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CipherCloud
Cloud security software company

CipherCloud was an American software company providing cloud computing security to businesses. The company was established in 2010 and is based out of San Jose, California. It was bought by Lookout in 2021.

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History

CipherCloud was founded in 2010 by Pravin Kothari, who previously co-founded ArcSight.1 The company launched in February 2011 and initially worked in Salesforce.com environments.2 It added Amazon Web Services integration in 2011.3 CipherCloud released its Gmail security service in June 2012.4 By September 2012, CipherCloud's platform could secure Force.com, Chatter, Microsoft Office 365.5 It also launched Connect AnyApp, which allowed users to specify Web pages of an application to be secured.6

CipherCloud closed a $30 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures in December 2012.789 Deutsche Telekom also participated in the funding round through T-Ventures, the telecommunications company's venture capital arm.10 John M. Jack, a partner at Andreessen Horowitz and former CEO of Fortify Software, joined the CipherCloud board following the investment.1112 The company opened its European headquarters in London, England in the same month.13 CipherCloud added an Australian headquarters in 2013.14

In February 2013, CipherCloud joined Box Inc., an online file sharing and cloud-content management service, to bring CipherCloud's security to file-sharing and file-hosting services such as Box.15 In January 2014, CipherCloud acquired CloudUp Networks.16 CloudUp Networks' software was in the area of tracking and authorized data management in the cloud environments.17

In April 2014, CipherCloud released a new product, CipherCloud for Cloud Discovery.18 Cloud Discovery was built to analyze firewall and proxy logs of cloud applications in use (Shadow IT), as well as evaluate the risks those applications might represent to the organization.19

In November 2014, the company announced closing its Series B funding round of $50 million. Transamerica Ventures led the round, joined by Delta Partners, and existing investors Andreessen Horowitz and T-Ventures, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom.20

In March 2021, CipherCloud was acquired by Lookout. 21

In May 2025, Lookout sold22 the assets of the Cloud Security line of business based on CipherCloud technologies to Fortra.23

Technology

According to Gartner's reviews, CipherCloud's CASB+ platform shares the features similar to other major cloud services providers: data protection, adaptive access control, threat protection and centralized compliance capabilities across different SaaS and IaaS clouds.24

References

  1. "CipherCloud Closes $30 Million Investment Round With Andreessen Horowitz". DarkReading. 5 December 2012. https://www.darkreading.com/risk/ciphercloud-closes-$30-million-investment-round-with-andreessen-horowitz/d/d-id/1138799 ↩

  2. Andrew R. Hickey, "CipherCloud Uses Encryption, Tokenization to Bolster Cloud Security," CRN, February 14, 2011 http://www.crn.com/news/cloud/229218565/ciphercloud-uses-encryption-tokenization-to-bolster-cloud-security.htm ↩

  3. "CipherCloud extends cloud data encryption to AWS". Telecompaper World. 27 October 2011. ↩

  4. "CipherCloud unveils Gmail encryption solution". Internet Business News. 11 June 2012. ↩

  5. Rutrell Yasin, "CipherCloud Encrypts Data Across Multiple Cloud Apps," GCN.com, September 6, 2012 http://gcn.com/articles/2012/09/06/ciphercloud-enryption-for-cloud-apps.aspx ↩

  6. Rutrell Yasin, "CipherCloud Encrypts Data Across Multiple Cloud Apps," GCN.com, September 6, 2012 http://gcn.com/articles/2012/09/06/ciphercloud-enryption-for-cloud-apps.aspx ↩

  7. Arik Hesseldahl (December 5, 2012). "CipherCloud Lands $30 Million From Andreessen Horowitz". All Things D. Retrieved 28 March 2014. http://allthingsd.com/20121205/ciphercloud-lands-30-million-from-andreessen-horowitz/ ↩

  8. Richard Nieva (December 5, 2012). "On cloud a16z: CipherCloud raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz". PandoDaily. Retrieved March 28, 2014. http://pando.com/2012/12/05/on-cloud-a16z-ciphercloud-raises-30m-from-andreessen-horowitz/ ↩

  9. "CipherCloud Closes $30 Million Investment Round With Andreessen Horowitz". DarkReading. 5 December 2012. https://www.darkreading.com/risk/ciphercloud-closes-$30-million-investment-round-with-andreessen-horowitz/d/d-id/1138799 ↩

  10. Mikael Ricknäs (March 4, 2014). "Deutsche Telekom works with CipherCloud to protect hosted apps". PC World. Retrieved March 28, 2014. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2104320/deutsche-telekom-works-with-ciphercloud-to-protect-hosted-apps.html ↩

  11. Arik Hesseldahl (December 5, 2012). "CipherCloud Lands $30 Million From Andreessen Horowitz". All Things D. Retrieved 28 March 2014. http://allthingsd.com/20121205/ciphercloud-lands-30-million-from-andreessen-horowitz/ ↩

  12. Richard Nieva (December 5, 2012). "On cloud a16z: CipherCloud raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz". PandoDaily. Retrieved March 28, 2014. http://pando.com/2012/12/05/on-cloud-a16z-ciphercloud-raises-30m-from-andreessen-horowitz/ ↩

  13. ,"zdnet", 7 Dec 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20201124101833/https://www.zdnet.com/article/ciphercloud-opens-european-hq-in-london-after-30m-investment/ ↩

  14. David Braue, "CipherCloud expedited Sydney office" CSOonline, August 22, 2013 https://www.csoonline.com/article/3505615/ciphercloud-expedited-sydney-office-as-australian-cloud-data-protection-demand-surges.html ↩

  15. , "A partnership between CipherCloud and Box will provide additional security",ChannelFuture, February 25, 2013 https://www.channelfutures.com/cloud-2/ciphercloud-for-box-extends-privacy-controls-to-organization-collaboration ↩

  16. Alex Williams (January 16, 2014). "CipherCloud Acquires CloudUp Networks To Beef Up Its Cross Platform Data Tracking". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 28, 2014. https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/16/ciphercloud-acquires-cloudup-networks-to-beef-up-its-cross-platform-data-tracking/ ↩

  17. Cromwell Schubarth (January 16, 2014). "Cloud security startup CipherCloud buys CloudUp Networks". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved March 28, 2014. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/01/16/cloud-security-startup-ciphercloud.html ↩

  18. Arnal Dayaratna (5 February 2014). "CipherCloud Releases Cloud Discovery To Enable Enterprises To Detect Cloud Application Usage". Cloud Computing Today. Retrieved 2014-06-24. http://cloud-computing-today.com/2014/05/02/1070240/ ↩

  19. Mike Vizard (2014-04-30). "CipherCloud Adds Risk Scoring to Free Cloud Application Discovery Tool". IT Business Edge. Retrieved 2014-06-24. http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/it-unmasked/ciphercloud-adds-risk-scoring-to-free-cloud-application-discovery-tool.html ↩

  20. Ron Miller (2014-11-19). "CipherCloud Scores $50M As Cloud Security Comes To Forefront". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-04-24. https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/19/ciphercloud-scores-50m-as-cloud-security-comes-to-forefront/ ↩

  21. "Lookout Acquires CipherCloud To Deliver Better Security | Lookout News". www.lookout.com. Retrieved 2025-07-02. https://www.lookout.com/news-release/lookout-acquires-ciphercloud-to-deliver-security-from-endpoint-to-cloud ↩

  22. "Lookout Announces Sale of Its Cloud Security Business to Fortra". Retrieved July 1, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250508462614/en/Lookout-Announces-Sale-of-Its-Cloud-Security-Business-to-Fortra ↩

  23. "Fortra Breaks the Cloud Attack Chain with Acquisition of Lookout Cloud Security | Press Release". www.fortra.com. 2025-06-03. Retrieved 2025-07-02. https://www.fortra.com/resources/press-releases/fortra-breaks-cloud-attack-chain-acquisition-lookout-cloud-security ↩

  24. Gartner PeerInsights: Peer Review for CipherCloud Cloud Security Broker (CSB) https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/cloud-access-security-brokers/vendor/ciphercloud/ratings ↩