Dave Sikora says private nodes will transform blockchain security

Summary “I kind of have a pattern-recognition engine for these things that are going to happen in the industry, this is the most significant IP I’ve ever had a chance to work with. To be in a place where you can change the world, it’s really cool.” This interview with ALTR CEO David Sikora, who […]

Fertility Database Relies on Blockchain for Security

Summary Typically, couples who want to conceive a child through use of donated eggs, sperm, embryos or gestational surrogacy will work with an agency, searching through dozens of databases to find a match. Making for a tedious and risky situation for the clients. To demonstrate the highest level of trust, privacy and security, the FRTYL […]

ALTR uses blockchain to protect data like it’s money

Summary The conventional cybersecurity thinking is to protect the network. The reality is that networks are regularly hacked and hard to defend. Even worse, companies are often unaware of hacks. To combat this, ALTR makes use of blockchain to strengthen their security. While standard practice is that blockchains involve multiple parties, cybersecurity is one of […]

Consumption-derived Data Governance is Difficult to Flank

Summary Thanks to the critical business benefits offered by cloud computing, 77 percent of enterprises have placed at least one application or some portion of their computing infrastructure in the cloud. Yet many companies remain cautious about migrating all of their processes and data.  According to a recent report, data security is holding back three out […]

Controlling the consumption of sensitive enterprise data

Summary Instead of attempting to replace or replicate existing user authorization, system authentication and access control security methods, ALTR follows a zero-trust model of assuming those methods have already been compromised through methods such as stolen credentials, hacked service requests or system-level jailbreaks. The solution automatically profiles how the enterprise’s application suite should use data, […]

Eyes on cloud data protection and governance

Summary By assuming authorization and access control methods have already been bypassed, their solution can hone in on enterprise data catalogs and warehouses, executing policies that monitor and govern the movement and usage of data in a zero-trust fashion. Much has changed since our previous coverage of the firm in 2020 and 2018, but most noticeable was a […]

Data security matters more than ever in the new normal

Summary Traditionally, system administrators rely on perimeter security to stop outside intruders, yet even the most conscientious are exposed after a single missed or delayed update. Beyond that, insiders are widely considered the biggest threat to data security. Misconfiguration accounts for the vast majority of insider errors. It is usually the result of failure to […]

Healthcare Blockchain Could Solve Industry’s Biggest Problems

Summary ALTR said its technology is the first commercial software package that applies blockchain to data security. The technology provides an interoperable network infrastructure that ensures control over how patient data is seen or used and by whom. “There is so much sensitive information about the donors and surrogates in the third-party fertility field that […]