RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox Contest 2018 finalists announced

RSA Conference announced the 10 finalists for its annual RSAC Innovation Sandbox Contest. The competition offers a leading platform for entrepreneurial cyber security companies to launch their research and innovation. On Monday, April 16, the Top 10 fi… Continue reading RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox Contest 2018 finalists announced

BigID raises $14 million in Series A for data protection compliance product

Whether it’s looming regulations or lapses in operational security, companies face growing pressure to adhere to data privacy rules more stringently than ever before. A startup, flush with new funding, thinks it can help. New York-based BigID announced a $14 million Series A funding round Monday, with investment coming from ClearSky Security, Comcast Ventures and the SAP.iO Fund, among others. BigID launched its product last year to help organizations address various data protection requirements that were set to be enacted, including China’s Cybersecurity Law and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). China’s law went into effect in December, while GDPR will go into effect in May. “On the eve of GDPR and in the midst of endless mega breaches, we’re in a new era of personal data rights,” said Jay Leek, ClearSky Security Managing Director and former Blackstone CISO who is now on BigID’s board of directors.  “Individuals now have […]

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BigID pulls in $14 million Series A to help identify private customer data across big data stores

 As data privacy becomes an increasingly important notion, especially with the EU’s GDPR privacy laws coming online in May, companies need to find ways to understand their customer’s private data. BigID thinks it has a solution and it … Continue reading BigID pulls in $14 million Series A to help identify private customer data across big data stores

BigID takes $2.1M to help enterprises grok customer data privacy risks

 The risks for businesses associated with storing and processing the personal data of their customers are growing as data volumes continue to increase and regulators sharpen their claws over data protection. But those risks are of course just anot… Continue reading BigID takes $2.1M to help enterprises grok customer data privacy risks