Secure File & Document Sharing
Share Sensitive Documents Through Self-Destructing Links
The Problem
Every company shares sensitive documents — contracts, NDAs, financial reports, board materials, M&A documents, patient records, legal filings. The standard approaches are all broken in predictable ways. Email attachments live forever in inboxes, get forwarded, and are discoverable in litigation. Shared drives (Google Drive, SharePoint, Dropbox) require careful permission management that drifts over time — one misconfigured folder and your quarterly financials are visible to the whole company. "Secure" file transfer tools add friction and usually require the recipient to create an account. The core problem: once you share a file, you lose control over it. The link is permanent, the access is persistent, and the document is copyable.
The Current Approach
Common approaches to secure document sharing: 1. **Email attachments**: No access control after sending. Lives in recipient's inbox forever. Gets forwarded. 2. **Shared drives (Google Drive, SharePoint, Dropbox)**: Requires permission management. Permissions drift. Links get shared beyond intended recipients. 3. **Enterprise file transfer (Citrix ShareFile, Box)**: Better access control but requires recipient accounts. Friction kills adoption. 4. **Password-protected PDFs**: Passwords get shared alongside the file. No audit trail. No expiration.
The LayerV Solution
Generate a qURL for any document or resource. The recipient clicks the link, views the content, and the qURL expires — either after one use, after a set time window, or both. No account required for the recipient. No permanent link floating around. No shared drive to misconfigure. With the qURL API, you can programmatically create portal links with precise controls: one_time_use for view-once documents, expires_in for time-windowed access, max_sessions to limit concurrent viewers, and access_policy to restrict by IP or geography. Every access is logged — who viewed what, when, from where. Full audit trail without the recipient knowing or caring about the security infrastructure. They just click a link.
Key Benefits
Self-destructing links
Documents are accessible for exactly as long as you decide. One view, one hour, one day — then the link is dead.
No recipient account needed
Recipients click a link. No signup, no password, no app to install. Zero friction.
Full audit trail
Know exactly who accessed what, when, and from where. Identity-attributed access logs.
No shared drive risk
No permissions to misconfigure, no folders to accidentally make public, no links that live forever.
Ideal For
- Legal teams sharing contracts and NDAs with external counsel
- Finance teams distributing board materials and quarterly reports
- HR departments sharing offer letters and compensation details
- Healthcare organizations sharing patient records with referring providers
- Agencies sharing deliverables and reports with clients