Enterprise file sharing specialist Egnyte has announced the launch of what it calls the first hybrid data governance solution for enterprise, Egnyte Protect. Expanding upon Egnyte’s hybrid EFSS solution, now named Egnyte Connect, Egnyte Protect provides visibility, insight, and control over files accessed in any content environment – including popular services like Box, SharePoint and others.

 “The reality is 85% of content currently lives on-premises, but 85% of apps are running in the cloud, so organizations need solutions that orchestrate all content, without compromising time, investment or existing workflows,” said Vineet Jain, CEO at Egnyte.

“While our roots have been in the Enterprise File Sync and Share space, we saw a real opportunity to capitalize on all the analytics we acquired and learned from our platform file usage to help customers get smarter about how they manage their content.”

Egnyte Protect will be comprised of four file services:

• Access Control – Identify issues with your permissions so that you can ensure only the people who need to access files can access them
• Eliminate non-secure links to comply with regulatory requirements
• Unify permissions across your content repositories for greater control and security
• Find unusual user access patterns to limit costly data leakage
• Selective Encryption – Keep a select subset of your files encrypted at all times, even after they leave your system (and your control) to prevent unauthorized viewing of sensitive, confidential or regulated content.
• Data Residency – Control the location of your content, between cloud or on-premises storage, across geographical boundaries and even different vendors to comply with data sovereignty laws and other regulations.
• Data Retention – Control when and how long your files should be retained, and who can access and modify them.

https://www.egnyte.com/connect