Have you ever thought about the security and privacy of the messaging services you use (email, Whatsapp, Facebook, etc.)? EU-Startups' Bernardo Arnaud spoke with Morten Brøgger, CEO of Wire, about the rising demand for secure collaboration, especially in the enterprise client segment. The following is an edited exerpt of their conversation.
Based in San Francisco, Morten is the CEO of Wire, an enterprise-grade, end-to-end encrypted collaboration platform. He has over 20 years’ experience in the technology industry, as well as extensive go-to-market and SaaS experience spanning both the U.S. and European markets. Previously, Morten was the CEO at Huddle, a content collaboration platform serving large professional services firms as well as the UK and U.S. governments.
Cybersecurity has quickly become a top priority for many organizations this year. This difficult time has shown us that even the largest corporations are not immune to vicious cyberattacks. Many organizations suffered breaches and lapses in security as they struggled to find the right solutions for staying connected while protecting valuable and sensitive information in the early days of remote work.
The COVID pandemic has pushed many companies to quickly digitize operations in order to support decentralized teams. Unfortunately, in the rush to provide these systems, many soon discovered that that ease of use, compatibility, and efficiency can come at a heavy cybersecurity cost.
Alan Duric is the co-founder and CTO/COO of Wire, a secure collaboration platform. He is an experienced entrepreneur with a strong background in real-time communications. He’s the co-founder and CTO of Telio Holding ASA that is listed on the Oslo stock exchange, and Camino Networks, which was acquired by Skype/eBay.
This article was originally writte by Morten Brogger, CEO at Wire, for Med-Tech Innovation 2020 saw companies across sectors forcibly thrown into digital change management. This ‘forced digitisation’ resulting from lockdowns throughout the world has dominated headlines for months. However, there’s another wave of digitisation afoot that hasn’t made as many headlines, though it is arguably more important - the digitisation of medicine.
There isn’t much we can say about the perils of video conferencing that hasn’t been said already in the past seven months. But, IT leaders mulling permanent remote workforces should pay heed to video conferencing security and lay the groundwork to ensure corporate data and intellectual property (IP) stays secure when employees are using these apps.
Some of us have been striving to build the perfect conferencing system since the beginning of our careers. But what exactly makes such a “perfect” system? Besides high quality media and low latency, which are the basis for any Internet communication system, there are 3 elements: End-to-end encryption is state of the art for providing best-in-class security, where no media can be decrypted on an intermediary server for mixing or other modifications.
We are thrilled to announce that Wire has been positioned by G2 Crowd, the world's leading enterprise software and services review platform, as a Leader and High Performer in their latest Grid Report. This is the first year Wire has been placed in the Leaders quadrant, joining Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, and Cisco, following the launch of our next generation end-to-end encrypted video conferencing platform.
