Yes. Whether you have a personal Dropbox account, work in a team using Dropbox to collaborate, or oversee an enterprise-level solution as an IT admin—the security of your data is our highest priority.
Read our 2023 security white paper to learn how we keep your files safe.
To keep your data protected, Dropbox uses the following measures:
- Files are encrypted using the 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), the strongest method of AES encryption available. By requiring 256 key combinations, AES would take billions of years to crack with current technology, making it virtually impenetrable by hackers using so-called “brute-force” methods.
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) are used to protect data as it transfers between Dropbox apps and our servers.
- Our systems undergo regular testing for security vulnerabilities, allowing us to continuously enhance our security against ever-evolving tactics used by hackers.
- Two-step verifications allows users to keep their accounts secure from login attempts, with the ability to verify by text or with an authenticator app.
Read our 2023 security white paper to learn more about how Dropbox security features work.
Files added to a Dropbox cloud storage account are synced to our secure online servers, located in data centers across the United States.
Additional storage servers are available in Australia, the European Union, Japan, and the United Kingdom for eligible users of Dropbox team plans.
Read our 2023 security white paper to learn more about where Dropbox data is stored.
Data residency refers to the physical location in which an organization’s data is stored. Some organizations may require data residency in specific locations, in order to comply with laws and regulations that affect them.
If your team’s data is stored in the United States but your team’s billing address is elsewhere, for example, you may be able to migrate your file data to a server closer to your team’s billing address.
Your Dropbox account, along with any files and data stored within it, is private.
The only people that will be able to view files stored in your Dropbox account are yourself and anyone you have purposefully chosen to share the file or folder with.
Like most major online services, Dropbox personnel will, on rare occasions, need to access users’ file content.
Learn more about who can see the files and data in your Dropbox account.
Read our 2023 security white paper to learn more about Dropbox file access.
