Enterprise File Operations
1. How does TeraCryption work with files during normal day-to-day operations?
TeraCryption is designed to protect confidential files without requiring users to change the way they normally work. Authorized users continue working with familiar applications and Windows Explorer. TeraKey automatically performs the required encryption and decryption operations as part of the normal file workflow, while access permissions and security controls remain enforced by the TeraCryption platform. This allows organizations to maintain file-level protection and access control in the background while employees continue using their existing business applications and workflows.
2. Where can TeraCryption-protected files be stored?
TeraCryption-protected files can be stored on local computers, centralized company servers, network storage, and supported cloud-storage environments, depending on the organization’s deployment and workflow requirements. Because protection is applied at the file level, the file remains encrypted while stored. Moving or copying the protected file to another authorized storage location does not remove its TeraCryption protection. This allows organizations to choose the storage architecture that best fits their operations while maintaining persistent file-level protection independent of the storage location.
3. Can protected files be shared with other authorized users without decrypting them permanently?
Yes. TeraCryption allows protected files to be shared with other authorized users while maintaining file-level encryption and access control. An authorized recipient can access and work with the protected file according to the applicable company, Group, and file permissions. TeraKey performs the required decryption and encryption operations automatically as part of the user’s normal workflow, without requiring the file to remain permanently decrypted for sharing. This allows organizations to collaborate with protected information while maintaining security controls over the file and who is authorized to access it.
4. How does TeraCryption protect files that are uploaded to or downloaded from SaaS and cloud applications?
TeraCryption complements the security provided by SaaS and cloud applications by protecting confidential files throughout the organization’s working environment, including before they are uploaded and after they are downloaded. A SaaS provider may provide strong encryption, authentication, permissions, and auditing while information is within its controlled environment. However, users often create, download, edit, exchange, or temporarily store documents outside that environment. TeraCryption provides file-level protection for those working copies. This allows organizations to continue using their existing SaaS and cloud services while extending protection to confidential files before upload, after download, and wherever those files must be used outside the SaaS environment.
5. Does TeraCryption replace existing document-management, LIMS, CAD, cloud-storage, or other enterprise systems?
No. TeraCryption is designed to complement—not replace—the enterprise systems an organization already uses. Document-management systems, LIMS and laboratory platforms, CAD/PDM systems, cloud-storage services, and other SaaS applications may provide strong encryption, authentication, permissions, and auditing within their own controlled environments. TeraCryption addresses a different requirement: protecting confidential files throughout the organization’s working environment, including when files are created, stored locally, downloaded, edited, copied, shared, or prepared for upload. Organizations can therefore keep their existing platforms and workflows while adding persistent file-level protection for confidential information outside and alongside those systems.
6. What happens when an authorized user needs to edit or work with a protected file?
When an authorized user opens a protected file, TeraKey automatically performs the required decryption so the file can be used with its normal business application. The user can work with the document using applications such as Microsoft Office, Adobe, CAD software, or other programs normally associated with the file. The encryption and decryption operations are handled automatically as part of the TeraCryption workflow rather than requiring the user to manually manage encryption. When the work is completed, TeraKey encrypts the file again before the protected version is returned to its designated storage location, helping ensure that confidential information remains protected during the enterprise file workflow.
7. Can TeraCryption protect files while allowing employees to continue using their existing applications and Windows workflows?
Yes. TeraCryption is designed to provide transparent file protection without requiring employees to abandon the applications and workflows they already use. Authorized users can continue accessing files through Windows Explorer and working with familiar business applications such as Microsoft Office, Adobe, CAD software, and other applications associated with their files. TeraKey performs the required encryption and decryption operations automatically in the background. This allows organizations to introduce persistent file-level security without forcing employees to use separate encryption utilities, secure portals, mapped drives, or manual key-management procedures, helping maintain productivity while strengthening protection of confidential information.