13 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2022
Summary Here, data security leaders share their thoughts on what’s ahead in terms of new dangers to data and the ways to thwart them. 1. Record-level security will become a C-suite issue 2. Businesses will have a Sarbanes-Oxley sized wake-up call about federal data privacy and security standards 3. One of the weak links in […]
ALTR Introduces Free Data Control and Protection Product
Summary “ALTR’s mission has always been to solve for the root problems of data privacy and security and give companies the tools to crush them,” said Dave Sikora, CEO of ALTR. “The rollout of our new free product, including enhanced automation and visualization capabilities, solves a problem that cuts across industries: understanding, controlling, and securing […]
ALTR Named to “Top 50 Companies Driving Innovation”
Summary The COVID-19 crisis has presented some new hurdles—but they are ones that many innovative companies are actively working to overcome. Forward-looking companies aren’t sitting the year out waiting for the business climate to improve. They are actively seeking ways to expand their reach and take advantage of new opportunities. Whether the goal is surfacing […]
ALTR Looks To Diversify Partner Base With New Program
Summary The Austin, Texas-based data security startup said the new ALTR Stackable Margins program will make it possible for cloud architects, application development partners and AWS-focused SI to get involved in deals as a consultant without having to execute the transaction themselves, according to Brian Stoner, vice president of channels and alliances. “I wanted this […]
Managing Data the Way We Manage Money
Summary Data security was always an issue for IT managers, but the squalls were smaller. Today’s emphasis on cloud computing, distributed systems, native mobile apps, and the Internet of Things has created the perfect storm. Customer data, market data, intellectual property, resource consumption data, productivity data, and dozens of other categories are a new form […]
Trend-Setting Products in Data and Information Management for 2021
Data management and integration demands continue to increase as organizations are faced with more data flowing in from a greater variety of sources than ever before. At the same time, there is the need to extract business value, protect, and offer wider access to that data for more users. Today, being data-driven is the goal […]
Why the future of data security in the cloud is programmable
Summary The job of the Defender is a difficult one, because security and privacy as an afterthought creates both complexity and vulnerability. The complexity comes especially from security products needing to be customized in order to function in lockstep with the application whose data they are protecting. The larger and more complex the application to […]
Dangers of Data Sprawl Increase during the Remote Work Revolution
Summary As software eats the world, more and more companies are investing in outsourced development and cloud data storage (data warehouses and lakes) for quicker development cycles and broader business access. Both scenarios create a perfect storm for significantly increasing risk to the business. And as the needs of the business to access the data […]
ALTR Named a Finalist in CRN’s 2021 Tech Innovator Awards
Summary As demand for digital transformation continues to surge across industries, the pace of technological innovation continues to accelerate as well. The pandemic has brought about massive changes in the business world, and the widely held expectation is that there is no going back. For instance, the hybrid, distributed workforce is here to stay; online […]
5 Things you need to know to optimize your company’s approach to data
Summary Trying to secure that database is what ultimately led to the creation of ALTR. Everything from access control to securing data at-rest were all challenges, either because our use cases did not allow for certain technologies to be present (high speed data access where every millisecond mattered) or the separation of duties was not […]