by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Today, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company, announced Amazon Macie, a new security service that uses machine learning to help customers prevent data loss by automatically discovering, classifying, and protecting sensitive data in AWS. Amazon Macie recognizes sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII) […]
Barracuda Expands Its Data Protection Solutions with Public Cloud Replication to AWS
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Barracuda Networks, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-enabled security and data protection solutions, today announced that organizations using Barracuda Backup now have the ability to replicate data securely and efficiently from either an on-premises physical or virtual backup appliance to AWS. This feature provides customers, resellers, […]
Appoint a Data Protection Officer to Ensure Compliance with the GDPR
Click to learn more about author Stuart Tarmy. When is the Best Time to Appoint a DPO? What are Their Key Responsibilities? As many companies are now aware, the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes effective on May 25th 2018, and will have a significant and possibly devastating impact on all companies that […]
Cloudian Launches Partner Program to Address’ Explosive Unstructured Data Growth
by Angela Guess A new press release states, “Cloudian, the innovation leader in enterprise object storage systems, today launched its Data Management Partners Program. The Program combines leading data management products with Cloudian’s infinitely scalable storage to offer tested and proven solutions that enable enterprises to address current and future unstructured data growth challenges. Charter […]
The Devil is in the DATA “Unmasking the Deep State”
Click here to learn more about author Kwame Gyamfi. A Response to Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich INTRODUCTION Newt Gingrich’s Challenge to Software Engineers The book signing by former House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, at the Press Club turned out to be more than what I bargained for. The former House Speaker who was on […]
Datos IO Teams with NetApp to Deliver All-Flash Storage and Cloud Data Protection Solution
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Datos IO, the application-centric cloud data management company, today announced the availability of its new cloud data protection solution that extends the NetApp Data Fabric by providing next-generation backup and recovery for next-generation databases and cloud applications. Enterprises can now leverage the performance, reliability, and flexibility […]
AVA Revolutionizes Personal and Public Safety Using Artificial Intelligence
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Today, and after more than two years of highly secretive development, Berlin-based start-up AVA opens to the public, announcing its artificial intelligence capable of calculating the statistical, current, and predictive safety and risk for any given location in real-time. Monitoring mass volumes of data from multiple sources, […]
Cohesity Simplifies Data Protection with Extensible Secondary Storage Platform
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Cohesity, the pioneer of hyperconverged secondary storage, today announced the release of Cohesity DataPlatform Virtual Edition (VE) and Cohesity C2100 Hyperconverged Node products for remote and branch offices. Together with Cohesity DataProtect, the new DataPlatform VE product delivers an integrated software-only backup solution that deploys on […]
Birst Achieves EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Certification
by Angela Guess A new press release announces, “Birst, the global leader in Cloud BI and Analytics for the Enterprise, today announced it has received TRUSTe validation for meeting the rigorous qualifications for the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework put forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration (ITA). This certification assures that Birst […]
The “Shape Shifting” Role of the Chief Security Officer
Click here to learn more about author Luca Scagliarini. In a pre-internet world, the job of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) was primarily about protecting physical assets from external threats. With data breaches, leaks and hacking attacks regularly in the headlines, it’s clear that today’s threats are anything but simple or predictable, they’re complicated, potentially […]