Dropbox is a perfect data room solution for secure file-sharing, backup, sync, and data storing. But today cloud services also need an extra layer of security to keep sensitive data safe. In this article, we will provide a guide on how to create a secure Dropbox link.
How does Dropbox work?
Dropbox is a deal management system for storing and processing counterparty data. The data room helps manage sales, share data efficiently, integrates with social media, and facilitates communication between managers and management.
Like most popular cloud services, Dropbox provides the user with a set of functions for storing data online:
- Placing files of arbitrary (depending on the tariff plan of the user account) volume on cloud storage with high reliability of data protection;
- Providing shared access to data for different users, with the ability to restrict access rights to a document by a certain level of protection;
- Using external links to documents in electronic correspondence (mail, messaging services), which reduces the amount of data transferred;
- Ability to integrate with other online services (Microsoft Office Online, Google Docs, NetSuite, Salesforce.com, etc.) for the distribution of stored information;
- Widgets for social networks that allow you to quickly share Box documents on Twitter, Facebook, and other modern networks;
- The online storage is secured according to current standards using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and AES 256-bit encryption. Access to the website and the transmission of data are encrypted.
How to create a Dropbox password protect folder?
The problem of exchanging files between computers, tablets, and phones is solved by creating a folder on a cloud server on the Internet that will contain all the data that you upload to the Dropbox folder on your computer. Access to this folder can be obtained either through the web interface or using the program installed on your other computers, tablets, and phones.
But often there is a need to have a shared folder for collaborating with the files located there, and access to it should be limited. To do this, you will need to do the following steps:
- select from the context menu of this folder the items “Dropbox” – “Access to the folder”;
- a window will open in the browser where you will need to specify the email address of the person with whom you want to share files in this folder, and click on the “Allow access” button;
- as a result, a letter from Dropbox will be sent to your mailbox;
- by clicking on the specified link, your counterpart will see either an invitation to register in the cloud storage, or, already having his account in Dropbox, a new folder for sharing.
Now the two of you can edit the files available there, add and delete them if necessary. Thanks to Dropbox’s ability to roll back any changes and maintain a detailed history of edits, you can be calm about inconsistent actions. We’ll fix everything. You can, if desired, add the required number of users in the same way, who will be able to work with files in this folder.
With Dropbox, you can share any file, document, or folder you’ve uploaded to the cloud. In the same way, you can share new data – all this is stored in a separate folder on the service. All that is required to share this or that content is simply to share the link from the “Sharing” section with the user or send it by e-mail. Shared users can not only view but also edit the content in the shared folder.