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Your IT Team Just Blocked Dropbox. Now What?

If you're a compliance officer watching employees email 40MB PDFs around your SOC 2 audit, you need a file-sharing platform that doesn't get you fired.

Custom enterprise file sharing platforms with end-to-end encryption, granular access controls, and full compliance audit trails.

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Enterprise File Sharing Platform Development

An enterprise file sharing platform is a custom-built internal system that replaces consumer tools like Dropbox or Google Drive with infrastructure your organization owns and controls. It includes encrypted storage, granular permission management, and audit trails that satisfy regulatory requirements. Unlike off-the-shelf SaaS products, a custom platform is built around your existing identity provider, data residency requirements, and compliance framework.

What is holding your current website back?

Common gaps we find in nearly every audit.

Employees are emailing large files or using personal Dropbox accounts because the approved tooling is too slow or too restricted to use day-to-day.
Risk: Every file that leaves your approved environment is a potential breach event with no audit trail, creating direct liability exposure in a SOC 2 or HIPAA audit.
Your current file sharing vendor cannot tell you exactly where your data is stored, who accessed it, or whether it crosses a jurisdiction boundary that violates GDPR data residency rules.
Risk: Regulators do not accept 'we used a third-party tool' as an explanation for a data residency violation, and fines are calculated per record, not per incident.
IT has blocked Dropbox, Box, or WeTransfer, but no internal alternative has been provided, so the security control is creating a productivity problem rather than solving the compliance one.
Risk: Without a sanctioned alternative, the block will be bypassed within days and the organization will have less visibility into file movement than before the restriction was put in place.

How We Build This Right

Every safeguard, built in from Day 1.

HIPAA-Ready Access Controls

Role-based permissions and minimum-necessary-access policies are enforced at the file, folder, and department level, with access logs that satisfy HIPAA audit control requirements under 45 CFR 164.312.

SOC 2 Audit Trail

Every upload, download, share, permission change, and deletion is written to an immutable, timestamped log that auditors can query directly, covering the availability, confidentiality, and security trust service criteria.

GDPR Data Residency Enforcement

Storage locations are configurable per user group or legal entity, ensuring files from EU data subjects never leave approved jurisdictions, with data processing agreements and retention schedules built into the platform logic.

What We Build

Purpose-built features for your industry.

End-to-End Encryption at Rest and in Transit

Files are encrypted using AES-256 before they touch storage, and all transfers run over TLS 1.3. Encryption keys are managed in your own KMS or a dedicated HSM so your vendor cannot access your files even if subpoenaed.

Granular Permission Management

Permissions are set at the folder, file, and user level with time-limited share links, download restrictions, and automatic expiry. Integration with your existing Active Directory or Okta instance means provisioning and deprovisioning happen automatically.

Immutable Activity Logging

Every action generates a tamper-evident log entry that includes user identity, device fingerprint, IP address, and timestamp. Logs are exportable to your SIEM in real time and retained according to your defined policy.

Large File Handling Without Email Workarounds

Chunked upload and resumable transfer protocols handle files from 1MB to several hundred GB without timeout issues, removing the practical reason employees reach for consumer tools when they need to move large assets quickly.

Built on a Modern, Secure Stack

Next.jsSupabaseVercelAWS S3Node.jsPostgreSQLRedisWebSockets

Our Development Process

From discovery to launch. Quality at every step.

01

Compliance and Infrastructure Audit

1 week

We map your current file movement patterns, identify where data is actually leaving approved systems, and document the specific regulatory requirements that apply to your industry and jurisdictions. This produces a written gap analysis you can use regardless of whether you proceed with us.

02

Architecture and Access Control Design

1-2 weeks

We design the storage architecture, encryption key management approach, permission model, and integration points with your identity provider. You review and approve the design before any code is written, and compliance requirements are treated as hard constraints, not features to add later.

03

Platform Build and Integration

4-6 weeks

We build the platform against the approved architecture, integrating with your SSO provider, existing cloud storage or on-premise infrastructure, and any document management systems in scope. All audit logging and encryption controls are implemented and tested before user-facing features are considered complete.

04

Security Review, Handoff, and Documentation

1-2 weeks

An independent penetration test is run against the platform before launch. We produce audit-ready documentation covering data flows, encryption controls, access policies, and retention schedules, and we train your IT and compliance teams on administration and incident response procedures.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Most projects run 10-14 weeks from kickoff to deployment. The main variables are how many compliance frameworks you're targeting, how many identity providers need integrating, and whether you need features like data rooms or real-time collaboration. We scope everything upfront -- you won't hit a timeline surprise six weeks in.
Yes. We architect HIPAA requirements in from the start -- encryption at rest and in transit, access controls, audit logging, automatic session timeouts, BAA-ready infrastructure. We've built compliant platforms for healthcare organizations handling PHI at scale, so this isn't something we're figuring out as we go.
Off-the-shelf tools bend your workflows to fit their constraints. A custom platform gives your compliance team the exact permission models, audit formats, and integrations they actually need. You also stop paying per-seat licensing costs that compound as you grow -- custom builds typically pay for themselves within 18 months.
AES-256 at rest and TLS 1.3 in transit are the baseline. For high-security environments, we implement zero-knowledge encryption where the platform never touches decryption keys. Key management integrates with AWS KMS, Azure Key Vault, or your existing HSM.
Absolutely. We build native SAML 2.0 and OIDC integrations for Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace, OneLogin, and others. SCIM handles automatic provisioning and deprovisioning when employees join or leave -- which means no orphaned accounts sitting open after someone's last day.
Every project includes 30 days of post-launch support: bug fixes, performance monitoring, security patching. After that, we offer monthly retainer plans for ongoing feature development, infrastructure management, and compliance updates as regulations shift. The code is yours regardless.
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