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just days after the announcement Consumer-oriented Wickr Me shuts down Amazon Web Services (AWS), an encrypted messaging service, announces its annual re:Invent The conference said it was making an enterprise version of the app generally available.
The service, simply called AWS Wickr, was first announced in July and is currently in preview.
Designed to help corporate users securely collaborate via text, voice, and video, the enterprise version of the messaging service offers file and screen sharing, as well as audits such as eDiscovery and U.S. Disclosure. and is expected to help meet regulatory requirements. required by law (FOIA), the company said in a statement.
AWS’ move to broadly distribute its encrypted messaging service for enterprises means the global messaging security market is expected to grow by double digits, while economic headwinds slow customer spending, the company said. took place at the expected time.
According to a report by IMARC Group, the global messaging security market is expected to reach $11.2 billion in 2022 from $5.1 billion in 2021. Another report from Mordor Intelligence predicts that the market will grow from $4 billion in 2021 to $14.7 billion in 2022.
AWS Management Console Integrates Wickr
To enable enterprises to configure and manage Wickr services, AWS has integrated the messaging services management framework within the AWS Management Console, a portal where enterprises can select, configure, and manage all AWS services and billing. said he did.
Enterprises can use AWSIdentity and Access Management (IAM) Access controls and policies to set administrative policies for Wickr, the company said, adding that administrators can manage a network of encrypted messaging services. A network in the context of a messaging service refers to the number of users in a group and their configuration in terms of access and permissions. Slack workspace.
According to AWS, new users within certain enterprises can sign up for the messaging service through their existing identity systems, and enterprise customers using Wickr can sign up via iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, and macOS devices. I’m adding that I have access to the application.
Wickr versions of these supported operating systems can be downloaded from their respective marketplaces.
Choosing where to keep your data
Additionally, Wickr management allows IT teams to configure storage for messaging service data, including data location, to make the service more compliant with regulatory standards in industries such as healthcare.
To store data, IT teams must set up data retention processes, apply them to the network, and then store the data on-premises or in the cloud of their choice. These procedures have been put in place to provide maximum protection for data, AWS said.
“Data retention is implemented as a process of being added to the conversation like a participant. The data retention process participates in the key exchange just like any other recipient so that the message can be decrypted,” he said. Sébastien Stormacq, Principal Developer Advocate at AWS, wrote in a blog post.
“The data retention process can run anywhere: on-premises, in an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) virtual machine, or wherever you choose,” Stormacq added.
The data retention process is available as a Docker container, according to the company. Additionally, the service also comes with a few bots packaged as Docker containers. These bots, which are very similar to Slack bots, can be used by developers to create workflows using his Node JS, the company said.
price and availability
The Wickr service for Enterprise is now available in the US East (N. Virginia) AWS Region. Other regions are expected to follow.
The service is free for individuals or teams of up to 30 users looking for a more secure workspace for the first 3 months, once the 30-user mark is broken, the standard price is $5 per user per month. A plan is added. Applicable.
AWS also offers a premium plan for $15 per user per month, with additional features in the plan including data retention and other fine-grained features.
