CipherCloud was an American software company providing

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to businesses. The company was established in 2010 and is based out of

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. It was bought by

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in 2021.

History

CipherCloud was founded in 2010 by Pravin Kothari, who previously co-founded ArcSight. The company launched in February 2011 and initially worked in

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environments.Andrew R. Hickey, "CipherCloud Uses Encryption, Tokenization to Bolster Cloud Security," ''CRN,'' February 14, 2011
/ref> It added

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integration in 2011. CipherCloud released its

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security service in June 2012. By September 2012, CipherCloud's platform could secure

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, Chatter, Microsoft Office 365.Rutrell Yasin, "CipherCloud Encrypts Data Across Multiple Cloud Apps," GCN.com, September 6, 2012
/ref> It also launched Connect AnyApp, which allowed users to specify

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pages of an application to be secured. CipherCloud closed a $30 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and

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in December 2012.

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also participated in the funding round through T-Ventures, the telecommunications company's venture capital arm. John M. Jack, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former CEO of

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, joined the CipherCloud board following the investment. The company opened its European headquarters in

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in the same month. CipherCloud added an Australian headquarters in 2013.David Braue, "CipherCloud expedited Sydney office" ''CSOonline,'' August 22, 2013
/ref> In February 2013, CipherCloud joined Box Inc., an online file sharing and cloud-content management service, to bring CipherCloud's security to

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and file-hosting services such as

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., "A partnership between CipherCloud and Box will provide additional security",ChannelFuture, February 25, 2013
/ref> In January 2014, CipherCloud acquired CloudUp Networks. CloudUp Networks' software was in the area of tracking and authorized data management in the cloud environments. In April 2014, CipherCloud released a new product, CipherCloud for Cloud Discovery. Cloud Discovery was built to analyze firewall and proxy logs of cloud applications in use (Shadow IT), as well as evaluate the risks those applications might represent to the organization. In November 2014, the company announced closing its Series B funding round of $50 million. Transamerica Ventures led the round, joined by Delta Partners, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and T-Ventures, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom. In March 2021, CipherCloud was acquired by

. In May 2025, Lookout sold the assets of the Cloud Security line of business based on CipherCloud technologies to

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Technology

According to Gartner's reviews, CipherCloud's CASB+ platform shares the features similar to other major

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providers: data protection, adaptive access control, threat protection and centralized compliance capabilities across different SaaS and IaaS clouds. Gartner PeerInsights: Peer Review for CipherCloud Cloud Security Broker (CSB)
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References

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External links

Official Website
American companies established in 2010 Companies based in San Jose, California Security companies of the United States 2010 establishments in California