Salesforce expands encryption options with bring your own keys

Salesforce has stepped up by providing the encryption feature for their business by adding BYOK “Bring Your Own Key” to its Salesforce shield cloud service. Though cloud computing services have grown immensely, there are some security concerns particularly in the field of healthcare and finance. This ensures that users are solely responsible for keeping secure their own keys. If the keys are a lost, they could lose the access to the data.

In 2015, it was introduced that, encryption and monitoring functions were introduced by shield cloud service to fulfill the requirements. This Encryption keys are based on the two factors (i) tenant secret (ii) salesforce master keys. Traditionally, this system was managed by key-management infrastructure which accessed through point and click interface.

This new system, describe in BYOK are thoroughly tested by customers and third party key provider. The release of this version is not yet revealed but it is expected to launch in late this year of 2016. Ultimately customers are getting more and more control towards the system. Brian Goldfarb, senior vice president of app cloud marketing at Salesforce, told eweek. "Customers asked us for more control and now they're in the driver's seat."

“BYOK” offers high control when it comes to encryption by maintaining the security standards. And with the BYOK encryption, users have the chance to supply to their own tenants to create encryption keys in a shield. These tenants are independently managed by hardware security module through AWS security management service. C.J. Radford - vice president of crowd addressed that, this is the robust encryption service and enterprises can easily become the cryptographic experts without the need of enterprise department.

BYOK features are designed user-friendly and simple enough for the users to use. Eventually, after the release, people will realize that the real solution is encryption and not building the data centers in various countries. This feature is in pilot testing and when released it will not impose any extra charges. BYOK technology is becoming increasingly popular. Microsoft Azure offers it, as does Amazon Web Services.

Salesforce acquires Demandware of 2.8 billion and enters to E-commerce market

As salesforce continuous to branch-out the new cloud computing customers it's willing to pay steep prices to what it can't buy.

Salesforce made its recolonization initially with cloud-based programming to help salesmen deal with their leads and close arrangements and today the organization stepped into the matter of offers itself. Today the organization reported that it would burn through $2.8 billion to get Demandware, a cloud-based supplier of e-trade administrations to organizations enormous and small. The Salesforce's announcement on Wednesday agreed to buy Demandware and also agreed to pay premium of 56% to buy the company that includes L'Oreal and Marks & Spencer as customers.

This deal will create a new commerce cloud for the Salesforce's cloud software. CEO Marc Benioff said in a statement “yet another billion dollar cloud” while announcing the planned deal. And from now, Salesforce existing customer will access the commerce management tools and Demandware's customers will get a chance to use Salesforce marketing, analytics and sales tools.

“The acquisition of Demandware positions us to capture this multi-billion dollar commerce market,” president and COO Keith Block said in a call with analysts and press earlier.

The agenda is to additionally generate the revenue between $100 million and $120 million through Demandware by the end of 2017.

Since June 2013, Salesforce became the largest and the biggest since it acquired the exact targets and made it the centerpiece of new marketing cloud. At a very early phase, it purchased mobile-friendly potential Rival, Relate IQ for $390 million.

Burlington, Massachusetts-based Demandware had presented at Salesforce's annual conference, Dream force as a partner in past years.