Marshal launches stream-based scanning

In product update, data never rests on disk, bolstering already strict security.

Marshal is proud to announce the release of its new streaming scanner technology, which results in even greater privacy protection for those using the service to identify exposed personal information in their cloud accounts.

Now when you authorize Marshal to scan your Box, Dropbox, Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive accounts, your data is streamed through the Marshal scanner and never rests on disk.

How it works

1. You authorize Marshal to scan your cloud services via OAuth.
2. Marshal streams any supported file types (.doc, .xls, .pdf, etc.) through our service via a secure connection.
3. Marshal parses and scans each stream on the fly, looking for exposed data (Social Security Numbers, credit card numbers, etc.).
4. The redacted results are placed in a sanitized, secure report without anything else ever being stored to a disk.

All that remains from a Marshal scan are fragments of the data threat — such as the last four digits of a phone number — and that threat’s location, for your identification purposes. The rest is never stored anywhere in our system at any time.

Privacy is our priority

We want to make your cloud storage more secure by letting you quickly identify exposed, sensitive information you don’t want shared. While we had numerous safeguards in place, the move to stream-based scans has always been on our roadmap.

Talking with our community reinforced that this new approach would make an immediate, positive impact on Marshal.

Users won’t notice anything new — you’ll still get a secure report within minutes of starting your scan — all of the new processes happen automatically in the background.

As we build and improve Marshal, protecting your data is our top priority and there is nothing we take more seriously. If you still have questions about Marshal or our scanning technology, feel free to drop us a line at hello@marshal.io.