Cloud storage and sharing firm Box has announced that its service is now ISO 27001 compliant.
The company said that its enterprise
service now meets the security standard for data protection and has
earned approval for information security management standards. The
certification verifies that the service is now able to provide a high
standard of security for customers using Box.
The company hopes that the certification,
along with its compliance with other standards, will help to build
customer confidence and bring further enterprise business.
"This certification demonstrates our
commitment not only to the security and control of our customers’ data,
but also our commitment to our global customer base," said Box enterprise group product marketing manager Grant Shirk.
"We started down this path last year and
our compliance efforts are gaining steam – we received our SOC-1/SSAE16
Type II, SOC-2 Type II report and announced our support for HIPAA
compliance in just the past quarter."
The lack of confidence in security and compliance has long been seen as a major hurdle in the uptake of enterprise cloud storage platforms.
Box, however, believes that by adding ISO
27001 and other security compliance credentials it can restore user
confidence as well as press its business into new international markets.
"While this is an important certification
for Box, it’s just one more step along our long-term roadmap and
commitment to providing the highest level of transparency and assurance
to our customers about the quality and security of our platform, top to
bottom," Shirk explained.
"It's also a critical component of our
ability to serve our international customers in Europe, the Middle East
and Asia – where we’ve seen our customer growth more than double in the
past year."
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