Cloud storage and file-sharing company Box announced Box Trust, an initiative that includes a partnership with several computer security companies and the launch of an application designed for enterprise customers.
The Tuesday announcement, of which there were whisperings last week, comes days after competitor Dropbox unleashed its new Dropbox for Business API, also in partnership with several companies, also aimed at increasing the security of its cloud.
The Box Trust consists of 19 different companies, including Splunk, Symantec, and OpenDNS. The partnerships come with the goal of each company making Box more secure and therefore attractive to more corporate customers.
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“Our partnership with the security ecosystem is incredibly important to the successful delivery of Box into the enterprise, and our work here is just beginning,” wrote Box CEO Aaron Levie in a blog post about Box Trust.
Each of the partners brings something different to the table.
“We are excited to be a founding partner in the Box Trust security initiative to bring our Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology to Box customers,” said Chandra Rangan, vice president, product marketing, Symantec, in a Box press release. “With data in the cloud quickly becoming ubiquitous, we share a common mission and responsibility to make access, sharing and collaboration within and across organizations safe and secure.”
A more tangible representation of this new emphasis on cloud security comes in the form of a new mobile app for iOS and Android, Box for Enterprise Mobility Management. The app is designed for Box Enterprise users, and allows businesses greater control over their mobile cloud use. Box for EMM can be wiped remotely.
