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Nano-technology Developer Case Study

Military-Grade, Nano-Technology Developer Entrusts Its Data in Cloud-Based GmailSemiconductor Provider to Aerospace and Defense Relies on CipherCloud for Gmail Encryption

Quick Facts� Headquarters: Austin, Texas� Industry: Hi-Tech� Regulations: ITAR (International Traffic in

Arms Regulations)� Products: Nano-technology, silicon

wafer engineering and development for aerospace and defense

Challenges� Need to secure global rollout of Gmail for

increased collaboration, remote working and cost reduction

� Confidential correspondence requires security to assure compliance and protect intellectual property

Solution� CipherCloud for Gmail� Successful outsourcing of email

infrastructure with ability to scale to hundreds of thousands of global users

� Transparent to users, critical business data is protected and compliance requirements are met

Top Benefits� Employees and partners have a more

collaborative environment that’s easily scalable

� Critical business data is protected, compliance regulations met, and costs savings in the Cloud

ChallengeThis wafer engineering and development company built its strong reputation producing high reliability, state-of-the-art semiconductors used in the aerospace and defense sector. GSA-approved and ITAR-certified (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), they successfully deliver projects ranging from laser communications to electronic warfare (EW) to infrared imaging.

The company wanted to streamline its infrastructure and save costs by moving its email on Exchange servers to the cloud. Being a provider to the military, they are under strict ITAR regulations which specify that only US citizens are allowed to access their classified data. In order to migrate their email systems, they had to meet these strict requirements 100%.

Requirements The company wanted to replace its in-house Exchange servers with Gmail and deploy the solution to 150 users who would be accessing their email from mobile devices.

To meet their strict requirement guidelines and move forward with their initiative, they knew they needed to encrypt their email data when it was “at rest” in the cloud. They needed to:

� Replace in-house Exchange servers with Gmail� Encrypt email data at rest stored in the cloud while retaining the

encryption keys� Assure no outsiders can access sensitive email content

CipherCloud is the industry leader in cloud information protection, enabling organizations to securely adopt cloud applications by overcoming data privacy, residency, security, and regulatory compliance risks.

The award-winning CipherCloud Platform has been deployed globally by Fortune 1000 companies in banking, insurance, healthcare, hi-tech, and government.

CipherCloud protects over:2.0 million users250 million records10 industries15 countries6 languages

Products protected:SalesforceForce.comChatterBoxMicrosoft Office 365Google GmailAmazon Web ServicesAny cloud applicationDatabases

For more information:1-855-5CIPHER(1-855-524-7437)www.ciphercloud.cominfo@ciphercloud.comTwitter: @ciphercloudCorporate headquarters:99 Almaden Blvd.San Jose, CA 95113

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SolutionCipherCloud for Gmail was the one solution this company felt would provide them the level of data protection and data residency they needed. CipherCloud provides AES 256-bit encryption to Gmail while preserving all functionality for users, including searching and sorting.

CipherCloud uses a reverse-proxy architecture to connect a company’s users, internal, remote, or mobile, and all are protected under company security policy. A built-in mail transfer agent (MTA) ensures all email headed for employee mailboxes is encrypted before it gets there, down to the characters in every specified field. And since data owners keep their own encryption keys, the organization is assured no third-party, not even Google, can gain access to the email content. Supporting highly sensitive military projects, this was of critical importance to this organization.

So seriously did they regard the security aspect and obligation of this project, their CIO stated, “If I could not encrypt my data using CipherCloud I would not choose to use a cloud service for email.”

BenefitsThe wafer and nano-technology development company was satisfied and comfortable having Gmail be their internal email solution. They realized these benefits and more:

� Operational costs cut by 45% and IT resources free to focus on new functions� Assurance in meeting military-grade and audit-level compliance with ITAR and

other strict security requirements

The combination of CipherCloud and Gmail gave us just what we were looking for…” —CIO, large semiconductor developer“

Encrypted data remains searchable.