By Pallav Boonlia
Founder & CTO, NakodaX ·
NakodaX blog/Perspective·2 min read
What happens to your files after you share them?
Once you send an ordinary file, the other side keeps a readable copy and you cannot take it back. A file protected with NakodaX asks for permission each time it opens, so you can change or end access later. It does not erase what someone has already read or copied.
Control has a limit. NakodaX controls access to protected files. It cannot take back what someone has already copied.
On this page
Most security work is about keeping people out. But the people who hold your most valuable files were let in on purpose.
A contractor built a module. A vendor processed your data. An investor read your deck. A new hire downloaded a forecast. Each needed the file to do the job, and each now has a copy outside your systems.
What happens when the reason for sharing ends?
Assume your security is strong and every file was sent on purpose, by the right person. Now ask what happens when the reason ends. A contract ends. A deal is lost. An employee leaves. A vendor is replaced.
The reason for the copy has gone. The copy has not.
What does NakodaX change?
There is one idea in three products.
Document Protection locks a document before you send it. You choose who can open it, for how long and how many times, and you can revoke it later.
Data Protection gives each recipient their own file with only the columns and rows you chose, and their own license. You can end one recipient without touching the others.
Source Protection encrypts your key code files in a protected release. They run only with a license, and you can end the license when the relationship ends.
What does this not do?
NakodaX does not watch the people you work with, and it does not replace your existing security. It cannot take back what someone has already read, copied or photographed. Revoking stops the next opening or the next key request. It does not reach into the past.
The takeaway
Sharing is normal. Decide ahead what happens to the copy when the reason for sharing ends.
Common questions
Can you take back a file after you send it?
Not an ordinary file. A file protected with NakodaX can be closed from your side, so it stops opening once you revoke access.
Does NakodaX replace my firewall or login security?
No. It works after a file has been shared, which is where those tools stop.
What can NakodaX not undo?
Anything a person has already read, copied, photographed or remembered.
