The big idea behind Sookasa is that cloud file services such as Dropbox represent a compliance challenge for organizations looking to secure data. While there are multiple vendors and solutions in the market that aim to provide encryption for cloud-based storage services, Asaf Cidon doesn’t think that they go far enough because of a problem he refers to as data scattering.
With Dropbox, for example, data can be set to synchronize across multiple user devices, including desktop and mobile devices. In multiuser instances of cloud storage where an organization could be sharing files with any number of different people, the challenge of data scattering is further compounded.
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Startup Sookasa Aims to Secure Dispersed Cloud Files
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