IdriveSync Brings Private Encryption to Cloud Platform

IdriveSync
(Pro Softnet Corporation) announced Private
Key Encryption option at the RSA conference in San Francisco, CA.

Private key encryption brings an added
level of security for users who are concerned about storing their
information on the cloud. It is an optional feature that allows users
to assign a private key while creating a new account. This private
key, provided by the user, is used for encrypting data in the
account. Since the key isn’t generated by IDriveSync, being provided
by users themselves, no one except the user has access to their data.
These keys are never stored on IDriveSync’s servers, so even
IDriveSync employees can’t access any user data.

"This makes cloud storage
virtually unbreakable. Neither IDriveSync personnel, nor hackers, or
Government can have access to the user data. This is something none
of the leading sync services including Dropbox, Google Drive, or
Skydrive provide. If you really value your privacy and security of
your data, IDriveSync is a great compelling solution," said
Raghu Kulkarni , CEO of IDrive.com.

"This is just one of the unique
inventions of IDriveSync. It now sports out of the box sync that lets
users sync data to the cloud directly from source instead of having
to drag it to a special folder. The patent pending Visual Sharing
technology makes sharing process as easy as a drag-n-drop. It is also
the best performing and optimally priced cloud storage, thanks to its
vertically integrated storage design unlike the S3 dependent services
that puts drag on price and performance," said Shane Bingham, business development associate at IDrive.com.

Private encrypted accounts behave just
like default encrypted accounts and can be accessed on the web,
desktops, and mobile devices.

Sharing using private key encryption
Since user’s data is stored in an
encrypted format with a key known only to them, they cannot share
their data as is. However, by allowing IDriveSync to store an
encrypted version of their key (with explicit permission), sharing of
files and folders can be enabled so recipients can access and view
data shared with them. Users also have an option to clear the private
encryption key stored in the database, after disabling all shared
accede to their account data from the share management screen on
IDriveSync’s website.

Difference between private
key encryption
and default
encryption
Default encryption uses industry
standard 256-bit AES encryption to store and transfer data with an
encryption key generated by IDriveSync. With default encryption data
is stored in an encrypted format, but IDriveSync personnel can assist
in recovering your data should the need ever arise.

With private encryption, the key
required for data encryption is set by the user instead. Since
IDriveSync does not have access to a user’s encryption key, account
data cannot be displayed until the user enters their encryption key,
which is then used for retrieval of data.

APIs now support private key
encryption
IDriveSync supports private key
encryption in its publicly available APIs.

Pricing
Users can start with a 10GB account,
for free, with the ability to earn more free space; paid plans
start from $4.95 per month for a 150GB account and
$14.95 per month for a 500GB account