Company:Secure Islands

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Secure Islands Technologies Ltd.
TypeSubsidiary of Microsoft
IndustryComputer software
technology company
Information privacy
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
5 Menachem Begin Ave., Beit Dagan, Israel
FoundersAki Eldar, Yuval Eldar
Headquarters
5 Menachem Begin Ave., Beit Dagan
,
Israel
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Aki Eldar (Founder & CEO)
  • Yuval Eldar (Founder & President)
ParentMicrosoft

Secure Islands Technologies Ltd. was an Israeli privately held technology company headquartered in 5 Menachem Begin Ave., Beit Dagan, which was subsequently acquired by Microsoft. The company develops and markets Information Protection and Control (IPC) solutions.[1]

Secure Islands Technologies Ltd. was founded by two brothers, Aki and Yuval Eldar, in late 2006, to develop and sell advanced data security solutions. The then Jerusalem-based start-up company suggested a new solution for data protection: embedding security directly in data.[2] Secure Islands builds software designed to classify sensitive information automatically based on policies outlined by an enterprise, and then to wrap it in the appropriate level of Digital rights management (DRM).[3][4]

It is currently headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond Campus, located at One Microsoft Way in Redmond, Washington.

About Secure Islands Technologies Ltd.

Microsoft acquired Israeli cyber-sec startup Secure Islands in 2015.[5][6]

Technology

Secure Islands Technologies Ltd. software is based on its active data immunization concept. Secure Islands’ Data Immunization technology uniquely embeds protection within information itself at the moment of creation or initial organizational access. This process is automatic and accompanies sensitive information throughout its lifecycle from creation, through usage and collaboration to storage and archival.[7][8]

The company's IQProtector product, which is cloud-based, classifies unstructured data[9] and automates IRM by classification at endpoints.[10]

See also


References

  1. "Secure Islands’ Technology". http://www.secureislands.com/about-us/. Retrieved November 5, 2015. 
  2. "Secure Islands protects files with embedded classification, encryption". NetworkWorld.com. February 9, 2015. https://www.networkworld.com/article/2881467/application-security/secure-islands-protects-files-with-embedded-classification-encryption-and-usage-rights.html. "Yuval Eldar of Secure Islands Technologies can relate to his customers' needs. Before starting up Secure Islands, Eldar was an R&D manager ...". 
  3. "Forbes How To Protect A Company’s Data". http://www.secureislands.com/forbes-protect-companys-data/. Retrieved November 5, 2015. 
  4. "Secure Islands Technologies". https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/secure-islands-technologies. Retrieved November 5, 2015. 
  5. "Secure Islands Technologies Ltd.: Private Company Information". https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=30092534. 
  6. "Microsoft is set to acquire Israeli cyber-sec startup Secure Islands for $100-150 million". http://dealmakershub.com/microsoft-set-to-acquire-israeli-startup-secure-islands-for-100-150m/. Retrieved November 5, 2015. 
  7. "About Secure Islands Technologies Ltd.". http://www.secureislands.com/about-us/. Retrieved November 5, 2015. 
  8. "Secure Islands: 'Immunizing' corporate data as soon as it is created". http://www.zdnet.com/article/secure-islands-immunizing-corporate-data-as-soon-as-it-is-created/. Retrieved November 5, 2015. 
  9. "Classification". http://www.secureislands.com/solutions-classification/. Retrieved November 5, 2015. 
  10. "Information Rights Management (IRM)". http://www.secureislands.com/irm/. Retrieved November 5, 2015.