate, but we also need to ensure that they comply with all applicable laws and university polices. CloudLock is the only tool that lets us maintain this balance,“ said Henry Simpson, Director for Technology Support Services, California State University, Monterey Bay.

Comply with Regulation for Data Stored in the Cloud

“The data that we store in Google Apps is subject to the same regulations as the data we store on on-premise. CloudLock helps us comply with FERPA, security standards and other internal governance procedures,” said Simpson.

Read the Rest of the Case Study with CSUMB Here.

In 2012, CloudLock will be conducting several surveys to determine trends, opportunities, and general satisfaction with Google Apps customers. Our first survey “The State of Google Apps Data Security” is now open.

If your company uses Google Apps, please fill out the survey here, and you’ll be entered to win one of three $100 Amazon.com gift cards.

All respondents will receive the completed survey via email. All individual answers given in the survey will remain anonymous and names, email addresses, and company information will not be shared. Only anonymous, aggregate data will be used in the final report.

Winners of the $100 Amazon.com gift card will be chosen at random on March 1st, 2012.

Join us on February 2nd at 4:30 PM EST for our next webinar with CloudLock customer Peter Hermann from Mortgage Choice,  an Australian financial services company that needed to implement a records retention process in Google Docs, and Steve Peltzman, Chief Business Technology Officer, Forrester Research.

CloudLock Vault Customer Success: How Mortgage Choice Implemented a Records Retention Process for Google Docs with CloudLock Vault
In this webinar you’ll learn how CloudLock customer Mortgage Choice implemented a records retention process for Google Docs with CloudLock Vault.

Date: February 2, 2012
Time: 4:30 PM EST

CloudLock Intro

Security in the Cloud

• With Special Guest Steve Peltzman, Chief Business Technology Officer, Forrester Research

Mortgage Choice Customer Presentation

• Business Overview with Peter Hermann, Solutions Architect at Mortgage Choice

Mortgage Choice Google Apps Project Description

• Migration & Business Impact

Mortgage Choice and CloudLock

• Addressing Security needs – External Collaboration
• Addressing Compliance Needs – CloudLock Vault
• New CloudLock Features

Q&A

Presenters

Peter Hermann is Solutions Architect/Developer at Mortgage Choice Limited, Australia’s largest independently owned mortgage broker. He is a Google Apps specialist, and can be found on Google+ and Twitter (@pete).

Steven Peltzman is Chief Business Technology Officer at Forrester Research. Prior to Forrester Research, he was Chief Information Officer at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), was responsible for all developmental United States Air Force programs related to stealth aircraft and missile mission planning. He is an FAA Instrument Rated Pilot, and a cursed Mets fan.

When you’re a company focused on securing data in the cloud, you’d better be sure you protect your customers’ information. We hold ourselves to the highest standards of security and data privacy, and on the heels of the largest Google Apps deal to date (and it happening to be in the EU) we are proud to announce that CloudLock is now EU Safe Harbor certified.

From our Co-Founder Tsahy Shapsa:

As the leading cloud data security solution for companies using Google Apps, our customers include Fortune 1000 companies with worldwide operations as well as large EU-based corporations. One of the key requirements for working with these large enterprises is adhering to their strict security and data privacy requirements. With this Safe Harbor certification, CloudLock is once again demonstrating our commitment to being an enterprise-class vendor that can be trusted by the largest organizations in the world that use Google Apps.

The safe harbor provides a number of important benefits to U.S. and EU firms. Most importantly, it provides predictability and continuity for U.S. and EU companies that are sending and receiving personal information from Europe. An EU organization can ensure that it is sending information to a U.S. organization that participates in the safe harbor by viewing the public list of safe harbor organizations posted on the Department of Commerce’s website: http://export.gov/safeharbor/

Today, Google and BBVA announced the largest Google Apps deal to date. With over 110,000 employees in more than 26 countries, Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA will start using Google Docs, Sites, Mail, and Calendar by the end of 2012.

This is a big deal, and not just because it’s a big deal. That made sense, right?

1. It’s a Bank - When the topic of moving to the cloud in general (and Google Apps vs. Microsoft specifically) is raised, the inevitable debates over security and regulation come up. In an industry as highly regulated as financial services, having a 100,000+ employee giant make the switch definitely sends a signal that Google is indeed “enterprise ready”.

2. BBVA’s Decision Isn’t Just About Saving Money – Though businessweek quotes Google Apps Customers as saving about 50-70% compared to on-premise office software, BBVA’s decision wasn’t simply a cost cutting measure. From a post today on the Google Enterprise blog from José Olalla, CIO at BBVA:

We were looking for a technology that would transform our business operations – not just make our workers more efficient. Integrating the Google Apps for Business suite with our own tools will allow us to introduce a new way of working where employees have access to all the information they need with just one click, no matter where they are or what kind of device they use, and can reap the benefits of using advanced collaboration tools.

This solidifies Google Apps position as not simply a lower-cost version of a more expensive on-premise product, but instead, a new set of transformative technologies that drive collaboration and add new benefits.

3. It shows momentum - With two horses in the cloud productivity suite race when it comes to the enterprise, a win by one is a loss by the other. A huge customer win shows that Google is really picking up steam in the Enterprise (something we’ve seen here at CloudLock).

Starting in January 2012, we’ll be hosting 2 webinars per month to go over new features, highlight tips and tricks, and answer questions about CloudLock. The first two webinars have been announced, and you can register for free to attend. The first:

The CloudLock Security Policy Engine

January 12, 2012 2:00-2:30 PM EST

This webinar will show how companies are able to implement an acceptable use policy in Google Docs and Google Sites using the CloudLock Security Policy Engine.

Webinar Agenda (30 Minutes)

• CloudLock Overview
• The CloudLock Security Policy Engine Overview
  • The Need for an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) for Google Docs and Sites
  • Enabling Secure Collaboration and Enforcing the AUP
• Demo
  • Implementing an Acceptable Use Policy for Google Docs and Sites
  • Automate AUP Enforcement
• Q&A

We’ve just released the CloudLock Security Policy Engine for Google Docs and Sites.

CloudLock’s Security Policy Engine provides organizations with the framework necessary to define policies and make sure that collaboration practices are monitored and remain compliant with policies and procedures. With CloudLock’s Security Policy Engine organizations can:

• Create Secure Collaboration Zones – Allowing customers to create and define who is allowed in a zone and enforce rules for collaboration both internally and externally
• Enforce Acceptable Use Policies – Define acceptable use policies to enforce internal governance and sharing
• Put Data Security on Autopilot – Providing ongoing monitoring and continuous scans to alert when policies have been violated

How To Enable Secure Collaboration for Google Docs and Sites with CloudLock’s Security Policy Engine

We’ve also updated our “how to” section, which is continuously updated with “Google Docs and Sites How To” guides. In the following guide, we will show how to use CloudLock’s Security Policy Engine to:

• Create policies for Google Documents and Sites
• Define the policies for the entire domain, selected sub-domain(s), organizational unit(s) or individual users
• Select the sharing violation (exposure type) for each policy
• Create a white list to define exceptions for each policy

To access this new feature in CloudLock, simply click the “Policy Engine” link in the left navigation menu: