Partnership with Vera, Okta Offers Enterprise Security for Dropbox

Customers of Dropbox and the Okta identity-management system can now feel more secure sharing business applications using the online collaboration platform through a new partnership the companies have forged with Vera.

Through the deal, Vera’s security architecture will provide Dropbox and Okta customers with end-to-end encryption, streamlined user access and the ability to revoke access to critical business information anywhere the data travels, according to a Vera press release. Okta is an identity-management solution that integrates with ActiveDirectory to help keep track of Dropbox for Business account users.

Vera’s architecture enables businesses to secure and track any digital information across various platforms and devices with data security and real-time control, the company said. The user experience is uninterrupted no matter what device or platform is being used to access files or information.

The partnership between the three is good news for Dropbox’s 8 million business customers, ensuring a higher level of security and the ability to protect content at scale as company data and files move across organizations that use the online collaboration platform, said Patrick Heim, head of trust and security at Dropbox, in the release.

“One of our top priorities is giving our customers the ability to be flexible and agile in adopting enhanced security capabilities while keeping things easy to use,” he said. “I’m excited to be partnering with Vera to give our customers another great tool in their security arsenal.”

Those customers include companies in highly regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare that need the added assurance that data being exchanged using Dropbox will remain secure, Heim added.

Vera’s architecture is complementary to existing security and collaboration technologies with customer ease of use as a top priority, the company said. With the integration of Vera’s technology with Okta and Dropbox, customers can use Okta’s identity management solution for public cloud apps, Dropbox protections for content at rest, and Vera’s security platform to protect critical business information in the cloud and to other points it travels via the Internet.

“Securing critical business information in the cloud, all the way to last-mile endpoints like laptops, mobile devices, and even the Internet of Things, has long been the Holy Grail of cloud and SaaS-based services,” said Ajay Arora, CEO and co-founder of Vera, in the press release.  

He said the deal between the three companies takes “a major step forward” to achieve that goal and unlock access to public cloud platforms for any kind of company, especially those with high-security needs such as financial services, legal and healthcare.