TeamDrive for iOS and Android with universal app support. The new version allows the use of any app with end-to-end encrypted collaboration via the high-security cloud service.
With a new "universal version", the high-security cloud service TeamDrive can be used for the first time with any app on iPhones and iPads as well as mobile devices with Android. TeamDrive features seamless end-to-end encryption with a zero-knowledge architecture. This means that no one but the user himself has the access key to the data - not even the provider. This distinguishes TeamDrive from all US clouds whose operators are legally obliged to grant US authorities access to customer data.
Only the user has the access key
Technically, TeamDrive has implemented the universal provision of the cloud by supporting the Files app on iOS and the DocumentProvider on Android. This means that documents can be edited with any app on smartphones and tablets and exchanged with other users via TeamDrive. TeamDrive meets the highest security requirements relevant to Germany, such as GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and GoBD (principles for the proper management and storage of books, records and documents in electronic form) as well as the strict guidelines for persons subject to professional secrecy such as doctors or notaries in accordance with the Criminal Code (StGB).
For almost all apps and applications - also for open source
"With the new universal version, for the first time all users in Germany can save and transmit data at the highest security level, regardless of which app they work with," says TeamDrive Managing Director Detlef Schmuck, explaining the high relevance of the latest update.
Another important feature of the new SecureOffice version is that TeamDrive mentions the first support of the ODF format of OpenOffice and other open source applications in the mobile app. This ensures that these files can also be opened and edited in an encrypted container and the high security standard of the TeamDrive cloud is available.
Security concept protects against authorities and espionage
The end-to-end encryption with zero-knowledge architecture means that the operator TeamDrive does not have any access keys to customer data. This results in two major safety benefits for customers. Firstly, TeamDrive cannot release customer data in a form readable by government agencies, even in response to official requirements. Secondly, the concept protects against industrial espionage: even if hackers succeed in capturing customer data, they would not be able to decrypt it because they cannot find any access keys on TeamDrive. "What is not there cannot be stolen," says Detlef Schmuck laconically. The software used has been developed and programmed entirely in Germany since 2008 and all data is kept 100 percent in Germany to rigorously rule out any foreign influence.
Detlef Schmuck explains: “Security is indivisible. If there is a gap at any point, the entire security chain is at risk. That is why we vehemently oppose all attempts by the European Commission, for example, to open up data services to government agencies. A gap through which security authorities gain access to customer data represents an equally large gateway for hackers. A security architecture with end-to-end encryption and a zero-knowledge concept is the only way to guarantee the privacy of personal and company data communication. In a world in which our private and professional lives are determined by digital communication, this protection of our privacy is of essential importance. It is therefore important for us to make this level of protection available with the new universal version for all apps on almost all smartphones and tablets.”
integrated two-factor authentication
In addition, TeamDrive has added additional native security features to the code under iOS and Android in the new version. In this way, the data stored on the smartphone or tablet can also be encrypted beyond the cloud. This protects the data even if the device falls into the wrong hands and an unauthorized person manages to break the device lock. The integrated two-factor authentication provides additional security.
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About TeamDrive TeamDrive is regarded as "secure Sync&Share software made in Germany" for storing, synchronizing and sharing data and documents. The basis is a consistent end-to-end encryption that ensures that only the user himself can read the data - neither TeamDrive nor any authority in the world can decrypt the data. More than 500.000 users and more than 5.500 companies from all sectors appreciate this technical and legally binding security.