Startup Vera promises to secure Microsoft Office 365 documents no matter where they go using policies set by the businesses that create them.

The company lets users restrict access to individual documents or parts of documents in order to keep the content secure even if devices that contain them are stolen.

Vera already supported Office documents, but now it can protect them within Microsoft’s Office 365 software-as-a-service environment.

The platform has value when sharing confidential financial documents among business entities, says Sujit Banerjee, managing director at K1 Investment Management and a Vera customer. For example, he can share sensitive financial information among business partners with the assurance that only designated persons can access the unencrypted content.

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