Digify

For the Philippine-based media company, see Digify, Inc.
Digify
Type of site
 Private
Headquarters Singapore, and San Francisco, California
Founder(s) Augustine Lim, Loong Chee-Yuh
Key people Augustine Lim (CEO)
Loong Chee-Yuh (CTO)
Industry Technology
Website www.digify.com

Digify is a cloud-based file sharing service with integrated information rights management and content protection. It enables professionals and businesses to control their content when sharing information.

The company adopts a freemium business model.[1] Digify can be used on a web browser, and apps are offered for Android and iOS devices.[2] Windows and OS X document viewers are also available for reading highly confidential files.

History

Digify was founded by Augustine Lim and Loong Chee-Yuh. Lim was concerned about leakage of intellectual property and proprietary information when sharing sensitive content with another company. At the time, he found no digital solution that could protect information from redistribution or set a time limit on access after sending.[3]

Business model

Digify provides copy protection, access control and file tracking. Users can decide how their content can be shared with others, invite others to view a shared document or photo, set them to self-destruct and track who has viewed their files.[4]

Three account types are available on Digify: Free, Professional and Business.[5] Depending on the type of account, Digify has features such as DWG file support, adaptive watermarking and screenshot protection. Digify works with cloud storage providers, including Google Drive, Dropbox[6] and Box.

Product

Digify copy protects the owner's information by preventing copying, printing and download. It tracks what happens to the file and who has seen it. It is also possible to revoke access to the file, or have it self-destruct.

Self-destructing files

Files sent via Digify can be set to self-destruct. The sender can set how long access is granted before it expires, or revoke access.[7]

Screenshot protection

If a file is sent with screenshot prevention, it has to be opened in the Digify client. The Digify client protects sent files against screenshot capture. On Windows, iOS and Android, screenshot capture is disabled.[8] On iOS, the file sender is alerted whenever a viewer tries a screen capture, while access to the file is immediately revoked for the viewer. The Digify Windows and Mac apps cannot be run in a virtual machine or concurrently with screen recording software.[9]

Adaptive watermarking

Digify features patent-pending adaptive watermarking technology, which creates a movable, fading watermark that uniquely identifies recipients of a file. This enables the whole file to be viewed without disrupting the text or images, while making it possible to identify the originator of a leak. It also increases the difficulty of extracting content even if they take screenshots on the computer or using an external camera.[10]

Encryption

Digify encrypts files in AES-256, with each object assigned a unique key.[11][12] Shared content is only readable by the sender and receiver. Data is encrypted while in transit between a device and a recipient, and at rest on a server.[13]

Reception

In 2014, the company was awarded winner of the RSA Innovation Sandbox.[14] Afterwards, Digify won the SVForum startup expo and SITF Awards for best startup.[14] Digify also participated in the SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards, where it was a finalist for Security and Privacy category, and the CTIA MobileCon Cup, where it was the runner-up.[14]

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