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Box Sets New Standard for Intelligent Content Security in the Enterprise With Box ShieldBox (News - Alert), Inc. (NYSE: BOX) a leader in Cloud Content Management, today announced Box Shield, a set of new content security controls and intelligent threat detection capabilities that enables enterprises to power secure collaboration and workflows around their most valuable content in the cloud. Built natively into Box, Box Shield helps prevent accidental data leakage, detects potential access misuse, and proactively identifies relevant threats. "The pace of business today demands that every enterprise move its content to the cloud to power collaboration and drive business processes both inside and outside the organization. Box Shield is a huge advancement that will make it easier than ever to secure valuable content and prevent data leaks without slowing down the business or making it hard for people to get their work done," said Jeetu Patel, Chief Product Officer at Box. "With Box Shield, enterprises will receive intelligent alerts and unlock insights into their content security with new capabilities built natively in Box, enabling them to deploy simple, effective controls and act on potential issues in minutes." "Today's competitive environment demands greater alignment between security and the business. Enterprises need an integrated approach to security that is woven into the fabric of their business processes," said Lakshmi Hanspal, Global Chief Information Security Officer at Box. "Box Shield brings adaptive security controls and threat detection directly to workflows in Box with easy-to-use, built-in controls that help reduce risk and empower the business to work more collaboratively all over the world." Preventing Accidental Data Leaks Box Shield helps enterprises prevent accidental data leaks through a system of manual or automated security classifications for files and folders, and classification-based access policies. Account admins can define custom classification labels and policies per label that combine multiple security controls, such as:
Detecting Threats with Machine Learning-Powered Alerts In addition to preventing accidental data leakage via classification-based security policies, Box Shield empowers customers to detect abnormal and potentially malicious behavior from internal and external threats. Powered by machine learning, Box Shield identifies and alerts admins of potential threats such as:
Deep Integrations with Enterprise Security Leaders Box Shield complements and integrates with a wide range of existing best-of-breed security investments. Contextual alerts from Box Shield, containing more actionable insights than ever before, will be able to integrate with SIEM solutions from partners such as Splunk, Sumo Logic, AT&T Cybersecurity, and IBM, as well as CASB solutions from Symantec, McAfee, Palo Alto (News - Alert) Networks, and Netskope. "Organizations of all sizes are increasingly aware of the need to secure critical information and protect against threats without compromising user experience," said Garrett Bekker, Principal Analyst for Information Security at 451 Research (News - Alert). "Investments in native security controls by cloud platform vendors can provide useful and timely insights and serve as a valuable complement to an organization's overall security portfolio." Availability Box Shield is in private beta and will become generally available in the fall of 2019. To learn more about Box Shield, please visit http://www.box.com/shield or join a special launch webinar on August 29. About Box Box (NYSE:BOX) is a leading Cloud Content Management platform that enables organizations to accelerate business processes, power workplace collaboration, and protect their most valuable information, all while working with a best-of-breed enterprise IT stack. Founded in 2005, Box simplifies work for 70% of the Fortune 500, including AstraZeneca, General Electric, JLL, and Nationwide. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA (News - Alert), with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia. To learn more about Box, visit http://www.box.com. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190821005163/en/ |