LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- IDriveSync today announced Private Key Encryption option at the RSA conference in San Francisco. Private key encryption brings a whole new level of security for users who are concerned about storing their sensitive and confidential information on the cloud. It is an optional feature that allows users to assign a private key while creating a new account. This private key, provided by the user, is used for encrypting data in the account. Since the key isn't generated by IDriveSync, being provided by users themselves, no one except the user has access to their data. These private keys are never stored on IDriveSync's servers, so even IDriveSync employees can't access any user data.

"This makes cloud storage virtually unbreakable. Neither IDriveSync personnel, nor hackers, or Government can have access to the user data. This is something none of the leading sync services including Dropbox, Google Drive, or Skydrive provide. If you really value your privacy and security of your data, IDriveSync is a great compelling solution," said Raghu Kulkarni, CEO of IDrive.com.

"This is just one of the unique inventions of IDriveSync. It now sports out of the box sync that lets users sync data to the cloud directly from source instead of having to drag it to a special folder. The patent pending Visual Sharing technology makes sharing process as easy as a drag-n-drop.  It is also the best performing and optimally priced Cloud Storage, thanks to its vertically integrated storage design unlike the S3 dependent services that puts drag on price and performance," said Shane Bingham, Business Development Associate at IDrive.com.

Private encrypted accounts mostly behave just like default encrypted accounts and can be accessed with ease on the web, desktops, and mobile devices.

Sharing using Private Key Encryption

Since user's data is stored in an encrypted format with a key known only to them, they cannot share their data as is. However, by allowing IDriveSync to store an encrypted version of their private key (with explicit permission), seamless sharing of files and folders can be enabled so recipients can access and view data shared with them. Users also have an option to clear the private encryption key stored in the database, after disabling all shared accede to their account data from the share management screen on IDriveSync's website.

Difference between Private Key Encryption and Default Encryption 

Default encryption uses industry standard 256-bit AES encryption to store and transfer data with an encryption key generated by IDriveSync. With default encryption data is stored in an encrypted format, but IDriveSync personnel can assist in recovering your data should the need ever arise.

With private encryption, the key required for data encryption is set by the user instead. Since IDriveSync does not have access to a user's encryption key, account data cannot be displayed until the user enters their encryption key, which is then used for retrieval of data.

APIs now support Private key Encryption

IDriveSync now supports Private Key Encryption in its publicly available APIs as well. 

Pricing

IDriveSync offers the best value for storage among all online syncing services. Users can start with a 10GB account, for free, with the ability to earn more free space; paid plans start from as low as $4.95 per month for a 150GB account and $14.95 per month for a 500GB account. 

About IDriveSync

IDriveSync is an online cloud storage service specializing in file syncing and sharing. 

Headquartered in Los Angeles County, IDriveSync is created by IDrive, a privately held company specializing in cloud storage, online backup, file sharing, remote access, compliance, sync and related technologies. Core products include IDrive®, IDriveSync, IBackup®, RemotePC™ and EVS for developers. The company's popular services currently have over 2,000,000 subscribers with over 30 PetaBytes of storage.

SOURCE IDriveSync