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RSA Conference Releases Finalists for RSAC Innovation Sandbox Contest 2024

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Conference™, the world's leading cybersecurity conferences and expositions, today announced the Top 10 Finalists for its 19th annual RSAC Innovation Sandbox contest under the RSAC Innovation umbrella.

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SAN FRANCISCO, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA Conference™, the world's leading cybersecurity conferences and expositions, today announced the Top 10 Finalists for its 19th annual RSAC Innovation Sandbox contest under the RSAC Innovation umbrella.
The competition calls on the most promising young companies in cybersecurity to demonstrate their cutting-edge technologies to a panel of judges and live audience at RSA Conference 2024 in San Francisco on Monday, May 6.
The Top 10 Finalists will present a three-minute pitch and participate in a question-and-answer round as they battle on stage for the title of "Most Innovative Startup."
RSAC Executive Chairman and RSA Conference Program Committee Chair Hugh Thompson will return to host the contest.

AI Security Market Fuels a $60M Growth Round for Unicorn BigID to Accelerate AI Data Security Innovation and Power Acquisitions

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Monday, March 18, 2024

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NEW YORK, March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the pioneer in AI-augmented data security, compliance and privacy for modern cloud-first enterprises, today announced that it closed a $60 million growth round led by Riverwood Capital with participation by Silver Lake Waterman and Advent.

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Before BigID was launched into the market in 2018, data security products were purpose-built for specific data types.
The company has since pioneered the concept of universal data security, compliance and privacy across any data type - including structured, unstructured and semi-structured - across environments in the public cloud, SaaS, and on-premise data center.
Given BigID's extensible platform, it has helped drive customer ROI as enterprises build out their modern data infrastructure.
With this latest funding, BigID aims to accelerate both organic and inorganic expansion in AI data security and compliance.

BigID Pioneers Breakthrough Patent for its Technology to Accelerate Data Curation and Cataloging for AI

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

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Enterprises today are buried in volumes of data, much of which are repetitive or irrelevant, complicating analysis and skewing AI results.

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Enterprises today are buried in volumes of data, much of which are repetitive or irrelevant, complicating analysis and skewing AI results.
BigID automatically pinpoints similar, duplicate, and redundant data: not only streamlining data management and improving security but also paving the way for more precise and secure AI use by:
Improving data hygiene for more accurate data analytics and AI implementation.
Accelerating data profiling and improving data quality for more accurate and more secure AI use cases, resulting in more accurate AI outcomes.
Visit BigID in person at the Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Orlando, Florida on March 12 & 13
Read the Ultimate Guide to Data Security, Privacy, Compliance, and Hygiene for AI here

BigID introduces access controls to mitigate insider risk, enable zero trust security, and accelerate AI compliance

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

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NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the category-leading data security and compliance vendor for the cloud and hybrid cloud, announced new access governance controls that enable organizations to easily improve security posture, mitigate insider risk, achieve zero trust security, and accelerate AI compliance. BigID is pioneering access governance and controls for analytics and AI data, across the cloud and on-prem - including Microsoft 365, AWS S3, on-premise SMB file shares, data lakes, and more.

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Advanced Access Intelligence Capabilities for Security, Risk, & AI Compliance Across the Cloud & On Prem
NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID , the category-leading data security and compliance vendor for the cloud and hybrid cloud, announced new access governance controls that enable organizations to easily improve security posture, mitigate insider risk, achieve zero trust security, and accelerate AI compliance.
With BigID, organizations can automatically identify and surface unwanted access exposure across sensitive structured and unstructured data, cloud and on-prem.
BigID's access governance and controls help organizations strengthen zero trust, mitigate insider risk, reduce their attack surface, and meet AI compliance through a data-centric strategy.
Meet AI Compliance: Effectively carry out access governance and controls around AI training data to help meet regulatory requirements.

Fortanix Expands Leadership Team to Further Accelerate Growth in Data Exposure Management

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

Fortanix® Inc. , a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing , today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team to support the company’s continued growth in protecting sensitive and regulated data for upper mid-market and enterprise companies.

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Fortanix® Inc. , a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing , today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team to support the company’s continued growth in protecting sensitive and regulated data for upper mid-market and enterprise companies.
Top global companies and government agencies trust Fortanix’s industry-leading data security platform as traditional perimeter-based approaches to security have proven to be inadequate in preventing data breaches and ransomware attacks.
"These additions to our leadership team will be pivotal as Fortanix positions itself for the next phase of growth in the rapidly expanding cybersecurity and compliance space."
Jaiswal brings extensive domain knowledge, in the areas of cloud security, network security, cybersecurity, data security and application performance monitoring (APM).

BigID Pioneers Breakthrough Patent for Identity-Aware AI to Classify and Correlate Identity Data in Privacy and Security

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

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The identity intelligence patent covers the discovery and classification of both unique and contextual information in structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data and the automatic correlation of personal data to an individual or privacy data subject.

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The identity intelligence patent covers the discovery and classification of both unique and contextual information in structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data and the automatic correlation of personal data to an individual or privacy data subject.
Applications of the AI-enabled identity intelligence patent in data security, compliance, privacy, and governance include:
The patented BigID identity intelligence technology is fully incorporated across the BigID product portfolio and has been deployed in full production across 100+ F500 enterprises.
"Knowing your identity data at scale has never been more important for enabling data security in AI, automating privacy operations like DSARs and facilitating data security functions like DSPM, Data Access Governance and breach response," explained Nimrod Vax, BigID head of product and cofounder.
This latest patent continues our commitment to lead the industry in innovation for data intelligence for security, privacy, compliance, and AI."

Cohesity Positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Cyber Recovery

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Cohesity , a leader in AI-powered data security and management, today announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cyber Recovery 2023 Vendor Assessment ( doc #US49787923, October 2023 ).

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Cohesity , a leader in AI-powered data security and management, today announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Cyber Recovery 2023 Vendor Assessment ( doc #US49787923, October 2023 ).
This is the first year of this assessment that is based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) framework .
Our technology radically simplifies how enterprises secure and manage their data and unlock limitless value,” said Amith Nair, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Cohesity.
Cohesity’s three-pronged approach provides customers with a comprehensive approach to cyber resilience and business recovery.

BigID Named A Leader in Privacy Management Software by Independent Research Firm

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

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NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the leading platform for data security, privacy, compliance, and governance, today announced that Forrester Research named BigID as a leader in privacy management software in The Forrester Wave™: Privacy Management Software, Q4 2023.

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BigID received the top score among all vendors evaluated in the personal data discovery, personal data classification, and automation criteria
NEW YORK, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the leading platform for data security, privacy, compliance, and governance, today announced that Forrester Research named BigID as a leader in privacy management software in The Forrester Wave™: Privacy Management Software, Q4 2023.
BigID received the highest possible scores in 16 criteria, including personal data discovery, personal data classification, emerging tech risk identification, support & customer service, ease of use, alongside 10 other criteria.
The Forrester report states that "when privacy decision-makers think about skills to hire for now, it is a mix of IT, data security, privacy engineering, and data management.
That's because today's privacy management needs the ability to observe data as it moves across systems and enforce data controls effectively."

BigID introduces industry-first intelligent remediation with context-based recommendations to make better decisions, faster

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

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NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the leading platform for data security, privacy, compliance, and governance, today announced the launch of automated, context-based data remediation recommendations, a new capability enabling security teams to make better, more informed decisions to reduce data risks and elevate data security posture management (DSPM).

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NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the leading platform for data security, privacy, compliance, and governance, today announced the launch of automated, context-based data remediation recommendations, a new capability enabling security teams to make better, more informed decisions to reduce data risks and elevate data security posture management (DSPM).
BigID enables organizations to simplify and expedite data risk remediation, especially for resource-constrained teams.
It equips security teams with intelligent recommendations to swiftly and decisively respond to their biggest data risks," says Tyler Young, BigID's Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).
"This development reflects BigID's commitment to empowering security teams with the insight they need to elevate their data security and risk posture."

BigID Lands on Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ for the Third Consecutive Year

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

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NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BigID, the leading platform for data security, privacy, compliance, and governance, today announced it ranked number 333 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 29th year.

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This marked the third year that BigID has been ranked within Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 Program.
"Landing on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for the third year in a row speaks to the growing need to elevate data security, privacy, and compliance," said Dimitri Sirota, CEO and Co-Founder of BigID.
"Each year we look forward to reviewing the progress and innovations of our Technology Fast 500 winners.
"Over the nearly 30 years we've been compiling the Technology Fast 500, we've seen new categories emerge, growth rates explode, and certain regional markets shine from the bright talent they attract.