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Exceptional Software Keeps Data Safe in the Cloud, Offers Encryption-as-a-Service
(GlobeNewswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Washington, D.C. and San Jose, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exceptional Software announced it is using CipherCloud to move
its customer relationship management (CRM) and email to the cloud.
Exceptional is a trusted solutions provider to the U.S. defense and
intelligence community and complies with ITAR (International
Traffic in Arms Regulations) regulations for handling sensitive
data enforced by the U.S. State Department. Exceptional is using
CipherCloud for Salesforce (CRM) and CipherCloud for Office 365
(email) to ensure that only authorized staff can access data stored
in the cloud. Exceptional will also offer CipherCloud encryption
technology for use in private clouds to build
encryption-as-a-service solutions for the defense and intelligence
community.
"Public and private clouds offer immense potential to the
defense and intelligence community. Regulations such as ITAR,
contractual requirements, and commitment to the success of our
customers' missions mean Exceptional must secure data to the
highest standards," said Raymond C. Bowen III, president and CEO of
Exceptional Software. "Until now, Exceptional couldn't seriously
consider the cloud. CipherCloud cloud encryption gateway technology
eliminates the barriers to using the cloud."
"Encryption is the common foundation for data security in
defense and intelligence services. However, the lack of encryption
to easily blanket public and private clouds is a tremendous
barrier," said Bob Flores, previously CTO at CIA and now president
of Applicology. "CipherCloud's breakthrough encryption gateway
means data can be secured across borders and clouds without
changing architectures. This opens the door for the defense
industry to use public clouds while meeting ITAR requirements.
Exceptional Software is uniquely positioned to help the defense and
intelligence community to massively scale encryption-as-a-service
in private clouds."
CipherCloud's award-winning cloud encryption gateway secures
sensitive data in real-time across multiple cloud applications
without impacting functionality or performance. CipherCloud uses
comprehensive security controls including strong encryption,
tokenization,
activitymonitoring, and
malware
detection
to eliminate the data privacy, residency, security, and compliance
barriers to moving to the cloud. CipherCloud provides a single
cloud encryption platform for securing public and private clouds
that research firm Gartner, Inc. forecasts will be used by 25
percent of enterprises in 2016, reducing the cost of securing the
cloud by 30 percent. The CipherCloud Platform secures multiple
cloud applications including
Salesforce, Force.com, Chatter,
Gmail,
Office 365, and Amazon
AWS.
The new CipherCloud
Connect
AnyApp can secure any public and private cloud web
application.
"The defense and intelligence community are building highly
elastic and cost efficient private clouds. Encryption is critical
to control access and segment data. Exceptional is excited to offer
encryption-as-a-service in private clouds using CipherCloud
encryption gateway technology," said Bowen. "CipherCloud allows
organizations to quickly add strong encryption without any
development. Incredibly complex functionality like searching and
sorting works without changes to code."
"Regulatory demands such as ITAR and the need to strictly
control access to data no matter where it's stored are just some of
the barriers to using the cloud in the defense and intelligence
community. Encryption has long been relied on to secure sensitive
data. CipherCloud's revolutionary advances in cloud encryption can
now put the power of public and private clouds to work to support
these organizations," said Pravin Kothari, CEO of CipherCloud.
"CipherCloud is excited to help Exceptional Software succeed in its
mission to provide cutting edge solutions to the defense and
intelligence community."
Exceptional Software and CipherCloud will share their insights
and best practices for protecting sensitive data in the cloud and
the opportunity for encryption-as-a-service in private clouds for
defense and intelligence community in "Eliminating ITAR & Data
Security Barriers to the Cloud in the Defense & Intelligence
Community," a webcast on Thursday September 27th at 2:00PM EDT. To
learn more and register, please visit
http://pages.ciphercloud.com/ITARWebcast_EliminatingITARDataSecurityBarrierstotheCloudintheDefenseIntelligenceCommunity.html.
To see a brief demo of how CipherCloud eliminates the data
privacy, residency, security, and compliance barriers to the cloud,
please visit http://pages.ciphercloud.com/Take-the-5-Minute-Product-Tour.html.
About Exceptional Software
Founded in 1996, Exceptional Software continues to grow as a
leading provider of information technology solutions and services
to the U.S. Government, state and local government, educational
institutions, and private industry. We are a minority-owned
business and are certified at the Federal, State and Commercial
level. For more information, visit www.exceptionalsoftware.com.
About CipherCloud
CipherCloud is the market-leading provider of cloud encryption
and tokenization gateways that enable enterprises to securely adopt
cloud applications by eliminating concerns about data privacy,
residency, security, and regulatory compliance. CipherCloud's
operations-preserving encryption and tokenization technology
secures sensitive information in real time, before it's sent to the
cloud, without impacting usability or performance, or requiring any
change to the application. The CipherCloud Platform secures
multiple cloud applications including Salesforce, Force.com,
Chatter, Gmail, Office 365, and Amazon AWS. CipherCloud Connect
AnyApp enables enterprise to encrypt data for millions of public
and private cloud web applications. Recognized by Gartner as a Cool
Vendor in Cloud Security in 2011, CipherCloud is backed by
premier venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz, Index
Ventures, and T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche
Telekom. For more information, visit www.ciphercloud.com and follow us on Twitter
@ciphercloud.
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CONTACT: Deb Montner
Montner & Associates Tech PR
Dmontner@montner.com
203-226-9290
Source: CipherCloud, Inc.
2012 GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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