Novati Technologies Selects CipherCloud for Gmail Encryption

Novati Technologies Selects CipherCloud for Gmail Encryption

Cloud Email Encryption Enables ITAR Compliance and Move to the Cloud

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 7, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CipherCloud, the leader in
cloud information protection, today announced that Novati Technologies has
selected CipherCloud's Google Gmail encryption service. With the help of Cloud
Sherpas, one of the world's leading cloud services brokerages, Novati is
moving  to cloud-hosted email service while protecting their data-at-rest,
lowering their email costs and freeing up IT resources. Another advantage is
that the user's Gmail experience is unchanged, because CipherCloud's
encryption gateway preserves search and sort features on the encrypted data.
It has also enabled them to use mobile devices to securely access their email.

As a nano-technology engineering development and commercialization firm whose
clients include the U.S. defense community, an important consideration in
moving to the cloud was that Novati must comply with ITAR (International
Traffic in Arms Regulations) regulations for handling sensitive data enforced
by the U.S. State Department.

"We have specific responsibilities because of ITAR to prevent intentional or
accidental technology transfer and while I wanted to use cloud-based email, I
needed to protect that data," said Patrick Meyer, director of IT at Novati.
"That requirement led us to CipherCloud, who presented us with the opportunity
to encrypt the data-at-rest."

A key benefit of the CipherCloud Gmail encryption platform cited by Meyer is
that Novati retains the encryption keys, giving them complete control over
data. Even if the cloud host provider system admin got access to the email
files, he or she could not understand or decrypt the content of the messages.

"If I could not encrypt my data using CipherCloud I would not choose to use a
cloud service for my emails," said Meyer. "But being able to use Gmail and
move our email to the cloud is strategic because it lowers our costs and frees
up IT resources. Instead of working on the commodity side of IT services, we
can focus on strategic projects that advance and differentiate our business
and help drive top line revenue."

Meyer considered other options, but for ITAR compliance "the combination of
CipherCloud and Gmail gave us just what we were looking for."

The team is now considering moving elements of their ERP system into the cloud
as well using CipherCloud Connect AnyApp, which can be used to quickly set up
encryption for any Web- or cloud-hosted application.

"Security remains the number one inhibitor preventing organizations from
adopting cloud applications, and CipherCloud solves this huge problem in a
very elegant way," said Pravin Kothari founder and CEO of CipherCloud. "Our
vision has been to create solutions that enable organizations to safely and
securely adopt the cloud while maintaining a high level of security and
retaining control of their information."

Since its founding in 2010, CipherCloud has rapidly grown its customer base,
now protecting 1.2 million cloud application users and 100 million customer
records for more than 40 enterprise clients across eight countries. Customers
include top firms in banking, insurance, healthcare and technology, as well as
government agencies.

In December 2012, Andreessen Horowitz invested $30 million in CipherCloud.

For more information please visit www.ciphercloud.com.
                                

About Novati Technologies

Novati Technologies provides its customers with contract research and
development, silicon wafer fabrication, and commercialization. Novati is
adding new capabilities, including the manufacturing and assembly of
leading-edge 3D-ICs. Novati serves companies in life sciences, aerospace &
defense, semiconductor, clean energy and consumer markets.

Its current fab capabilities include:

  * Full-flow CMOS processing on 200 mm wafers
  * "More than Moore" diversified production
  * Back-end copper processing on 200 mm and 300 mm wafers
  * Development of micro- and nano-electromechanical (MEMS and NEMS) devices
  * Lithography down to 193 nm "dry" technology

For more information, visit www.novati-tech.com.

Additional CipherCloud Resources
CipherCloud's Encryption Gateway on-demand demo

Best Practices in Securing Your Customer Data in Salesforce, Force.com, and
Chatter Whitepaper

CipherCloud Cloud Encryption Gateway: Overcoming Cloud Security & Compliance
Concerns Whitepaper

Blog on CipherCloud by John M. Jack, Andreessen Horowitz

About CipherCloud
CipherCloud, the leader in cloud information protection, provides cloud
encryption and tokenization gateways to enable organizations to securely adopt
cloud applications by eliminating concerns about data privacy, residency,
security, and regulatory compliance. CipherCloud's groundbreakinggateway
encrypts sensitive information in real time, before it's sent to the cloud,
using operations-preserving encryption and tokenization technology without
impacting usability or the application in any way.

The CipherCloud product portfolio supports popular cloud applications
out-of-the-box such as Salesforce, Force.com, Chatter, Google Gmail, Microsoft
Office 365, and Amazon AWS. Additionally, CipherCloud Connect AnyApp and
Database Gateway enable organizations to extend data protection to hundreds of
third-party cloud and private cloud applications and databases.

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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