<s>
Perspecsys	B-General_Concept
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
cloud	B-General_Concept
computing	I-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
company	O
Founded	O
by	O
Terry	O
and	O
Lynda	O
Woloszyn	O
,	O
on	O
July	O
6	O
2006	O
that	O
provides	O
cloud	O
data	O
protection	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perspecsys	B-General_Concept
has	O
offices	O
in	O
the	O
Toronto	O
area	O
;	O
Tysons	O
Corner	O
,	O
Virginia	O
;	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
;	O
London	O
,	O
England	O
;	O
Paris	O
,	O
France	O
;	O
and	O
Berlin	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perspecsys	B-General_Concept
specializes	O
in	O
cloud	O
data	O
privacy	O
,	O
data	O
residency/sovereignty	O
,	O
and	O
data	O
security	O
software	O
that	O
enables	O
compliance	O
with	O
industry	O
regulations	O
and	O
directives	O
,	O
and	O
security	O
requirements	O
when	O
adopting	O
cloud	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Banking	O
and	O
financial	O
services	O
,	O
healthcare	O
,	O
retail	O
,	O
and	O
government	O
entities	O
must	O
adhere	O
to	O
strict	O
guidelines	O
when	O
handling	O
sensitive	O
personal	O
data	O
in	O
cloud	B-Architecture
applications	I-Architecture
that	O
include	O
:	O
PCI	O
DSS	O
,	O
ITAR	O
,	O
FERPA	O
,	O
HIPAA	O
,	O
and	O
HITECH	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AppProtex	O
Cloud	O
Data	O
Protection	O
Gateway	O
secures	O
data	O
in	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
and	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
provider	O
applications	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
encryption	O
or	O
tokenization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
United	O
States	O
Patent	O
and	O
Trademark	O
Office	O
(	O
USPTO	O
)	O
has	O
granted	O
Perspecsys	B-General_Concept
U.S.	O
Patent	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
cloud	O
encryption	O
gateway	O
is	O
the	O
AppProtex	O
Cloud	O
Data	O
Protection	O
Gateway	O
Server	O
,	O
which	O
acts	O
as	O
an	O
intercepting	O
software	O
proxy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
AppProtex	O
Discovery	O
&	O
Analyze	O
capabilities	O
allow	O
visibility	O
into	O
information	O
users	O
are	O
sharing	O
with	O
cloud	B-Architecture
applications	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
data	O
that	O
flows	O
between	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
application	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
the	O
end	O
user	O
is	O
interpreted	O
by	O
the	O
Gateway	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
cloud	B-Architecture
applications	I-Architecture
that	O
feature	O
email	O
,	O
the	O
AppProtex	O
Communications	O
Server	O
can	O
enable	O
the	O
secure	O
transfer	O
of	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
AppProtex	O
Server	O
facilitates	O
the	O
deployment	O
of	O
the	O
cloud	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
gateway	O
via	O
IaaS	O
partners	O
such	O
as	O
Amazon	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Services	I-Application
,	O
CSC	O
,	O
and	O
Fujitsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perspecsys	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
Salesforce	B-Application
AppExchange	O
Partner	O
and	O
provides	O
tokenization	O
or	O
encryption	O
of	O
Salesforce.com,	O
Chatter	B-Application
,	O
Force.com,	O
and	O
Wave	O
Analytics	O
Cloud	O
Data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AppProtex	O
Cloud	O
Data	O
Protection	O
Gateway	O
secures	O
cloud	O
data	O
across	O
cloud	B-Architecture
applications	I-Architecture
,	O
including	O
Oracle	O
CRM	O
on	O
Demand	O
,	O
Oracle	O
Fusion	O
CRM	O
,	O
ServiceNow	B-General_Concept
,	O
SuccessFactors	O
,	O
AppExtremes	O
,	O
and	O
Xactly	O
Incent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perspecsys	B-General_Concept
cloud	O
encryption	O
gateway	O
uses	O
either	O
tokenization	O
or	O
encryption	O
for	O
cloud	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
Perspecsys	B-General_Concept
secured	O
$12	O
million	O
in	O
Series	O
B	O
funding	O
,	O
co-led	O
by	O
Paladin	O
Capital	O
Group	O
and	O
Ascent	O
Venture	O
Partners	O
and	O
joined	O
by	O
return	O
backer	O
Intel	O
Capital	O
and	O
other	O
existing	O
institutional	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Together	O
with	O
Series	O
A	O
funding	O
,	O
this	O
new	O
round	O
of	O
financing	O
brings	O
the	O
total	O
investment	O
in	O
Perspecsys	B-General_Concept
to	O
over	O
$20	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Perspecsys’	O
Series	O
A	O
round	O
of	O
funding	O
totaled	O
$8	O
million	O
and	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
Intel	O
Capital	O
,	O
the	O
global	O
investment	O
branch	O
of	O
technology	O
company	O
,	O
Intel	O
in	O
May	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GrowthWorks	O
,	O
and	O
MaRS	O
Investment	O
Accelerator	O
Fund	O
have	O
also	O
invested	O
in	O
Perspecsys	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2015	O
Blue	O
Coat	O
Systems	O
announced	O
it	O
had	O
acquired	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
expand	O
its	O
cloud	B-General_Concept
security	I-General_Concept
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
