At Pleasant Solutions, a Canadian-based custom software development company, “paranoid” is not a negative word. They realize that, given today’s deeply connected online environment, a bit of paranoia is justified when it comes to safeguarding your data.
After all, there’s a lot at stake. Whether you run a small firm or a massive government agency, a vulnerable network places your entire operation at risk.
Founded in 2008, Pleasant Solutions has built a steadily growing international reputation, with data protection at the centre of much of their work. Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, with satellite offices throughout North America, Pleasant works with clients around the globe.
Pleasant Password Server
In recent years, the company’s flagship product has been Pleasant Password Server, an identity and access management (IAM) system that provides secure encrypted storage for a wide range of user data—not just passwords, but files, credit card numbers, social security numbers, license keys, and more.
Unlike cloud-based password management systems, Pleasant Password Server prefers hosting directly on a company’s own servers. There’s no need to entrust confidential data to the cloud, or to somebody else’s system. Your passwords, and those of your employees, remain under your roof, and under your direct control.
Pleasant Password Server is fully compatible with KeePass, the world’s most popular open source, free password manager. That means it feels instantly familiar to most IT personnel and works on just about any device or browser a regular employee might use.
KeePass is stunningly secure. It utilizes the best encryption algorithms currently known, making it virtually impenetrable to hackers. The European Union currently bounties to anyone who can identify bugs or vulnerabilities in the KeePass code.
At NASA, they use Pleasant Password Server. Same goes for the U.S. Department of Energy. It’s used in a full spectrum of industries including: multinational corporations, telecoms, governments, hospitals, universities, etc. You’ll even find it at Buckingham Palace.
It’s not just designed for the big players, though. Thousands of small businesses have gravitated to it and love it. The product pricing varies based on number of users.
Contract Server
Along with Pleasant Password Server, the company is building a suite of other ready-made, highly customizable software solutions. Pleasant Contract Server, for example, allows companies to create, revise, and collaborate on contracts—again, stored in a safe and secure location.
Custom Projects
A similar approach also defines the company’s other projects and products. Pleasant Solutions prides itself on developing custom software for companies that might otherwise find themselves priced out of the market. It deploys a top team of in-house developers—never outsourced—and a nimble, cost-efficient project management system to accomplish results that more traditional developers often can’t reach. In fact, much of Pleasant Solutions’ business consists of ‘fixing’ the work of others. Hence its slogan: “Experts you wish you had hired, the first time.”
Product Security Suite
And, later this year, Pleasant Solutions hopes to introduce additional products that help home and business users reclaim control over their personal data.
Because these days, at home or at work, paranoia is only sensible.