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Five AWS Predictions as re:Invent 2023 Kicks Off

The computing world this week turns to Amazon Web Services, the company that originally defined the public cloud space and continues to enjoy the largest slice of the cloud pie. Its annual re:Invent conference, which kic Read more…

Cars: The Next Data Privacy Battleground

Don’t look now, but your car may be spying on you. Unless you drive a pre-digital model, your car’s maker is likely collecting all kinds of data about you, including your race, your driver’s license numbers, how fa Read more…

You Can Now Query Encrypted Data, MongoDB Says

MongoDB yesterday officially rolled out Queryable Encryption, a new offering that enables users to query data while it’s encrypted in the database. While the technology isn’t a silver bullet for security, it could si Read more…

The Business Case for Privacy Enhancing Technologies

In a world that’s constantly hyping the next big thing, it’s natural to be wary when a family of technologies is described as transformational. This label has been recently associated with Privacy Enhancing Technolog Read more…

Meet Raluca Ada Popa, a 2023 Datanami Person to Watch

The ready availability of cloud computing on the one hand and the explosion of data on the other has thrust data security into the limelight as it has never been before. One of the world's foremost experts in applied cry Read more…

News In Brief

Data Access Governance & Security Leader ALTR Closes $25M Series C Funding

Businesses of all sizes are striving to maximize data access and security, however, it might not be enough. An Increasing volume and complexity of data has made it more challenging for businesses to keep their data secur Read more…

UC Berkeley Profs Raise $10.6M Seed, Launch GenAI Startup for Security

Generative AI driven by advanced machine learning and neural networks has ushered us into a new era of cybersecurity. Using generative AI to boost cybersecurity is an evolving field with the potential to transform how en Read more…

DARPA Issues Cyber Challenge to Find and Fix Security Vulns with AI

Today at Black Hat USA conference, the  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) announced the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC), a two-year competition to build artificia Read more…

From WormGPT to DarkBERT, GenAI Boosting Cybercriminal Capabilities

Companies are flocking to GenAI technologies to help automate business functions, such as reading and writing emails, generating Java and SQL code, and executing marketing campaigns. At the same time, cybercriminals are Read more…

Privacera Streamlines Data Access Control Decisions

To be data-driven, one needs access to data. That’s pretty obvious. But data also carries risk, which complicates the math. One vendor hoping to streamline the data access workflow and safely get more data into the han Read more…

This Just In

Fortanix Highlights Encryption’s Growing Role in Data Security

Dec 8, 2023 |

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 8, 2023 — Fortanix Inc., a leader in data security and pioneer of Confidential Computing, revealed the results of a new study conducted by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) titled “Operationalizing Encryption and Key Management.” Among the findings: Read more…

Intel Showcases AI Prowess: Stability AI Selects Intel for Enterprise AI Compute Needs

Dec 8, 2023 |

Dec. 8, 2023 — At Intel Innovation in September, Intel announced that Stability AI – the company behind the Stable Diffusion text-to-image model – would be one of the largest customers for an AI supercomputer built entirely on Intel technology, Intel Gaudi2 AI hardware accelerators and Intel Xeon processors. Read more…

VictoriaMetrics Unveils Free Trial of Its Enterprise Solution for Enhanced Monitoring and Observability

Dec 7, 2023 |

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 7, 2023 — VictoriaMetrics, a leading open source time-series data monitoring player, now offers a free trial of its Enterprise solution. Read more…

SQream Achieves SOC-2 Type II Compliance Certification for Its Cloud-Native Data Lakehouse ‘Blue’

Dec 6, 2023 |

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 6, 2023 — SQream announced today that it has achieved Service Organization Control 2 (SOC-2) Type II compliance for its data preparation lakehouse Blue, ensuring its alignment with leading industry standards for security and data protection. Read more…

Red Hat Reports: IT Modernization and Open Source Adoption Key to Overcoming Skills Shortfalls

Dec 6, 2023 |

LONDON, Dec. 6, 2023 — Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced new research revealing the top challenges that IT leaders surveyed are facing around skills, innovation and technology evolution. Read more…

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