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Cloud computing has changed how organizations think about security. Instead of focusing resources on protecting the perimeter of an on-premises database, a cloud-first environment requires…

As someone who spends their workdays — and more than a few work nights — talking to executives about their most pressing data security concerns, I found…

Companies are generating, ingesting and consuming massive data streams, which are critical for business success. Because of this, Ameesh Divatia, co-founder and CEO of Baffle,…

Data privacy compliance is of undeniable importance today. Here are five reasons why. Compliance will take center stage as a top business priority in 2023,…

Ameesh Divatia, CEO of Baffle, Inc., talks about data privacy, data security, cloud security and how a skillset in the middle of that triangle will…

In today’s ultra-competitive business environment, a company’s ability to distance itself from competitors comes down to data—more specifically, the proficiency with which it can analyze…

As more states pass data privacy laws, regulatory compliance is becoming a team effort. Even data engineers are playing a part. Here’s what they should…

Software as a service has become big business: According to one industry study, 99% of companies were using one or more SaaS solutions by the end…

Two-thirds of organizations use the cloud to hold sensitive data or workloads, but there is a lingering lack of confidence about the ability to protect…

Not long ago, the security team was a subset of the IT department. Its main objective was to safeguard the IT infrastructure through perimeter protection,…

The Internet of Things connects a wide variety of devices—everything from kitchen appliances to smartphones—to the internet and to each other. Through sensors, software and…

Baffle CEO Ameesh Divatia talks with John Furrier of theCUBE at the AWS re:Inforce 2022 Security Conference for Amazon Web Services. Since compliance is driving data owners to…

A recent survey from analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and Baffle, “Using Compliance Budget to Advance Security Priorities” confirms that the growing number of…

Few executive positions are as pressure-packed as the chief information security officer (CISO). In one study, 21% of CISOs said their companies offered no support to help…

Consumers and businesses alike are bombarded by cautionary news stories about the importance of protecting their digital data. While that message may be coming through…

Baffle released a report titled “Using Compliance Budget to Advance Security Priorities,” which details insights and trends related to compliance, security and privacy. The survey polled…

New research conducted by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), examines the impact of the compliance budget on security strategy and priorities. It describes areas for which companies prioritize…

CISOs are under scrutiny to combine security and business objectives, which is inherently stressful. In his latest Forbes Technology Council article, CEO Ameesh Divatia identifies…

Despite its enormous scale, Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to grow rapidly. In the fourth quarter of 2021, revenues surged by 40% to $17.8 billion,…

As cybersecurity continues to climb up the business priority stack, the astronomical valuations of public cybersecurity companies suggest that we’ll see an even greater influx…

From a funding standpoint, 2021 has been a banner year for cybersecurity startups. Through Q3 alone, new companies netted more than $14 billion in venture…

Global supply chain issues are making headlines these days. Consumers were advised to begin their holiday shopping early because of inventory shortages and shipping delays,…

It is no secret that companies are migrating to the cloud as never before. In O’Reilly’s annual Cloud Adoption Survey, 90% of respondents indicated they…

Does privacy still exist? In many ways, the answer is no. But efforts are being made across industries to instill respect for privacy. PII data,…

Over the past year, venture capital funding has been accelerating at a record pace. Through Q1 and Q2 2021, companies worldwide raised $288 billion from…

President Biden met last month with the CEOs of major corporations like Apple, Amazon, IBM, Google, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase to discuss our…

Increased efficiencies, cost savings, a lightened workload for the IT team—these are just a few among many reasons businesses opt to move to the cloud….

At National Grid Partners, we invest in Decarbonization, Decentralization, and Digitization of the broader energy infrastructure. We back founder-centric, tech-differentiated startups that have the potential…

A vulnerability in Microsoft Azure’s database service Cosmos DB has potentially put at risk thousands of Azure customers, including many Fortune 500 companies, according to…

Data encryption company Baffle recently raised $20 million in a series B round — and those funds could be key as massive data breaches become…

California-based Baffle, a startup that aims to prevent data breaches by keeping data encrypted from production through processing, has raised $20 million in Series B funding….

Infrastructure has been in the headlines recently as the White House is aggressively making plans to modernize road, broadband, water and manufacturing needs. The recent…

The big cloud providers nearly all provide some level of encryption or offer it for an additional fee. Unfortunately, some enterprises have been embarrassed to…

Unfortunately, times of crisis can bring out the worst of bad actors. Hackers and data thieves will take advantage of the turmoil and distraction and…

Over the past year, we witnessed a transition to the cloud as companies had to quickly adjust to the almost instantaneous move to a remote…

Cloud data consolidation is widespread, as evidenced by the rapid growth of well-known cloud data warehouses like Redshift and Snowflake. Of course, the pivot to…

Ameesh Divatia (Cofounder & CEO, Baffle) joins Charlene for discussion around confidential computing and preserving privacy in the cloud. With the rise of data consolidation…

It was, literally and figuratively, the perfect storm. A blizzard forced everyone from a Wall Street wealth management firm to work from home. At the…

In 2019, we introduced an industry-first platform called the IBM Cloud for Financial Services to help financial institutions host mission-critical workloads with confidence while adhering…

DataOps has created a lot of hype as a data management pipeline because of its focus on collaboration and flexibility. Read on to find out…

Guest Ameesh Divatia from Baffle joins Dave to discuss whether it’s time for a national privacy referendum, Ben looks at a plan congressional democrats are…

Snowflake and cloud data protection provider Baffle will provide fortified data pipeline security in a joint service to secure end-to-end data migrations from static on-premises…

The issue isn’t how large of a cybersecurity investment an organization makes, but rather, if it is spending funds properly. The cost of cybercrime jumped…

The retail industry transformed in many ways in 2020, with online sales representing a clear example of such customer preference shifts. In analyzing these changes, retailers…

Trends in tech change quickly, and it can be difficult to pinpoint what will fade out in a few months and what will become a…

Host Matt Fisher’s guest is Ameesh Divatia, the CEO and Co-Founder at Baffle. Their discussion touched on topics including privacy enhanced computing to help permit…

Consumer data privacy is no longer a necessary evil but a competitive differentiator for any company participating in the global economy. The EU’s GDPR represents…

The adage asserts that hindsight is 20/20, and the events of the last year seem to have supported that claim, especially as it relates to…

This year’s sudden, unexpected need for cloud capabilities has helped to shift a very important learning to the forefront: Privacy and security are not corners…

California’s passage of the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) on November 3 builds upon the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The EU’s privacy regulation, GDPR,…

The data protection officer is a relatively new role that received prominence in the wake of the European Union’s GDPR regulations on data privacy. Data…

Enterprises are migrating their workloads to the cloud with the promise of lower costs, increased agility, and greater flexibility. But misconfigured cloud services are a…

Hardly a day goes by without news of yet another major data breach. Every day–every hour–your computers are under attack. Don’t believe me? I run…

DataSecOps melds an automated mechanism to manage data, along with security, in an effective operations setup Data is the backbone of any organization. It’s what…

A healthcare third-party vendor breach can have a devastating impact on multiple entities, which means it’s crucial to have cyber resilient vendor relationships to keep…

Tech leaders have definitely stepped up to the plate during the pandemic. Their response to the crisis has been impressive: From helping to develop technology…

A recent study of CIOs offered good news for those concerned about data protection. It reported that 86% of respondents are now viewing security as a higher…

When cloud computing was new, questions swirled around the ability of cloud service providers to keep their infrastructure secure. As more and more businesses began…

Today we’re thrilled to welcome Ameesh Divatia from Baffle back to the program. We first met Ameesh back in episode 349 and today he’s back to discuss…

Talk about having a target on your back, your front and every available side. “Data enrichment” companies are red meat for cybercriminals. As the label…

The CyberWire Podcast: Episode 1144 The US attributes the Taidoor remote access Trojan to the Chinese government. Sources tell Reuters that documents used in an…

Ashmeet Sidana,  a longtime VC who struck out on his own in 2015 to form Engineering Capital, just closed his third and newest fund with $60 million…

Merchants were expected to begin complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in January, but enforcement of the law only began this week on…

The California Consumer Privacy Act enters the enforcement phase on July 1, despite pleas by some business groups to delay it because of Covid-19 coronavirus impacts. This…

The chief data officer role is still one of the newest C-suite titles, but it’s been around for over 15 years. Over that time, the…

In the midst of the Covid-19 crisis, we are seeing concerted efforts by many entities attempting to slow the spread. Moving to the next phase…

After several rounds of comment periods and amendments, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra submitted the latest round of proposed rules this week for the California Consumer Privacy…

How data sharing, innovation, and regulatory standardization can make it easier for organizations to both contribute and consume critical threat intelligence. In March, the US…

Data security is rarely the first consideration when choosing a public cloud service provider. That’s changing, though, because of the rise of tougher rules, regulations,…

It’s been two years since the General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, was put into force by the European Union on May 25, 2018.  eWEEK has…

In October 2019, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) ran three simulated scenarios to map how nations, organizations and economies would respond in…

Data privacy leaves room for gray areas. Public health is more black and white. The question is, whether entities — governments, healthcare organizations, businesses —…

In March, more than 60 companies joined forces to request a delay on the July 1, 2020 enforcement date of the recently enacted California Consumer Privacy Act…

The new contact-tracing tool, explained. Apple and Google want to turn your phone into a Covid-tracking machine Apple and Google recently announced a joint plan…

What are the biggest challenges in software development? According to a new report, two things in particular dominate development teams’ bandwidth and time: Capacity and…

As our digital footprint grows, the desire to control personal data is more important than ever for consumers. This assertion is especially true as it…

The Marriott International hotel chain has fallen victim to its second major data breach in as many years, after information of 5.2 million guests was…

This is my first dispatch from RSA, which was a month ago…  a lot has (not) happened due to the pandemic. But, better late than…

If putting unencrypted data up in a public cloud is like leaving your house unlocked, keeping encrypted data and the encryption keys in the same…

Defending Users And Their Information  Vendors attending RSA 2020 have invested heavily in making it easier for customers and partners to isolate sensitive data and…

If you operate a business in California, you know that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) became law on January 1 this year. Similar to the EU’s General…

Compliance with the new privacy rules doesn’t always fall on data center managers, but when it does, it’s more difficult than it may sound. The…

In this year’s Allianz Risk Barometer, cyber incidents were named the top risk to businesses worldwide, cited by 39% of the 2,700 risk professionals surveyed, a…

Privacy advocates have long called for a federal privacy law and it’s coming…in the mean time, experts say complying with the CCPA will lay the groundwork…

As reported by Bleeping Computer, a new ransomware called BitPyLock has quickly gone from targeting individual workstations to trying to compromise networks and stealing files before…

Every year, the cybersecurity vendor community emails us in the media with predictions of what trends will impact the sector in the upcoming year. Sometimes they…

In part one of my series on bringing new technology to market, I focused on two areas of business that entrepreneurs often overlook or take lightly: focusing…

Cloud computing has dominated our collective business consciousness over the last 10 years. Unfortunately, as the image above shows, cloud computing security’s popularity pales in…

Over the last decade, one thing has become clear – the massive amounts of data that are constantly generated and stored have grown faster than…

Experian predictionsCybercriminals will leverage text-based “smishing” identity theft techniques to target consumers participating in online communities. As more Americans continue to join like-minded groups on…

This is our first annual roundup of expert predictions for the coming year. Here’s what leading industry figures have to say about data security in…

As the oft-used metaphor goes, data is the new oil that powers business success. Today’s modern organizations are built on data collection so they can…

Security experts say most voting machines are safe and secure, but disinformation campaigns on platforms like Facebook and Twitter need to be addressed. Election security…

Today, there is a greater focus on customer experience across all channels of engagement, an appreciation for data as the oil that fuels business, growing…

After a number of devastating breaches and hacks, the sheer size of data lost is no longer the only indicator of severity. Since 2010, billions of…

Growing up, I was always intrigued by technology. I distinctly remember the National Geographic Magazine with the cover story titled “The Chip.” That cover and Time’s Computer as Machine…

News has broken that 1.2 billion records were found online on an exposed, unsecure single server. While it doesn’t include sensitive information such as passwords, credit…

Google Healthcare has been the subject of widespread media attention recently after it was reported that Google’s “Project Nightingale” is gathering personal health data on millions of…

A venture between Google and Ascension, one of the largest healthcare providers in the United States, will give the tech giant access to the sensitive…

Data breaches appear to be all the more common in recent years, with major firms across industries such as healthcare, social media, and finance falling…

Baffle Data Masking and Exfiltration Control is a solution that ties access control and usage to data-centric encryption, providing an end-to-end data protection solution. It extends access…

Baffle, an advanced data protection company, released Baffle Data Masking and Exfiltration Control, the only masking and exfiltration solution that ties access control and usage…

According to a 2018 Opus/Ponemon Institute study of 1,000 CISOs and risk professionals in the U.S. and UK, companies share confidential information with, on average, 583 third…

United States senators Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachussetts) are urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon over the massive Capital One data breach that…

As the healthcare industry continues to digitize to meet patient demand and data-driven regulations, it has become a prime target for hackers, as personal health…

Ameesh Divatia, co-founder and CEO of Silicon Valley data security specialist Baffle, thinks that the world of startups is lonely. Fortunately, he also benefitted from…

October 2, 2019 The focus on digital transformation and compressing development release cycles is appealing, but that means security can be left behind. How should…

August 30, 2019 Organizations are racing to the cloud — and that includes storing all types of company and customer data on it. According to Gartner ,…

August 7, 2019 Enterprise security teams have long struggled with the complexity of encryption and key management. While integrated solutions are starting to make it…

July 31, 2019 Capital One is the latest major corporation to fall victim to a data breach, as it revealed on Monday that an intruder gained…

May 22, 2019 In previous columns, I’ve examined how migration to the cloud potentially comes with a loss of control for the customers of cloud-based…

May 9, 2019 A ransomware attack reported by a business associate that impacted more than three dozen clients and nearly 207,000 individuals is among the…

May 1, 2019 In the last several months, a series of tech company executives have sat before Senate and House panels, peppered with questions, smart…

April 19, 2019 As businesses continue to digitize data and operations and consumers add more and more tech to their homes, encryption and cybersecurity are…

March 7, 2019 In a 3,200-word essay on Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined a plan for the social network to become a “simpler platform…

February 22, 2019 On Feb. 19, Baffle announced that its data protection platform now supports the Amazon Web Services Lambda serverless compute platform. Baffle’s Advanced…

February 20, 2019 Baffle, an advanced data protection company, announced it has released the first-to-market solution for data-centric protection of Amazon’s AWS Lambda, a pioneering…

February 19, 2019 Although serverless compute functions are short-lived, the data sources and information that they connect with are often not, potentially opening up a…

February 14, 2019 Today’s featured interview is with Ameesh Divatia, cofounder and CEO at Baffle. Baffle offers an interesting approach to data protection that they…

January 28, 2019 This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for January 28th 2019 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Where are…

January 22, 2019 [EXCERPT] The history of homomorphic encryption stretches back to the late 1970s. Just a year after the RSA public-key scheme was developed,…

January 15, 2018 [EXCERPT] For virtually every business, the last and first (calendar) quarters are filled with reflection and planning — for revenue, services, operations,…

January 10, 2019 In today’s CyberWire Daily Podcast, guest is Ameesh Divatia from Baffle on the growing frustration with how companies handle our private information. …

January 7, 2019 [EXCERPT] Data integrity issues can arise in the wake of a ransomware attack. Case in point: A California podiatrist practice hit by ransomware reports that…

January 4, 2019 [EXCERPT] One of the tools that cybersecurity professionals have historically relied on is access to a WHOIS database, a publicly shared list of records relating…

December 27, 2018 [EXCERPT] 2018 threw some cybersecurity curve balls but it also looked a lot like 2017…only bigger. Teri Robinson reports. Once upon a time,…

December 12, 2018 The mission of SC Awards is to honor the achievements of the cybersecurity brands and professionals striving to safeguard businesses, their customers,…

November 30, 2018 [EXCERPT] As details emerged about the latest “massive data breach”—this time at the Marriott International hotel chain—database experts and security technology executives…

November 30, 2018 [EXCERPT] As I mentioned in my last column, a large number of people and applications can have access to data in a…

November 30, 2018 ABC 7 Bay Area news speaks to Baffle CEO, Ameesh Divatia about the Marriott Breach. (View video)

[EXCERPT] Databases might be the least sexy thing in tech. Second to that might be encryption. That isn’t stopping Kalepso, a Montreal, Canada-based encrypted database…

November 3, 2018 [EXCERPT] “I always want to know what the big picture is,” says Divatia, now co-founder and CEO of Baffle. “Even if I…

October 16, 2018 [EXCERPT] New DPOs do not have the luxury of time. Already they are called to task, often to clean up years of…

October 12, 2018 [EXCERPT] DevOps can — when implemented successfully — be a defining factor in how well technology supports a business. Cascade and Waterfall…

October 1, 2018 [EXCERPT] Tesla had one. Robocent had one. Walmart had one. GoDaddy had one. Misconfigured servers and databases in the cloud – exposing…

September 27, 2018 [EXCERPT] If the futurists, visionaries, and venture capitalists are to be believed, this example of applied artificial intelligence is right on the…

September 25, 2018 [EXCERPT] “The age of fast-moving digital transformation and data security requires channel partners to redefine who they work with,” he said. “Today’s…

September 25, 2018 [EXCERPT] It looks like some of the largest tech and communication companies – Google, Apple, Amazon, Twitter, AT&T – will be meeting…

September 20, 2018 [EXCERPT] The healthcare industry is becoming more digitized with organizations seeing the value of shifting operations to the cloud. From patients and…

August 16, 2018 [EXCERPT] TrueVault announced on Aug. 16 that it is expanding its namesake platform to help organizations keep personally identifiable information safe and…

July 30, 2018 [EXCERPT] … In my last column, I stated that the General Data Protection Requirement (GDPR) is already being touted as “the most important…

July 2, 2018 [EXCERPT] For the past month, we have all been flooded with emails from vendors or website pop-ups with “privacy notice updates” about their…

June 11, 2018 [EXCERPT] … Baffle, meanwhile, has demonstrated that its technology can allow enterprises to operate on encrypted data, Gupta said.  Normally, when data…

June 7, 2018 [EXCERPT] The idea that breaches have become a “when” concern as opposed to an “if” concern has become a mainstream theory. The…

June 4, 2018 Baffle Advanced Data Protection Service Lets Applications Seamlessly Operate and Analyze Encrypted Data without Exposing Confidential Information SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Baffle, Inc.,…

June 4, 2018 [EXCERPT] … Cyber-security vendor Baffle announced an update to its Advanced Data Protection Service on June 4 that makes it possible for users…

May 22, 2018 Encrypting data kept in storage (data at rest) as well as data as it is being transported from one server to another…

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 (7am PT) SANTA CLARA, CA – Baffle, Inc., an advanced data protection company, today announced that it has hired Harold Byun…

With an ever-growing list of security and compliance requirements, security can hinder or slow business initiatives. Is your security department stuck in slow gear or…

5 reasons you need to hire a chief privacy officer Excerpt from article: “The most important responsibilities for the chief privacy officer is to be…

By Ameesh Divatia From stolen emails to hacked credit reports to acts of industrial espionage we never hear about and now processor vulnerabilities, data breaches can…

Funding will accelerate product deployment and enhancements of advanced data breach protection solution Santa Clara, CA, Jan. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SANTA CLARA, CA –…

BY MIKE WHEATLEY UPDATED 10:00 EST . 27 NOVEMBER 2017 Data encryption-as-a-service company Baffle Inc. is beefing up its product suite with a new data protection service for applications running on…

Experienced engineers know to “fail safe” the systems they design. This basic principle merely says that a system remains in a safe state in the…

As Ameesh Divatia, the co-Founder and CEO of Baffle, likes to say, we need to accept that data breaches are a fact of computing life…

In this age of widespread ransomware attacks and rampant data breaches, enterprises are reimagining their data protection strategies. It is no longer adequate to worry…

A few years ago, Baffle co-founder and CEO Ameesh Divatia penned an article called The Future of Database Encryption. This article appeared, with others like…

As businesses look to accelerate application innovation and move more and more workflows to the cloud, their needs can be at odds with the need…

Data breaches are becoming bigger, bolder and more widespread than ever before. As a new government takes office in Washington, we need a mandate that…

Interest and adoption of cloud-based databases is ramping up as more companies see the value of moving from traditional on-premise IT infrastructures to off-premise cloud…

The high-profile leaks of highly sensitive data by NSA contractors Harold Thomas Martin and Edward Snowden woke enterprises up to the fact that traditional perimeter security…

There is nothing worse than having a solution to a problem that people don’t know they have. That may be the classic definition of database…

The expansion of compliance requirements for data that is not in a customer’s on-premise environment is inevitable. Is your company ready? As we start the…

Data breaches litter the news cycle. There is a new, even worse breach garnering front page coverage on what seems like a daily basis. With…