Additional customer account preferences are available that would prevent end users from downloading a file until it’s been scanned and from downloading a file that is suspicious. Files that reflect a known malware signature are flagged with a Red X and end users are subsequently prompted prior to downloading a suspicious file. All uploaded files not pre-Internet encrypted, encrypted by the end user prior to upload, are scanned for known malware including viruses, Trojans, and worms. On Professional, Corporate, Enterprise, and VDR plans, files are stored at rest using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with a 256 bit key. These are the same encryption protocols and algorithms used by e-commerce services and online banking. Secure Uploads and Downloads Files are uploaded and downloaded between the end user and the storage tier directly over an Secure Socket Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) encrypted segment using high grade encryption. The file encryption keys are not stored on the same server with the files themselves, ensuring that someone with physical access to our storage servers has no access to the files contained on their hard drives. Downloaded files are decrypted before their contents are sent to your browser. When a file is uploaded, it is encrypted before being copied to its permanent storage location. Each file saved in our system has a unique encryption key. Files uploaded to ShareFile servers are saved with 256-bit AES encryption. Data traveling between these endpoints can only be decrypted by the intended recipient by using unique decryption keys. SSL works by establishing a private connection and each end of the connection is authenticated before transfer begins. I have no reason to doubt them but it's a shame we've heard nothing from the other side. As has been reported here a few times, some folks indicate they've had their accounts disabled. This is the same security used by banks and many e-commerce sites such as . Your files on Dropbox are secure and replicated across multiple disks, sites and archival storage. All file transfers through the ShareFile service are encrypted using 256-bit SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). When transferring sensitive files, it is important to use encryption to ensure that any outside sources cannot read the data contained within the files.
The data is transformed using an algorithm that generates a decryption key that must be used in order to open the data. Encryption Encryption is a method for transforming data during either transfer or storage so that it requires permission to access.