articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2016 perspecsys inc. type privately held company industry cloud computing cloud security encryption data tokenization headquarters toronto canada and tysons corner virginia usa number of locations 4 products cloud security software website perspecsys.com perspecsys inc. is a cloud computing security company that provides cloud data protection software . perspecsys has offices in the toronto area ; tysons corner virginia ; san francisco california ; london england ; paris france ; and berlin germany . perspecsys specializes in cloud data privacy data residency sovereignty and data security software that enables compliance with industry regulations and directives and security requirements when adopting cloud . 1 banking and financial services healthcare retail and government entities must adhere to strict guidelines when handling sensitive personal data in cloud applications that include pci dss itar ferpa hipaa and hitech . contents 1 technology 2 standards 3 funding & acquisition 4 references 5 external links technology edit the appprotex cloud data protection gateway 2 secures data in software as a service and platform as a service provider applications through the use of encryption or tokenization . gartner a marketing research firm refers to this type of technology as a cloud encryption gateway and categorizes providers of this technology cloud access security brokers . 3 the united states patent and trademark office uspto has granted perspecsys u.s. patent no. 9 021 135 for its system and method for tokenization of data for storage in a cloud . the main component of the cloud encryption gateway is the appprotex cloud data protection gateway server which acts as an intercepting software proxy . the gateway server provides the core data privacy residency and security services for the gateway . appprotex discovery & analyze capabilities allow visibility into information users are sharing with cloud applications . users may define encryption and tokenization options at the field level . the cloud data protection gateway allows encryption with any third party jca jce compliant cryptographic module including fips 140 2 federal information processing standard validated modules . cloud data is secured and end users maintain full functionality such as the ability to search sort and e mail using data that has been either encrypted or tokenized . 4 the data that flows between the cloud application and the end user is interpreted by the gateway . for cloud applications that feature email the appprotex communications server can enable the secure transfer of email . additionally appprotex server facilitates the deployment of the cloud security gateway via iaas partners such as amazon web services csc and fujitsu . perspecsys is a salesforce appexchange partner and provides tokenization or encryption of salesforce.com 1 chatter force.com and wave analytics cloud data . the appprotex cloud data protection gateway secures cloud data across cloud applications including oracle crm on demand 5 oracle fusion crm servicenow successfactors appextremes and xactly incent . standards edit perspecsys cloud encryption gateway uses either tokenization or encryption for cloud security . its tokenization option was evaluated by coalfire a pci dss qualified security assessor qsa and a fedramp accredited third party assessment organization 3pao to ensure that it adheres to industry guidelines . the gateway also allows encryption modules from other third party providers such as mcafee voltage security safenet and symantec to encrypt cloud data including modules that are fips 140 2 federal information processing standard validated issued by the national institute of standards and technology nist . funding & acquisition edit on july 30 2015 blue coat systems announced it had acquired perspecsys in order to expand its cloud security offerings . the acquisition price is estimated to be 180 200m . 6 in may 2013 perspecsys secured 12 million in series b funding co led by paladin capital group and ascent venture partners and joined by return backer intel capital and other existing institutional investors . together with series a funding this new round of financing brings the total investment in perspecsys to over 20 million . perspecsys series a round of funding totaled 8 million and was led by intel capital the global investment branch of technology company intel in may 2011 . growthworks and mars investment accelerator fund have also invested in perspecsys . 7 8 references edit a b perspecsys removing a key security barrier to public cloud adoption . network computing . perspecsys extends its award winning cloud data control gateway with discovery analytics & broad cloud coverage capabilities . businesswire . perspecsys s cloud data gateway easily integrates with saml 2.0 solutions . integration developer news . perspecsys builds bridge to the public cloud . serverwatch . perspecsys delivers cloud data protection to support inland empire health plan s use of oracle crm on demand . oracle . blue coat systems buy elastica after perspecsys . perspecsys inc. raises 12m round of series b equity financing . perspecsys closes 8m series a financing with intel capital and growthworks pdf . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title perspecsys & oldid 730375935 categories cloud computing providerscloud storage gatewayscloud applicationssoftware companies of canadahidden categories orphaned articles from july 2016all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent 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