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Buckle Up: It’s Time for 2024 Security Predictions

It doesn’t take a prophet to know that computer security will be in the news in 2024, and probably not in a good way. What we don’t know are the particulars of how cybercriminals will be trying to penetrate defenses Read more…

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…

News In Brief

Akto Launches World’s First Proactive GenAI Security Testing

With the rapid growth of AI, there are rising concerns about the vulnerabilities associated with the deployment of AI and related services. Several studies, including a recently released Primavera report, show that a maj Read more…

New Hadoop and Flink Hacks Leveraging Known Configuration Vulnerability

Security researchers at Aqua Nautilus say they are tracking a new set of attacks against Apache Hadoop and Apache Flink applications. The attackers are employing stealthy techniques to exploit a known security vulnerabil Read more…

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…

This Just In

Foundational Secures $8M to Bring AI Agents into Data Engineering

Mar 25, 2024 |

SAN FRANCISCO and TEL AVIV, Israel, March 25, 2024 — Foundational, a solution using advanced analysis to identify and prevent data issues in data platforms, today announced its general availability with $8 million in seed funding. Read more…

Carahsoft Showcases Cloud Computing, AI, and Future Tech Insights with Over 40 Partners at Sea-Air-Space 2024

Mar 25, 2024 |

RESTON, Va., March 25, 2024 — Carahsoft Technology Corp. will be joined by more than 40 of its technology providers at Sea-Air-Space hosted by the Navy League on April 8-10, 2024, at the Gaylord National Resort & Read more…

BigID Secures $60M in Growth Funding to Propel AI Data Security Innovations

Mar 21, 2024 |

NEW YORK, March 21, 2024 — BigID, a pioneer in AI-augmented data security, compliance and privacy for modern cloud-first enterprises, recently announced that it closed a $60 million growth round led by Riverwood Capital with participation by Silver Lake Waterman and Advent. Read more…

Privacera Celebrated for Innovation in AI and Data Security as a Leader in the 2024 GigaOm Radar Report

Mar 20, 2024 |

FREMONT, Calif., March 20, 2024 — Privacera has been named a “Leader” in the 2024 GigaOm Radar for Data Access Governance for the third consecutive year. Read more…

Nutanix Study Finds AI, Security, and Sustainability Are Major Drivers for IT Modernization

Mar 20, 2024 |

SAN JOSE, Calif.-, March 20, 2024 — Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, announced the findings of its sixth annual Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures global enterprise progress with cloud adoption. Read more…

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