And it has also led some companies to impose outright bans on Dropbox. Backup and sync photos, docs, and other files to the cloud storage.
It has led to the emergence of "enterprise grade" sharing services, of which Box.com is one of the best known. With Dropbox Cloud Drive, upload & transfer photos, documents, and files to the cloud. But the lack of controls in these services has had two results. Easy to use file sharing is a potential goldmine for anyone who wants to take company secrets, and make them available to associates outside the business.Īt one level, it is arguably not the responsibility of Dropbox or that of Google or Microsoft to prevent industrial espionage, or prevent the leakage of intellectual property. This has led CIOs and information security teams to worry that information could leak from services such as Dropbox, either through accident, or design. The ease of use and consumer focus of these services means doing away with complex passwords, sharing management and account control features of "enterprise" file sharing systems. What they do not do, though, is provide the rigorous and sometimes rigid security and document control features required by CIOs and compliance officers.
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