If you’ve ever wondered about sharing sensitive documents on Box, the new Box Plus application, being launched this Friday, July 26, 2019, by Business and Information Services, will make that decision a lot easier.
Box Plus will allow account holders to securely store and collaborate on sensitive documents, such as controlled unclassified information (CUI), with other Box Plus users at Argonne.
Its list of advanced security enhancements include enforced multi-factor authentication, data encryption at rest and in transit with private key escrow, opt-in CUI data-tagging functionality, and identification of users based on their U.S. citizenship status.
These enhancements allow Box Plus to be certified to store many different types of CUI such as:
- Export controlled information (ECI);
- Personally identifiable information (PII);
- Official use only (OUO) information; and
- Other types of controlled unclassified information as defined in LMS-POL-19 Protection of National Security and Other US Interests.
Employees who currently have a HSPD-12 badge will be automatically enrolled and have access to box-plus.anl.gov on July 26. Employees who do not have an HSPD-12 badge will first need to obtain an ANL PIV Card before beginning the HSPD-12 badging process. Contact the Service Desk at ext. 2-9999 for more information about obtaining an account.
Although Box Drive and Box Sync are disabled to ensure data is not synced to insufficiently protected devices, Box Plus has the same look, feel, and basic functions as Box. To get better acquainted with using this new security tool, join the OPSEC Working Group for their Box Plus introduction on Friday, July 26, at 9:30 a.m. in Building 401, Room A1100.