<s>
Kiteworks	B-Application
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Accellion	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
technology	O
company	O
that	O
secures	O
sensitive	O
content	O
communications	O
over	O
channels	O
such	O
as	O
email	O
,	O
file	O
share	O
,	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
,	O
managed	B-Application
file	I-Application
transfer	I-Application
,	O
web	B-General_Concept
forms	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
application	O
programming	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
vulnerabilities	O
were	O
confirmed	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
legacy	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Appliance	B-Architecture
(	O
FTA	O
)	O
product	O
and	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
platform	O
that	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
separate	O
codebase	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
Private	O
Content	O
Network	O
consolidates	O
file	O
and	O
email	O
data	O
communications	O
onto	O
a	O
single	O
platform	O
,	O
enabling	O
organizations	O
to	O
reduce	O
data	O
privacy	O
exposure	O
risk	O
and	O
demonstrate	O
conformance	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
regulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
hardened	O
virtual	O
appliance	B-Architecture
encrypts	O
and	O
encapsulates	O
the	O
Private	O
Content	O
Network	O
with	O
multiple	O
security	O
layers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
as	O
Accellion	B-Application
in	O
Singapore	O
in	O
1999	O
and	O
was	O
originally	O
focused	O
on	O
distributed	B-Application
file	I-Application
storage	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accellion	B-Application
reached	O
a	O
total	O
funding	O
of	O
about	O
$35	O
million	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
valued	O
at	O
$500	O
million	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
Accellion	B-Application
raised	O
$12.2	O
million	O
in	O
funding	O
from	O
Riverwood	O
Capital	O
to	O
continue	O
their	O
expansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Accellion	B-Application
started	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
security	O
and	O
compliance	O
and	O
released	O
features	O
that	O
included	O
data	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
,	O
governance	O
,	O
and	O
compliance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
began	O
integrations	O
with	O
major	O
cybersecurity	O
independent	B-Application
software	I-Application
vendors	I-Application
(	O
ISVs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2020	O
,	O
Accellion	B-Application
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
acquired	O
totemo	O
,	O
an	O
email	O
encryption	O
gateway	O
provider	O
based	O
in	O
Zurich	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
Private	O
Content	O
Networks	O
and	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
Email	O
Protection	O
Gateway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
was	O
recognized	O
by	O
the	O
Information	O
Security	O
Registered	O
Assessors	O
Program	O
(	O
IRAP	O
)	O
after	O
being	O
evaluated	O
for	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
Protected	O
data	O
classification	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2022	O
,	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
introduced	O
the	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
Private	O
Content	O
Network	O
,	O
a	O
zero-trust	O
protection	O
and	O
compliance	O
platform	O
for	O
unstructured	O
data	O
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kiteworks	B-Application
is	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
35	O
million	O
users	O
,	O
across	O
over	O
3,800	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accellion	B-Application
was	O
working	O
on	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
systems	O
by	O
late	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
released	O
a	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
appliance	B-Architecture
in	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
physical	O
machine	O
aiming	O
to	O
reduce	O
server	O
load	O
when	O
sending	O
large	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
demand	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
applications	O
came	O
from	O
organizations	O
that	O
needed	O
to	O
transfer	O
large	O
files	O
,	O
including	O
healthcare	O
companies	O
and	O
universities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
Accellion	B-Application
launched	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
,	O
a	O
file	O
sharing	O
product	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
files	O
and	O
projects	O
remotely	O
,	O
with	O
interoperability	O
with	O
services	O
like	O
Google	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
and	O
Dropbox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
PCMag	O
reviewer	O
,	O
Fahmida	O
Y	O
.	O
Rashid	O
,	O
praised	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
for	O
its	O
interface	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
privacy	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
received	O
FedRAMP	O
authorization	O
for	O
Moderate	O
Controlled	O
Unclassified	O
Information	O
(	O
CUI	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
Kiteworks	B-Application
released	O
the	O
CISO	O
Dashboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-December	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Appliance	B-Architecture
product	O
—	O
now	O
a	O
20-year-old	O
legacy	O
system	O
—	O
was	O
subject	O
to	O
a	O
zero-day	O
exploit	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
patched	O
on	O
December	O
23	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
vulnerability	O
was	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
injection	I-Language
,	O
allowing	O
an	O
attacker	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
web	B-Protocol
shell	I-Protocol
to	O
run	O
arbitrary	O
commands	O
and	O
extract	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
stolen	O
included	O
Social	O
Security	O
numbers	O
and	O
other	O
identification	O
numbers	O
,	O
images	O
of	O
passports	B-Protocol
,	O
financial	O
information	O
,	O
driver	O
's	O
license	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
emails	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
attacks	O
,	O
Accellion	B-Application
had	O
maintained	O
that	O
the	O
FTA	O
was	O
a	O
legacy	O
product	O
nearing	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
its	O
life	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
ending	O
on	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
asking	O
customers	O
to	O
move	O
to	O
their	O
kiteworks	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2022	O
,	O
Accellion	B-Application
proposed	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
pay	O
an	O
$8.1	O
m	O
settlement	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
these	O
breaches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proposed	O
settlement	O
will	O
settle	O
all	O
legal	O
actions	O
Accellion	B-Application
only	O
.	O
</s>
