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Congratulations to Aisera, Cohesity, DataRobot, Mistral and Uniphore for their inclusion in KMWorld’s AI 100 list, showcasing companies that are integrating AI into their knowledge management solutions, and highlighting potential challenges AI brings to the field of knowledge sharing and management.
Artificial Intelligence
Robust Intelligence recently released two new resources for those building and securing GenAI applications, including: Detailed, vendor-agnostic AI Security Reference Architectures for chatbots, RAG apps, and agents, as well as the first taxonomy covering both AI security and AI safety threats, complete with definitions, mitigations, and standards classifications.
Cloud and Data Center
HYCU was recognized by G2, the world's largest and most trusted software marketplace, as a leader in its Summer 2024 Reports for five categories, including SaaS Backup, File Recovery, DRaaS, Server Backup, and Database Backup. In total, HYCU received 29 winning badges and was mentioned in nearly 70 categories.
Lightbits explored the benefits of software-defined storage (SDS), highlighting its scalability, flexibility, cost-efficiency, data protection, simplified management, and future-proofing capabilities. It emphasizes how SDS can transform traditional storage management by decoupling storage software from hardware, supporting a range of vendors, and providing advanced features like automation, centralized management, and disaster recovery to meet evolving storage needs.
Styra introduced the Styra DAS Terraform Provider, which allows developers to manage the Styra Declarative Authorization Service using Terraform. This integration enhances auditability, simplifies onboarding, automates compliance, and supports environment management, ultimately streamlining authorization configuration and management for cloud-native applications.
Observability and DevOps
Nobl9 was featured in the recently commissioned Futurum whitepaper, “Mastering SLOs: Maximizing ROI, Reliability, & Cost Savings with Nobl9,” showcasing the impactful case study of Flexera. As the paper notes, “Nobl9 enables organizations to not just meet, but exceed their reliability and performance goals, setting a new standard in the industry.”
Security
Mitiga was named to CRN’s The 10 Hottest Cloud Security Startups Of 2024, adding to their momentum after recently being named a finalist in the RSAC24 Innovation Sandbox.
SGNL discussed strategies for minimizing damage when authentication is compromised, emphasizing the importance of reducing standing access and implementing modern privileged identity management (PIM). It highlights the effectiveness of contextual access and eliminating shared secrets to drastically limit the potential impact of identity breaches.
StrongDM published a feature on Multi-Factor Authentication being one of the simplest and most effective ways to prevent unauthorized access to systems and data. StrongDM's Zero Trust PAM now empowers enterprise security teams to apply MFA across all critical resources, including legacy systems that lack native MFA support, with easy-to-deploy access policies.
Tidelift just unveiled a new animated video explaining how it helps organizations reduce risk to their revenue, data, and customers by proactively eliminating their reliance on bad-for-enterprise-use open-source packages.
Upstream Security recently released its H1'2024 report: Redefining Automotive & Smart Mobility IoT Cyber Risks. In this new report, Upstream uncovers the shift in cybersecurity incidents, with large-scale attacks now targeting millions of assets and explores recent cyber incidents that showcase the impact of automotive and smart mobility IoT devices as critical infrastructure assets.
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