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SRI Ventures Announces New Spin-out, Confidencial, to Secure Sensitive Information and Collaboration for Distributed Enterprises

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

MENLO PARK, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SRI Ventures, the corporate venture arm of SRI International, today announced the launch of its spin-out company, Confidencial, a startup providing privacy-enhancing technologies to secure sensitive information within existing business applications. Distributed enterprises that rely on multiple information touchpoints will be able to selectively block sensitive information (e.g, intellectual property, personal and financial details) seamlessly within MS Office and Google Workspace with Confidencial.

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  • Distributed enterprises that rely on multiple information touchpoints will be able to selectively block sensitive information (e.g, intellectual property, personal and financial details) seamlessly within MS Office and Google Workspace with Confidencial.
  • The programs aim to harden security and privacy for various types of data and information used in distributed infrastructure, online collaboration and business workflows and messaging applications.
  • "By using SRI's natural language processing and our cryptographic techniques, we can automatically identify and protect sensitive information."
  • Confidencial is a Menlo Park, California-based provider of privacy enhancing technologies for securing sensitive information and collaboration for modern distributed enterprises.