Cloud Email Encryption Enables ITAR Compliance and Move to the Cloud SAN JOSE, Calif., February 7, 2013 – CipherCloud, the leader in cloud information protection, today announced that Novati Technologies has selected CipherCloud’s Google Gmail encryption service. With the help of Cloud Sherpas, one of the world’s leading cloud services brokerages, Novati is moving to cloud-hosted email service while protecting their data-at-rest, lowering their email costs and freeing up IT resources. Another advantage is that the user’s Gmail experience is unchanged, because CipherCloud’s encryption gateway preserves search and sort features on the encrypted data. It has also enabled them to use mobile devices to securely access their email. As a nano-technology engineering development and commercialization firm whose clients include the U.S. defense community, an important consideration in moving to the cloud was that Novati must comply with ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations) regulations for handling sensitive data enforced by the U.S. State Department. “We have specific responsibilities because of ITAR to prevent intentional or accidental technology transfer and while I wanted to use cloud-based email, I needed to protect that data,” said Patrick Meyer, director of IT at Novati. “That requirement led us to CipherCloud, who presented us with the opportunity to encrypt the data-at-rest.” A key benefit ...