It is also more open in terms of security features and SDK and thus can also be integrated with the existing products of other companies and industries, which helps in the sense of jointly promoting cybersecurity related IT infrastructure upgrade and digital transformation.Īccording to Liu Chao, the founder of "DataCloak Technology", "Zero Trust" is a concept that involves many infrastructure technologies other than the iconic saying of "never trust, always verify". On the other hand, the HyperCloak® enhanced Zero Trust security framework represents a more optimized option that makes up for the deficiencies of ZTNA (Zero-Trust Network Access) security frameworks (represented by Google BeyondCorp) in data security, protocol support and ease of implementation. It can help enterprises realize unified identity authentication and privilege management across multiple business systems, and secure access to internal business systems from external networks, therefore enabling them to upgrade to a standard zero-trust architecture more quickly and at a lower cost. DAAG is a fine-grained application access control gateway built on zero trust architecture. As an effective solution to access control and isolation of sensitive data, it can replace traditional products and technologies such as VDI, DLP, IDV, and VPN.
In terms of existing products, in addition to the previously launched DataCloak® Zero Trust Endpoint Secure Workspace (DACS) and DataCloak® Zero Trust Application Access Gateway(DAAG), the company also released HyperCloak® enhanced zero trust security framework in September this year.Īmong these products, DACS adopts a new generation of security sandbox technology, improving the zero-trust architecture from simple access control to the level of data security.
The company completed a $13 million Series A financing at the beginning of this year, which was jointly initiated by Jeneration Capital, Co-Stone Capital and Green Pine Capital Partners, and joined in by MatrixPartners China, the original shareholder of DataCloak. Founded in 2018, DataCloak Technology mainly provides clients with next-generation network security architecture solutions based on lightweight trusted computing and the zero-trust concept.
At this point in time, we also set out to communicate with a few companies on this topic, and "DataCloak Technology" is one of them.ģ6Kr had previously ran a report on "DataCloak Technology". In 2020, a special year, with the Covid-19 epidemic leading to increasing attention to security issues in remote working, the concept of zero-trust security has also ushered in its second milestone-accelerated recognition, as evidenced by it being a hot topic in various summits, and continued funding flowing to many zero trust related companies. After that, others in the network security industry started to follow suit and engage in relevant practices. For the concept of zero trust security, the first milestone came in 2017, when Google achieved success with its zero trust project-BeyondCorp, proving that zero trust security is feasible in large-scale networks.
In essence it is about identity-based dynamic access control, that is, to construct an end-to-end identity-based boundary by using dynamic access control technology, while focusing on protecting fine-grained applications, interfaces and data and following the principle of least privilege. Zero Trust is a network security concept proposed by Forrester analyst John Kindervag back in 2010. We believe that, in the field of network security, "Zero Trust" is definitely one of the top choices for annual hot words in 2020. Exclusive Interview with Liu Chao, the Founder of DataCloak Technology: Zero Trust is Now in a Period of Expansion, and It Will Become a Mainstream Solution in the Next 2 to 5 Years