Kiteworks launches secure web forms for compliance-driven sectors

Kiteworks has introduced Secure Data Forms, a web-based data collection solution designed to offer heightened security and meet the compliance needs of regulated industries. The software is certified to the FedRAMP High Ready and FIPS 140-3 standards, combining these credentials with options for regional data residency and automated compliance monitoring.

Security certifications

The product's FedRAMP High Ready certification demonstrates compliance with the strictest US government security requirements, while FIPS 140-3 validation attests to its cryptographic protection. These certifications are not generally available for generic form builders or older enterprise systems, reflecting demand from industries with rigorous regulatory standards such as financial services, healthcare, government, and legal sectors.

The platform incorporates a zero-trust architecture. All interactions during the data collection cycle are continuously validated rather than relying solely on perimeter security. This approach is intended to reduce the risk of insider threats and lateral movement by attackers should credentials be compromised. According to Kiteworks, this is a response to attackers increasingly targeting vulnerable web forms.

Data sovereignty

Kiteworks Secure Data Forms offers data residency controls, allowing organisations to keep sensitive information within specific jurisdictions. This feature supports compliance with local regulations, including GDPR and HIPAA, and aims to meet data localisation requirements across more than 100 countries. Industries such as healthcare, financial services, and government can ensure that collected data does not cross national borders.

The platform's deployment options include cloud, on-premises, and hybrid models, with multi-region support. This enables organisations to align data collection with their current data governance policies and demonstrate regulatory compliance during audits.

Automated compliance

Compliance monitoring is built into the platform. It tracks data submissions for requirements across regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, SOX, and PCI DSS. Audit trails are generated automatically, with documentation of data flows and encryption status. According to Kiteworks, this can reduce manual audit preparation time by up to 80%.

Alerts are issued in real-time when deviations from established policy occur, when access patterns are unusual, or when data crosses regional boundaries. These notifications provide immediate visibility for compliance and security teams.

Addressing vulnerabilities

"Organisations can't secure data they collect through forms they can't trust. Every web form represents a potential entry point for sensitive information - customer data, patient records, financial details, proprietary information. At the same time, it also provides a broad attack surface for threat actors to exploit. Yet most enterprises rely on form solutions built for convenience, not security. Further, compliance officers can't verify where form data is stored geographically. CISOs discover their 'secure' forms lack proper application-level resilience. Organisations face sovereignty violations because their form provider can't guarantee data residency. Kiteworks Secure Data Forms addresses these risks, bringing zero-trust architecture, compliance automation, and comprehensive data sovereignty control to web-based data collection," said Yaron Galant, Chief Product Officer, Kiteworks.

Galant said, "Traditional web forms are the weakest link in enterprise security and compliance. One breach could cost millions of dollars, and a data sovereignty violation could ban operations in entire regions. Generic form builders can't solve this as they weren't designed for regulated industries. Kiteworks Secure Data Forms delivers what enterprises need: FedRAMP High Ready security, guaranteed data residency, and automated compliance. Organisations finally have certainty that every form submission is secured with military-grade encryption, data remains within required jurisdictions, and compliance is continuously validated. This isn't incremental improvement, it's transforming data collection from a vulnerability into a competitive advantage."