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Dec 12, 2022Blockchain technology was built in part on a principle of high-level security, but it is increasingly clear that this is not always the case, as noted by a recent DARPA analysis noting how cryptocurrency tech is vulnerable to tampering.

Dec 1, 2022Fortanix., the data-first multicloud security company and the pioneer of Confidential Computing, announced that Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) now works with the AWS KMS External Key Store (XKS), allowing organizations that deal with regulated data to run workloads on AWS by segregating data on AWS infrastructure from encryption keys. This gives AWS customers complete control of data security while helping keep pace with continually evolving compliance regulations.

Dec 1, 2022Cloud security vendor Fortanix has updated its Data Security Manager to incorporate support for AWS’ external encryption key store system, adding another major public cloud vendor to the list of those supported for the company’s key management system.

Nov 30, 2022Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) now works with the AWS KMS External Key Store (XKS), allowing organizations that deal with regulated data to run workloads on AWS by segregating data on AWS infrastructure from encryption keys. This gives AWS customers complete control of data security while helping keep pace with continually evolving compliance regulations.

Nov 30, 2022Besides its data security technology, Fortanix is considered a pioneer in so-called “confidential computing,” or protective encryption technology for data that’s being processed. Investors are obviously paying attention to Fortanix’s cutting-edge work.

Nov 29, 2022Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) now works with the AWS KMS External Key Store (XKS), allowing organizations that deal with regulated data to run workloads on AWS by segregating data on AWS infrastructure from encryption keys. This gives AWS customers complete control of data security while helping keep pace with continually evolving compliance regulations.

Nov 29, 2022Fortanix Data Security Manager is integrated with AWS External Key Store, enabling organizations that deal with regulated data to run workloads on AWS by segregating data on the AWS platform from encryption keys.

Nov 29, 2022The integration enables organizations that deal with regulated data to run workloads on AWS by segregating data on the AWS platform from encryption keys. The new integration is said to give AWS customers complete control of data security while helping with continually evolving compliance regulations.

Nov 29, 2022The biggest and strongest of doors can be opened by the smallest of keys — encryption keys included. No matter how fortified and secure an organization is, it can be compromised by undue access to keys, said Shashi Kiran, CMO of Fortanix. “Key management is therefore non-trivial,” he said.

Nov 24, 2022AI’s direct impact on people has raised many questions about privacy, security, data governance, trust, and legality. So, it becomes imperative for some critical domains like healthcare, banking, and automotive to adopt the principles of responsible AI. By doing that, businesses can scale up their AI adoption to capture business benefits, while maintaining user trust and confidence.

Nov 21, 2022In a time where all processes are moving constantly towards digitalization, the importance of understanding the value of implementation within an organization has become prominent, considering that all organizations share a common goal – bringing value and delivering significant services to customers.

Nov 17, 2022the data-first multi-cloud security company and innovator of Confidential Computing, is releasing a “free tier” iteration of their Data Security Manager (DSM) SaaS offering, dubbed Fortanix DSM Explorer, to cater to enterprises with specific use cases and smaller budgets.

Nov 9, 2022Fortanix is offering a free tier for its data security manager software, aiming squarely at attracting new small- and medium-size businesses into its customer ranks.

Nov 8, 2022Cybersecurity firm Fortanix has released a series of free-tier options that allow would-be customers to try specific functions of the company’s broader security platform, the Data Security Manager (DSM).

Nov 8, 2022a multi-cloud security company and pioneer of “Confidential Computing,” launched a “free tier” edition of its data security manager (DSM) SaaS offering, allowing users to explore popular industry use cases. The Fortanix DSM Explorer includes the ability to raise support tickets and receive updates and fixes.

Nov 8, 2022Cloud security solutions provider Fortanix announced the release of a free version of its Data Security Manager software-as-a-service offering, called DSM Explorer. The free version is fully backed by Fortanix, including the ability to raise support tickets and receive updates and fixes.

Oct 16, 2022Fortanix is pleased to announce the publication of the paper “Establishing security and trust for object detection and classification with confidential AI” by Richard Searle, Vice President of Confidential Computing, and Prabhanjan Gururaj, Solutions Engineering Manager, in the SPIE Digital Library as part of the proceedings of the 12113 conference.

Sep 15, 2022Fortanix's CEO highlights that confidential computing has the potential to secure data-in-use and maintain regulatory compliance.

Sep 15, 2022Every year, businesses in nearly every sector have become victims of data breaches. The cost of a data breach continues to skyrocket.

Sep 15, 2022Fortanix, a firm developing a platform for confidential computing and other cybersecurity services, including key management, has raised new cash in a settlement.

Sep 15, 2022Cybersecurity startup and confidential computing pioneer Fortanix Inc. said today it has closed on a bumper $90 million round of funding, bringing its total amount raised to $122 million to date.

Sep 15, 2022Fortanix has now raised a total of $135 million since its launch in 2016 as a provider of data encryption technology using Intel SGX.

Sep 15, 2022Fortanix, a provider of data security software, announced that it has raised $90 million after closing a Series C funding round, according to Yahoo and TechCrunch.

Sep 15, 2022Data security vendor Fortanix has raised addition $90 million in funding led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and such existing investors as Intel Capital.

Sep 15, 2022Fortanix, Inc., a Mountain View, CA-based data-first multicloud security company and pioneer of Confidential Computing, raised $90m in Series C financing

Sep 15, 2022Fortanix helps companies secure data through encryption tech called confidential computing. Here's how they landed funding from Goldman Sachs.

Sep 15, 2022Fortanix, a multicloud security business that recently raised $90 million as part of a series C funding round, has sparked a lot of interest in this area.

Sep 15, 2022Cloud data management and security company Fortanix has raised $90 million in series C funding.

Sep 15, 2022Silicon Valley-based startup Fortanix is looking to capitalize on the growing demand for security and encryption across on-premises data centers and major cloud

Sep 15, 2022Data security startup Fortanix Inc. raised $90 million from backers led by a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. fund, as cybersecurity companies attract investor interest despite a cooling venture financing market.

Sep 15, 2022Fortanix has seen impressive growth lately, including scaling its team by 70 percent in the past year.

Sep 15, 2022Today's MSSP market news involves Coalition, CyberCube, cyber insurance, EXL, Fortanix multi-cloud security, Gurucul, IBM, Telos & more.

Jun 27, 2022While the core philosophy of blockchains is trustlessness, trusted execution environments can be integral to proof-of-stake blockchains.

Jun 15, 2022Without sufficient scrutiny and knowledge of AI, it's possible for even an expert to be uncertain as to why a machine responds as it does.

Jun 8, 2022A decentralized future is a grand ideal, but secure management of private keys is the prerequisite to ensure the integrity of decentralized applications and services.

May 18, 2022As cryptoeconomics expands, the applications of confidential computing will enable blockchain features that we have yet to imagine.

May 17, 2022Machine and “internet of things” identity platform provider Keyfactor Inc. today announced a technology integration with Fortanix Inc. to allow enterprise and managed service providers to simplify and secure machine identity management.

May 10, 2022The case for a confidential computing environment validation oracle

Apr 22, 2022Fortanix announced three new executive hires: Connie Chung as VP of Legal, Joe Hold as CRO, and Shashi Kiran as CMO.

Apr 21, 2022FiVerity Inc., Fortanix Inc., and Intel Corp. announced Tuesday that they would be working together to address digital identity fraud within the financial industry.

Apr 20, 2022Intel, FiVerity, and Fortanix team up to launch an AI-driven fraud detection platform into a confidential computing environment.

Apr 19, 2022By employing Fortanix confidential computing, Fiverity focuses on the challenge of securing private information, while it is in use, during digital fraud detection.

Mar 31, 2022Whether in privacy-intensive industries like healthcare and financial services or in government, all stand to benefit from better cybersecurity practices.

Mar 31, 2022There's no excuse anymore not to use automated backup into the cloud or to onsite storage.

Mar 8, 2022As cryptoeconomics expands, the applications of confidential computing will enable blockchain features that we have yet to imagine.

Feb 25, 2022With the change in the world order brought about by Russia’s military action in Ukraine, we are all now at the frontline of cybersecurity.

Jan 28, 2022Fortanix strengthened its position in the fast-growing Confidential Computing space, by announcing support for AWS Nitro Enclaves.

Jan 27, 2022The confidential computing market is growing. To learn more, VMblog reached out to industry expert Ambuj Kumar, CEO and co-founder of Fortanix.

Jan 26, 2022Fortanix Inc., the data-first multicloud security company, announced that it had crossed a significant landmark by booking its 100th Confidential Computing production customer.

Jan 11, 2022The hard reality is there is a shockingly low number of organizations that encrypt all of their data stored in the cloud.

Jan 2, 2022New HSMaaS approaches accelerate data protection and compliance for VMware virtual environments. These approaches deliver HSM encryption security without cost and complexity, resulting in complete flexibility in protecting VMware clusters, hosts and data stores.

Dec 11, 2021Healthcare is one industry that hasn’t been served particularly well by AI. But due to the innovation of confidential computing, clinical AI algorithms are on the rise and poised to improve healthcare for years to come. Ambuj Kumar, CEO of Fortanix, elaborates on the future of AI in this exclusive article for Toolbox.

Nov 17, 2021The development of AI applications is usually hindered by the inability to use highly sensitive private data for AI modeling.

Nov 16, 2021With confidential computing organizations will find creative and useful ways to put their data to work

Oct 29, 2021Cybercriminals have been a nuisance to businesses long before most readers of this blog would’ve gotten versed with the idea of online presence.

Oct 27, 2021A new report from the Linux Foundation and Confidential Computing Consortium is predicting widespread adoption of confidential computing.

Oct 1, 2021Fortanix announced that its Data Security Manager Platform (SaaS/ On-Prem) has been integrated with Google Workspace Client-side encryption.

Oct 1, 2021Our cars can no longer be considered as independent machines providing for our personal transportation, but mobile data centers.

Sep 22, 2021Ambuj explained how businesses can improve Data Transparency

Sep 22, 2021Intel Corp.-backed multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced a new partnership with Snowflake Inc. to bring external tokenization-as-a-service capabilities to Snowflake customers.

Sep 14, 2021The key to protecting these systems is not only to ensure the control environment is secure and protected but also to deploy emerging technologies such as confidential computing.

Sep 2, 2021To select a suitable hardware security module for your business, you need to think about many factors. Infosec leaders offer practical advice.

Aug 31, 2021Ambuj Kumar talks about the importance of data security in sales messaging and how his company, Fortanix serves business around the world in that area.

Aug 2, 2021How to develop a hybrid cloud adoption strategy? Top cloud experts share the approaches and tools for a successful cloud adoption.

Aug 2, 2021Fortanix announced the availability of its comprehensive Data Security Manager (DSM) solution as a cloud-delivered service.

Jul 27, 2021As the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force sets about its work preparing recommendations for the creation of an AI research resource in the United States, fundamental problems of trust must be addressed.

Jun 25, 2021Former TikTok employees say there is cause for concern when it comes to the popular social media app's Chinese parent company.

Jun 17, 2021What is Schrems II, and what does it mean for businesses going forward?

Apr 2, 2021Fortanix has announced the Fortanix Partners First program, a new channel partner program that enables resellers to grow their business by helping customers protect their data in the cloud.

Apr 2, 2021Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security™ company, today announced the Fortanix Partners First program, a new channel partner program that enables resellers to grow their business by helping customers protect their data in the cloud.

Apr 1, 2021Fortanix partners now have access to the company’s first partner program led by its new area vice president of Americas channels Scott Hoard.

Mar 3, 2021With so much automation in code writing process, results are rarely double-checked, which opens the door to vulnerabilities and downright danger.

Mar 2, 2021In a digital economy fueled by AI, data transparency is the new currency. Learn what IT leaders must do to bring trust and transparency to the enterprise, now and into the future.

Feb 3, 2021Jassy was the natural heir apparent to Amazon’s CEO role, according to Ambuj Kumar, CEO and co-founder of Fortanix, a Mountain View, Calif.-based multi-cloud security company and AWS partner.

Feb 3, 2021So given that he has decided to step down as CEO, this seems like a good time to reflect on his insights and wisdom.

Feb 1, 2021Fortanix is offering a solution to help businesses secure private data as they migrate to the public cloud. Fortanix Cloud Data Control applies consistent encryption key management policies across targets and offers customers a single point of control.

Jan 21, 2021Pat Gelsinger has a massive task ahead of him when he takes over as Intel CEO next month.

Jan 16, 2021During the past few years, there has been a surge in the stock prices of mega big tech companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Adobe. But of course, some have been left out of the party.

Jan 14, 2021Newly appointed Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger brings technical chops to the top of the giant chip maker, but it may take a while to right the ship. Does he have enough time?

Jan 12, 2021The partnership between UCSF, Fortanix, Microsoft, and Intel aims to overcome the data privacy issues that inhibit the development of the broad data sets necessary for reliable clinical algorithms.

Dec 23, 2020Ambuj Kumar is CEO of Fortanix, data-first multicloud security company that solves cloud security and privacy, using Confidential Computing.

Dec 9, 2020Fortanix announced Fortanix Cloud Data Control, a new solution that helps businesses secure private data as they migrate to public cloud. Available for use across AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure - it is the only solution on the market that can apply consistent encryption key management policies across multiple cloud providers, tenants, and regions while enabling keys from any cloud or on-premises Hardware Security Module (HSM) to encrypt data anywhere.

Dec 1, 2020While valuable, secrets management also can be difficult for DevOps teams to employ. Here’s what you need to know

Nov 25, 2020Tech companies are offering this emerging technology to help financial institutions secure data while it is being processed.

Nov 18, 2020In this article, we will take a closer look at Google’s Cloud Key Management Services. When users store data into Google Cloud, the data is automatically encrypted at rest. We use Google’s Cloud Key Management service to gain better control over managing the encrypted data-at-rest and encryption keys.

Nov 11, 2020With its Self-Defending Key Management Service, Fortanix offers a unified management approach covering encryption, keys, secrets and tokenization. The service, which spans multi-cloud infrastructures, provides cryptographic operations and life-cycle management such as key generation and key rotation.

Nov 1, 2020Fortanix is a startup that offered the first commercially available runtime encryption back in 2017 using Intel® SGX (a set of security-related instruction codes that are built into some modern Intel central processing units).

Oct 29, 2020We didn't have to do what we did to TikTok. We turned it into a political football that was kicked back and forth, with no real solution in sight.

Oct 26, 2020Above the Trend Line: your industry rumor central is a recurring feature of insideBIGDATA. In this column, we present a variety of short time-critical news items grouped by category such as M&A activity, people movements, funding news, industry partnerships, customer wins, rumors and general scuttlebutt floating around the big data, data science and machine learning industries including behind-the-scenes anecdotes and curious buzz.

Oct 23, 2020Here are 11 recent partnerships between healthcare organizations and big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft.

Oct 15, 2020From new partnerships to asset sales to novel cybersecurity initiatives, here's the latest roundup of stories about health IT companies, including Epic, Allscripts and Amazon.

Oct 15, 2020The upcoming 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable processor will widely expand applicability of Intel SGX secure enclaves in data centers.

Oct 14, 2020Now we‘re really bringing it to the [Xeon] Scalable processors for the first time, in a much bigger way,’ an Intel fellow tells CRN of the expanded security capabilities for the upcoming third-generation Xeon Scalable processors, which includes Total Memory Encryption and larger Intel SGX enclaves.

Oct 14, 2020Today, Intel unveiled key security innovations for its upcoming 3rd Generation Intel Xeon platform—codenamed “Ice Lake.” The new security capabilities include Intel Software Guard Extension (SGX), Intel Total Memory Encryption (Intel TME), Intel Platform Resilience (Intel PFR), and cryptographic accelerators that improve data confidentiality and integrity overall.

Oct 12, 2020UCSF, in partnership with Fortanix, Intel, and Microsoft, will announce BeeKeeperAI, a Privacy-Preserving Analytics Platform that will accelerate the development of clinical AI algorithms by 1000X (from 30 months to 1 day).

Oct 9, 2020UC San Francisco’s Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI), Fortanix, Intel, and Microsoft Azure have formed a collaboration to establish a confidential computing platform with privacy-preserving analytics to accelerate the development and validation of clinical algorithms.

Oct 8, 2020The data analytics platform will protect the privacy of clinical information to accelerate artificial intelligence in healthcare.

Oct 8, 2020Advanced Development of Additive Manufacturing, a 3D-bioprinting company headquartered in Groton, Conn., has been pioneering an on-demand tissue manufacturing solution as a service model.

Oct 8, 2020University of California San Francisco teamed Microsoft Azure, Intel and Fortanix to establish a confidential computing platform that will accelerate the development and validation of clinical algorithms.

Oct 7, 2020The organizations say they expect the platform, announced Wednesday, to reduce the time and cost associated with creating clinical grade AI algorithms while maintaining data security.

Oct 5, 2020According to Gartner, 81 percent of businesses are adopting a hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategy. The challenges of protecting data and using encryption across public/private cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments increase complexity, cost and security risk.

Oct 5, 2020The Confidential Computing Consortium, formed under The Linux Foundation, could revolutionize the way companies share data. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about Confidential Computing.

Oct 1, 2020Customers deploying applications in the cloud face major security challenges today. Cloud providers treat cloud security as a mutual obligation. The cloud providers are responsible for the infrastructure security of the cloud, and the customer covers the security of what data and application they put in the cloud.

Oct 1, 2020Fortanix, the data-first multicloud security™ company, announced that it is partnering with VMware to integrate Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service (KMS) with VMware Cloud Director™ to enable VMware cloud partners to deliver a broad set of differentiated data security services focused on better securing data throughout its lifecycle.

Sep 30, 2020SAN FRANCISCO, September 30th, 2020 – Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security™ company, today announced that it is partnering with VMware to integrate Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service (KMS) with VMware Cloud Director™ to enable VMware cloud partners to deliver a broad set of differentiated data security services focused on better securing data throughout its lifecycle.

Sep 14, 2020According to the Confidential Computing Consortium: “Confidential computing is the protection of data in use using hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEE). A Trusted Execution Environment is commonly defined as an environment that provides a level of assurance of data integrity, data confidentiality, and code integrity. A hardware-based TEE uses hardware-backed techniques to provide increased security guarantees for the execution of code and protection of data within that environment.”

Jul 30, 2020Securing data while in use opens doors from the on-prem data center to the cloud for more applications. According to a survey at June's Linux Foundation Open Source Summit by the Confidential Computing Consortium, only 30 percent of attendees have heard of the technology, but it’s promising to change the way the more security-conscious organizations view public cloud infrastructure.

Jul 28, 2020In most industries, businesses are evaluating and kicking off digital transformation initiatives to see how they might gain competitive advantage, improve customer experience, and increase profitability. In many cases, technology can be used in digital transformation to create new business models, digitize records, or leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve results.

Jul 28, 2020In the battle for security budget funding, enterprise key management isn’t nearly as sexy as technologies such as threat hunting or blockchain cybersecurity. Nevertheless, a key management system (KMS) is a behind-the-scenes workhorse that manages and protects the very keys that can open the kingdom.

Jul 24, 2020As part of CRN’s Emerging Vendors for 2020, here are 55 hot security startups, founded in 2014 or later, that solution providers should be aware of.

Jul 20, 2020Cloud technology companies are betting that businesses worried about being hacked will adopt a new computing technique to safeguard their most valuable information.

Jul 20, 2020The hackers insinuated their way deep into Twitter’s internal system. They were able to get into a position from which they could access some 350 million Twitter accounts, including numerous accounts of the rich and famous. Ambuj Kumar's (Fortanix CEO) comments on recent hi-profile Twitter hack.

Jul 2, 2020Organizations are embracing the power of Function-as-a-Service (FaaS). FaaS can be viewed as a very positive and beneficial result coming from years of data successfully migrating and operating in public clouds. AWS Lambda, Azure Functions and Google Cloud are today’s market leading platforms for enterprises to realize the power and benefits of FaaS.

Jun 30, 2020The Confidential Computing Consortium, a Linux Foundation project and community dedicated to defining and accelerating the adoption of confidential computing, has announced Accenture, AMD, Anjuna, Anqlave, Cosmian, Facebook, iExec, IoTeX, Mellanox, NVIDIA, Oracle and R3 have joined as members of the Confidential Computing Consortium to contribute to the adoption of Confidential Computing.

Jun 29, 2020Linux Foundation’s Confidential Computing Consortium formed nine months ago, has grown 60% since then and added 10 new members in the last five months. Its other new members include Anjuna, Anqlave, Cosmian, iExec, IoTeX, and R3. They join founding members Alibaba, Arm, Google Cloud, Baidu, ByteDance, decentriq, Fortanix, Huawei, Intel, Kindite, Microsoft, Oasis Labs, Oracle, Red Hat, Swisscom, Tencent, and VMware.

Jun 29, 2020While no one holds a crystal ball, it’s pretty easy to look at the numerous data privacy regulations both around the globe, and in individual US states, and see the growing trend around protecting data privacy and enforcing compliance. More and more regulatory bodies are establishing regulations to protect consumers’ personal data and confidential information that is used in organizations.

Jun 26, 2020What is confidential computing, and how can it help protect organisations? In this week’s episode, we talk to Dr Richard Searle, senior security architect at Fortanix and general member’s representative to the governing board of the consortium, about what the technology aims to do.

Jun 16, 2020Fortanix® Inc, a Runtime Encryption® company has expanded operations in the Asia Pacific region, fulfilling the growing global demand for its data security solutions. Having invested heavily in Asia Pacific, the company recently unveiled a new in-region staff and growing ecosystem of channel and distribution partners, enabling organisations to improve on-premises and cloud data security, all while lowering costs and reducing complexity of legacy systems.

Jun 16, 2020Fortanix has expanded its operations in the Asia Pacific region to continue meeting the growing global demand for its data security solutions.

Jun 16, 2020Data security solutions vendor Fortanix is gearing up for a fresh run at the Asia Pacific market, launching a new expansion effort in the region, signing new distribution agreements and recruiting new partners to take its solutions to market. Inks distribution deals with ACA Pacific, Nextgen Distribution, Vietsoft and i-Value, among others.

Jun 3, 2020Confidential computing is an emerging industry initiative focused on helping to secure data in use. But how does one separate hype from reality? In part one of a two-part podcast, Richard Curran of Intel leads an expert panel discussion on the concept of confidential computing.nes mobile operating system, Bluetooth and GPS technologies to help us all get past the burgeoning health crisis.

May 29, 2020Apple and Google are partnering up to bring technology to bear on COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. The tech giants are laudably putting aside any competitive urgings to co-develop a solution that combines mobile operating system, Bluetooth and GPS technologies to help us all get past the burgeoning health crisis.

May 29, 2020“So assume someone who takes a busy public transport to a big office building for work, and for fun declares themselves infected,” says Kumar. “This will create lots of alerts. Unfortunately, you only need a handful of these trolls who can overwhelm the system with all the false positives.”

May 28, 2020Development and deployment of container-based software has become a popular movement in technology. Docker, and container technology in general, has redefined cloud computing and offers significant benefits to developers and companies, including efficiency, cost savings, consistency, reliability, and scalability for the entire DevOps processes.

May 27, 2020Fortanix is offerings legacy enterprise firms a less disruptive way to deliver reliable end-to-end security across hybrid environments. IDN looks at how Fortanix HSM Gateway integrates cloud apps and databases with legacy on-premises security.

May 27, 2020Big tech companies are adopting a new security model called confidential computing to protect data while it’s in use. A handful of major technology companies are going all in on a new security model they’re calling confidential computing in an effort to better protect data in all its forms.

May 21, 2020At this week’s Build virtual event, Microsoft announced new Identity and Azure features meant to improve security for both application developers and enterprise customers. For developers, admins, and end-users alike, new Identity capabilities to help foster a secure and trustworthy app ecosystem include Publisher Verification, app consent policies, and general availability of Microsoft authentication libraries (MSAL) for Angular.

May 19, 2020One of the most important things to do in a digital setup is to avoid any forms of blunders related to security. However, ensuring that an app developer doesn’t have direct control over the security of a system goes a long way in ensuring that an app is fully secure.

May 19, 2020The Fortanix Confidential Computing Enclave Manager™ empowers organizations dealing with sensitive and regulated data to ensure and enhance security while the data is in use.

May 18, 2020Fortanix today announced that a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for managing instances of confidential computing on the Microsoft Azure cloud is now generally available.

May 18, 2020With hackers becoming more successful by the day and organizations looking to protect themselves from becoming the next victim, they might consider the new Fortanix Confidential Computing Enclave Manager, a SaaS offering that enables applications to run in confidential computing environments, verifies the integrity of those environments, and manages the application lifecycle for secure enclaves running on Microsoft Azure confidential computing DCsv2-series VMs.

May 7, 2020One of the many issues that keeps CISOs up at night is the realization that no matter how robust and comprehensive their cybersecurity is, their IT systems are likely to be breached at some point.

May 4, 2020The deployment of Fortanix Data Security Platform on Azure will enhance data protection and drive seamless migration to the public cloud. The Runtime Encryption Company, Fortanix, announced that its Self-Defending Key Management Service™ (KMS) will now be running on Microsoft Azure.

May 4, 2020Fortanix, a Runtime Encryption company, announced the availability of the Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service running on Microsoft Azure to help customers protect private data in the public cloud.

Apr 30, 2020The software development process has vastly changed in this past decade. Thanks to the relentless efforts of the cloud and virtualization technology providers, we now have nearly limitless compute and storage resources at our fingertips. One may think of this as the first wave of automation within the application development and deployment process.

Apr 27, 2020Microsoft today made available Azure confidential computing built on Intel hardware for enterprise cloud customers. It follows a similar IBM Cloud move last week.

Apr 24, 2020Integrating cloud applications and databases with legacy on-premises Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), Fortanix announced the availability of the Fortanix HSM Gateway™ solution to provide enhanced data security.

Apr 23, 2020Fortanix, the Runtime Encryption company, announced the availability of the Fortanix HSM Gateway, a new extension to the Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service.

Apr 22, 2020IBM today announced the general availability of IBM Cloud Data Shield, a service built to better protect business applications while information is at rest, in transit, and in use. The platform, developed in a partnership with Fortanix, relies on confidential computing, a technology gaining traction as more organizations seek new ways to secure their sensitive data in the cloud.

Apr 22, 2020The offer coincides with the new Fortanix HSM Gateway. Fortanix today announced the new Fortanix Legacy HSM Replacement program. The free trial program lets partners offer customers a migration path from their legacy hardware security modules (HSMs).

Apr 22, 2020IBM doubled down on confidential computing with Fortanix and said its Fortanix-powered IBM Cloud Data Shield now supports containerized applications IBM Cloud Kubernetes and RedHat OpenShift. This allows businesses to move and secure applications in the public cloud by running them in a secure enclave on Intel Software Guard Extension (SGX) hardware.

Apr 21, 2020In 2020, enterprises need to look to new encryption technologies paired with key management to protect sensitive data, particularly in cloud and multi-cloud environments. The current macro-economic climate fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing even more enterprises to move their sensitive workloads to public cloud.

Apr 17, 2020A major feature of the current COVID-19 crisis has been the sudden growth of state control and influence on everyday lives. Whilst most would agree measures such as nationwide lockdowns are a short-term necessity, it has highlighted how governments are able to give themselves potentially chilling new powers to wield at very short notice, aided by modern technology.

Apr 8, 2020The concept of the agile and remote worker has become more prevalent in recent years, as consumer Wi-Fi becomes more faster, we carry corporate laptops or BYOD-permitted smartphones, and realize we don’t all need access to a printer and fax machine.

Apr 2, 2020We live in a world where data is transmitted back and forth all the time. We also live in a world where people want to get access to that data wherever they can. Things like bank account numbers, credit card info, or confidential patient data are all highly valuable. We’ve worked hard to secure the data when it is being transmitted with protocols like SSL and TLS. Once those were in place, attackers started looking for data hiding in the storage media. Now we encrypt data wherever it rests. But that’s still not enough.

Mar 30, 2020In just a handful of years, the use of cloud computing has transitioned from being a leading-edge strategy to a standard business practice. The efficiency, agility and reduced overheads created by cloud-based services are swiftly becoming essential if an organisation is to remain profitable and competitive.

Mar 30, 2020Last week Infosecurity explored the immediate impact of COVID-19 on the cybersecurity industry, and what experts felt would be the short-term significance. David Greene, chief revenue officer at Fortanix, said that this will allow businesses to get the right cybersecurity systems and processes in place if they can, so “we can all be ready for what comes next.”

Mar 27, 2020The study, which was carried out in partnership with runtime encryption company, Fortanix, throws light on how encryption can significantly help organisations to mitigate risk, when it comes to falling foul of the CCPA which came into effect on the first day of 2020.

Mar 27, 2020As technology companies and the medical community work to find ways to track and test for the virus, privacy might fall by the wayside. In late January and early February, a study of influenza had the ability to reveal whether subjects in the Seattle area were infected by the novel coronavirus.

Mar 27, 2020Data security in the cloud has often been assumed, but now it needs to be assured. Dr Richard Searle, Senior Security Architect at Fortanix explains how to take back control. In a drive to streamline processes and improve cost efficiency, organisations are entrusting an ever-increasing amount of sensitive data to public cloud providers.

Mar 26, 2020The report highlights that encryption provides the best defense against any fines that might be levied for violations or data breaches under CCPA.

Mar 26, 2020Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) – an IT analyst, research, validation and strategy firm – and Fortanix® Inc., the Runtime Encryption® company, today announced results of the ESG industry report focused on compliance guidelines for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Mar 26, 2020As we work remotely and isolate ourselves from friends and colleagues as best we can, the impacts of COVID-19 will continue to hit the technology sector in terms of output and innovation.

Mar 26, 2020Organizations collecting and maintaining personal information about California and New York residents should be paying attention to what is happening with the states’ consumer privacy laws.

Mar 26, 2020Encryption provides the best defense against any fines that might be levied for violations or data breaches under CCPA, according to ESG and Fortanix.

Mar 18, 2020Firms in retail, manufacturing, logistics and more are embracing cloud computing in one form or another but it’s in the financial services sector where deployment is proving a particularly complex matter. The use of multi-cloud infrastructures is also disproportionately higher, driven by a range of business and technology considerations. That creates a number of challenges – challenges that can only be solved in that most pervasive of environments: the hardware.

Mar 7, 2020When it comes to confidential computing, Microsoft, Intel, and Fortanix weren’t speaking in whispers at RSA Conference. The three companies are all founding members of the Confidential Computing Consortium. And in addition to hosting a panel about the topic at the annual security conference, company executives stressed the importance of confidential computing in their own security events, during interviews, and on the show floor at RSA.

Mar 6, 2020Cyber threats now command the corporate sector’s full attention. It’s reached the point where some CEOs have even begun adjusting their personal online habits to help protect themselves, and by extension, the organizations they lead. Corporate consultancy PwC’s recent poll of 1,600 CEOs worldwide found that cyber attacks are now considered the top hinderance to corporate performance, followed by the shortage of skilled workers and the inability to keep up with rapid tech advances.

Mar 5, 2020Cyber threats now command the corporate sector’s full attention. It’s reached the point where some CEOs have even begun adjusting their personal online habits to help protect themselves, and by extension, the organizations they lead. Corporate consultancy PwC’s recent poll of 1,600 CEOs worldwide found that cyber attacks are now considered the top hinderance to corporate performance, followed by the shortage of skilled workers and the inability to keep up with rapid tech advances.

Feb 27, 2020Anand Kashyap is the chief technology officer at Fortanix, a US-based cybersecurity firm. Founded in 2016, the startup specialises in encrypting data in use. While traditional encryption protects data at rest and data in motion, Fortanix’s RunTime Encryption platform allows applications to run using encrypted data, securing it while it is vulnerable to a variety of attacks.

Feb 24, 2020To bring oversight & control of security back into the business implement a centralised cloud strategy, encrypt sensitive data across all cloud providers themselves and manage it in one place.

Feb 24, 2020If putting unencrypted data up in a public cloud is like leaving your house unlocked, keeping encrypted data and the encryption keys in the same cloud could be akin to leaving a copy of your housekey under your doormat.

Feb 24, 2020Trusting the cloud involves a change in mindset. You must be ready to use runtime encryption in the cloud.

Feb 21, 2020Shadow digital minister Chi Onwurah challenges the government to stop Google’s plans to move UK user data out of the EU.

Feb 11, 2020Following the news regarding the US charging four Chinese military officers over the huge Equifax breach, Ambuj Kumar, CEO and co-founder of Fortanix commented below.

Feb 11, 2020The cloud is now a common storage realm for companies that want to scale their data while making use of usually large capacities. However, some of the newest cyber attacks around right now are increasingly targeting the cloud, particularly cloud applications. Jethro Beekman, technical director at Fortanix, said: “Cloud migration and the ineffectiveness of perimeter defences have led to an increase of host- and service-based security mechanisms.

Feb 11, 2020At least one security expert highlighted how some nation states have been conducting cyber warfare operations for a while now, rather than make use of conventional military operations. “Compared to conventional war, cyber warfare offers more precision. One can control exactly what and whom to target. Also, it’s much less expensive,” said Ambuj Kumar, CEO and co-founder of Fortanix.

Jan 24, 2020Three years ago, the NotPetya ransomware wreaked over $10 billion in damage. Crafted by the Russian military, the malware relied on a nearly decade-old code named Mimikatz. It highlighted an ongoing Windows flaw that could expose users’ passwords left as cleartext in system memory. Even today, any exploitable system that hosts multiple users stands ready to expose those passwords to hackers, who can then seize that data and use it to log into adjacent exploitable systems.

Jan 21, 2020Despite just being at the company for a short time, Faiyaz Shahpurwala, chief product officer at Fortanix, has been focused on delivering product and strategy. However, as a security expert, he took some time out to talk to us about his experience in the industry along with the announcement of a new form of security that could change so much in encryption.

Jan 19, 2020CloudSphere, Fortanix and MontyCloud all talk about what’s at stake and what partners must do now.

Jan 17, 2020Microsoft has already issued a patch for the latest Windows vulnerability, which organizations should apply right away to avoid exposure to malware.

Jan 15, 2020Overnight, Microsoft announced a patch for a vulnerability discovered by the NSA in Windows 10. The vulnerability could have been exploited by hackers to create malicious software that looked legitimate.

Jan 10, 2020According to Gartner, 70% of businesses are adopting a hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategy to augment their internal data centers. The challenges of protecting data and using encryption for multiple hybrid, public cloud, and on-premises environments increases complexity, cost, and security risk. Interview with Ambuj Kumar, Fortanix CEO for Security Weekly podcast.

Jan 8, 2020Secure enclaves can help reduce data breaches dramatically and support the value of the cloud securely.

Jan 6, 2020The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) came into force on January 1st 2020 and requires impacted organizations to take various compliance measures to avoid potentially large fines. One of the key steps that organizations can take to manage the associated risks is to implement an holistic approach to encryption: as Anand Kashyap, CTO and co-founder at Fortanix explains.

Dec 27, 2019The benefits of operational efficiency and flexibility delivered by public cloud resources have encouraged today’s organizations to migrate applications and data to external computing platforms located outside the perceived security of on-premises infrastructures. Many businesses are now adopting a “cloud-first” design approach that emphasizes elastic scalability and cost reduction above ownership and management, and, in some cases, security.

Dec 23, 2019Fortanix is listed as a winner in the TMCNet Cloud Security Excellence Awards 2019

Dec 19, 2019The move to allow companies to manage and store their encryption keys outside of Google Cloud is a big deal because “it gives customers complete control of their keys,” Fortanix CTO and co-founder Anand Kashyap said.

Dec 19, 2019Cloud EKM is designed to separate data at rest from encryption keys stored in a third-party management system. Google this week announced the beta availability of its Google Cloud External Key Manager (Cloud EKM), a new tool intended to create separation between data and encryption keys.

Dec 16, 2019When running workloads with sensitive and regulated data in the cloud, organisations are seeking greater options to enable them to protect and control that data themselves. Faiyaz Shahpurwala, Chief Product Officer at Fortanix, tells us how, by taking control of their encryption keys, organisations will be able complete their Digital Transformation journeys and start applying the benefits of the cloud for their most sensitive and essential assets.

Dec 5, 2019For decades, the cornerstone of IT security has been Public Key Infrastructure, or PKI, a system that allows you to encrypt and sign data, issuing digital certificates that authenticate the identity of users.

Nov 25, 2019Securing data has been one of the most debated topics in the information industry these days and so far there has been no definite answer to that.

Nov 20, 2019Google added new security capabilities around data encryption, network security, security analytics, and user protection at the U.K. edition of its annual Cloud Next event.

Nov 20, 2019While many cloud service providers have allowed customers to bring their own keys (BYOK), Google Cloud Platform is linking up with the Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) to become the first public cloud provider to enable customers to bring their own key management system (BYOKMS).

Nov 1, 2019In this episode of Intel Chip Chat, Jim Gordon, GM of Ecosystem Business Development, Strategy and Communication for Intel, joins Allyson Klein to talk about Intel’s next generation Intel® Xeon E processors and Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX).

Oct 30, 2019Security Current, the premier CISO knowledge-sharing community, today announced that CISOs from across industries selected Fortanix® Inc. as the winner of the Security Shark Tank® Chicago 2019.

Sep 30, 2019Fortanix’s innovation leverages Runtime Encryption® technology, powered by Intel® SGX which is both a partner and an investor in the company, to create an enclave around mission-critical applications.

Sep 30, 2019Fortanix’s innovation leverages Runtime Encryption® technology, powered by Intel® SGX which is both a partner and an investor in the company, to create an enclave around mission-critical applications.

Sep 19, 2019Fortanix® Inc., the Runtime Encryption® company, announced it was mentioned as a Sample Vendor for Confidential Computing in three recent Gartner Hype Cycle reports: Hype Cycle for Cloud Security, 2019; Hype Cycle for Compute Infrastructure, 2019; and Hype Cycle for Privacy, 2019.

Sep 10, 2019Just like the adoption of VMware, the ecosystem is vast with a focus on providing hybrid cloud and multicloud solutions.

Sep 6, 2019Cloud applications must trust that the accuracy and security of the cloud infrastructure, and associated code, will ensure their classification and uprightness. For example, most of our banks host our transaction data in the cloud.

Aug 29, 2019Fortanix Inc., the runtime encryption company, announces its Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) now supports secure enterprise-wide encryption for VMware vSAN and vSphere environments, uniquely protecting VMware customers’ private data in both cloud and on-premise VMware infrastructure.

Aug 29, 2019Anand Kashyap, Fortanix’s co-founder and CTO, tells us a particular target may be attractive for cybercriminals. “Cybercriminals will often go for an easier target. This encompasses everything from not following best security practices, using unpatched or unvetted software, improperly trained employees, and lack of use of adequate encryption and key management. Many targets are not high-tech companies and lack security expertise and even personnel to build a strong security solution.”

Aug 27, 2019Fortanix® Inc., the Runtime Encryption® company, announced its Self-Defending Key Management Service™ (SDKMS) now supports secure enterprise-wide encryption for VMware vSAN and vSphere environments, uniquely protecting VMware customers’ private data in both cloud and on-premise VMware infrastructure.

Aug 27, 2019Working with VMware enables us to deliver the unique encryption services and deterministic security from Fortanix to the wide vSAN and vSphere customer bases.

Aug 26, 2019Fortanix® Inc., the Runtime Encryption® company, today announced its Self-Defending Key Management Service™ (SDKMS) now supports secure enterprise-wide encryption for VMware vSAN and vSphere environments, uniquely protecting VMware customers’ private data in both cloud and on-premise VMware infrastructure.

Aug 22, 2019Fortanix® Inc., the Runtime Encryption® company, announced it is entering its third year of delivering Confidential Computing and cloud security solutions based on Intel® Secure Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) secure enclaves.

Jul 30, 2019Additional suggestions include authorization, access, and understanding users' needs.

Jul 30, 2019In this final part of a three part series, we discuss what security professionals from across the industry believe security teams can do to better ensure the integrity of their software and systems.

Jul 24, 2019Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation.

Jul 23, 2019There is a growing need to process or consume sensitive data outside the trust boundary. This is critical for some business operations; for example, sharing and processing sensitive healthcare data outside the organization for treatment insights and other purposes.

Jul 19, 2019Emerging Security Vendors To Know In 2019. As part of CRN's Emerging Vendors for 2019, here are 46 hot security startups, founded in 2013 or later, that solution providers should be aware of.

Jul 19, 2019Here's what we can learn from the most common security failures.

Jul 19, 2019Sophistication of attacks, lack of ownership, and many "other" concerns.

Jul 11, 2019Lack of fundamentals, training, and vision — these are amongst some of the most common security fails.

Jul 3, 2019Creating a security culture supported by training, good hygiene, and processes are mentioned most frequently as effective security techniques.

Jul 3, 2019Fortanix featured as one of the 10 top Cybersecurity startups of the year (2019) that include companies solving challenges around cloud, identity management, microsegmentation, emerging threats, and stopping internal network attacks that got by perimeter defenses.

Jul 2, 2019We're seeing changes in speed and complexity, DevSecOps, use of artificial intelligence and machine learning, and more.

May 30, 2019'ASTORS' Award-Winning Fortanix SDKMS Earns FIPS Level 1 Cert

May 16, 2019ZombieLoad is similar to last year's Meltdown, Spectre, and Foreshadow attacks, said Jethro Beekman, technical director at Fortanix, a Mountain View, California-based security vendor.

May 14, 2019O.C. Tanner considered encryption and key management products from Gemalto, Thales, and other legacy vendors, and then David Petersen came across Fortanix and “it looked like a really good fit,” he said. “We had a working PoC [proof of concept] within a month.”

May 2, 2019To garner an expert’s view of enterprise-class hardware-based Runtime Encryption®, we spoke with Ambuj Kumar, founder and CEO of Fortanix. Fortanix is the leader in Runtime Encryption® designed for use in the enterprise.

Apr 17, 2019Cybersecurity is a fundamental component for success of IoT projects. Learn more from the interview with Tammy Schuring, Fortanix' senior VP of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations for Channel Vision Magazine

Mar 21, 2019The Fortanix Enclave Development Platform is the preferred way for writing Intel® SGX applications from scratch. Ambuj Kumar's, Fortanix CEO and Co-founder, interview with Digital Anarchist at RSA Conference 2019 about a specific use case.

Mar 19, 2019Intel and Fortanix extended their security partnership at this year’s RSA Conference. The two companies take a hardware-plus-software approach with Fortanix’s cloud-delivered encryption and key management running on top of Intel’s processor-hardened enclaves.

Mar 11, 2019IBM Cloud Data Shield leverages Fortanix’s Runtime Encryption Platform, which brings deterministic security with runtime memory encryption to applications that protects data in use, without requiring any modifications to applications. Fortanix brings Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) technology into the mix to further protect application data, by allowing developers to partition their application into processor-hardened enclaves or protected areas of execution in memory that increase security even on compromised platforms.

Mar 6, 2019Fortanix, at RSA Conference 2019, launched an Enclave Development Platform (EDP) based on an open source software development kit (SDK) written in Rust.

Mar 6, 2019The Enclave Development Platform (EDP) allows developers to leverage Rust’s built-in functionalities to help create more secure applications. It is an open-source software development kit that uses state-of-the-art security properties of the Rust language and Intel SGX to deliver a more secure application development platform.

Mar 6, 2019Runtime encryption company Fortanix has launched a free and open source software development kit (SDK) for building Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) applications.

Mar 4, 2019Fortanix launched its Enclave Development Platform (EDP) at RSA Conference. The Fortanix EDP provides a native Rust-based SDK to write Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) enclaves.

Feb 15, 2019A key security vulnerability that many banks still need to address is how to keep data safe when it is being used by an application — often called “data in memory.”

Feb 4, 2019Fortanix recently closed a $23 million Series B round of funding led by Intel Capital. The company’s total funding is now $31 million. Round participants included existing investors Foundation Capital and Neotribe. In addition, Intel Capital director Sunil Kurkure will join the Fortanix board of directors.

Feb 2, 2019Fortanix uniquely helps protect encryption keys, databases, machine learning algorithms, and containers to help secure organisations’ data in private, public and hybrid cloud environments. This new funding is a testament to the tremendous growth we’ve already experienced in 18 months since we first launched our product.

Feb 1, 2019Earlier this week, Fortanix announced that it had closed a sizeable Series B round of funding, which will help the company execute on its bold vision of helping solve today's cloud security and data privacy problems. To find out more about the funding news, the company, their technology and partnerships, VMblog spoke with Ambuj Kumar, the company's CEO and co-founder. Kumar also goes into detail about the major trends that he sees in cloud security for the remainder of 2019.

Jan 31, 2019The Runtime Encryption technology company, Fortanix Inc., declared today that it raised $23 million Series B round funding led by Intel Capital, with existing investors Foundation Capital and Neotribe as round participants. Fortanix and Intel are working together to address Cloud Security and Data Privacy Problem by providing secure enclaves and Key management Protection in the Cloud.

Jan 31, 2019Fortanix has closed a $23 million Series B round of funding led by Intel Capital. Round participants included existing investors Foundation Capital and Neotribe. In addition, Sunil Kurkure, Director, Intel Capital, will join the Fortanix Board of Directors. The funding brings the company’s total funding to $31 million.

Jan 31, 2019Cloud security and data privacy startup Fortanix Inc announced it has raised $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Intel Capital. Existing investors Foundation Capital and Neotribe also participated in the funding round. Following the fund infusion, Sunil Kurkure, Director, Intel Capital, will join US-based Fortanix’s board of directors. The latest funding round takes the total funding raised by the company to $31 million.

Jan 30, 2019Cybersecurity vendor Fortanix has closed a $23 million Series B round of funding led by Intel Capital, bringing its total funding to $31 million. Round participants included existing investors Foundation Capital and Neotribe. In addition, Sunil Kurkure, director of Intel Capital, will join the Fortanix board of directors.

Jan 30, 2019Fortanix Inc., Mountain View, $23 million: Intel Capital led the Series B funding of this encryption technology company. It was joined by Foundation Capital and Neotribe. Intel Capital Director Sunil Kurkure will join the Fortanix Board of Directors.

Jan 30, 2019Security startup Fortanix closed a $23 million Series B led by Intel Capital. The investment brings the company’s total funding to $31 million. Existing investors Foundation Capital and Neotribe also contributed. The company will use the new round to expand its sales team globally and further develop its key management and encryption technologies, said Ambuj Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Fortanix. It also strengthens the startup’s partnership and work with Intel — Fortanix’s software runs on Intel hardware.

Jan 30, 2019The investment seeks to fortify Intel’s footprint in the cloud-data sector by boosting Fortanix’s Runtime Encryption offerings. Fortanix have raised Series-B funding of USD 23 million from Intel Capital to protect data in the systems from vulnerabilities. With this investment, Intel Capital aims to consolidate their footprint in the cloud-data sector and help Fortanix remove complex and intractable security challenges.

Jan 30, 2019Fortanix, a cloud security company, announced Wednesday that it raised $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Intel Capital with participation from past investors Foundation Capital and Neotribe. The company offers two main platforms that are meant to protect the data clients use and the various keys they need to run their applications. The products are aimed at enterprises that rely on cloud services for their infrastructure and containerization to run their applications.

Jan 30, 2019Mountain View, California-based Fortanix, a runtime encryption solutions provider, has secured $23 million in Series B funding. Intel Capital led the round with participation from other investors that included Foundation Capital and Neotribe. In addition to the funding, Sunil Kurkure of Intel Capital will join the Fortanix’s board of directors.

Jan 30, 2019Fortanix, a California-based company that specializes in encrypting data and applications, on Wednesday announced that it raised $23 million in a Series B funding round, which brings the total funding to date to $31 million. The funding round was led by Intel Capital with participation from Foundation Capital and Neotribe. Intel Capital Director Sunil Kurkure will join Fortanix’s board of directors.

Jan 30, 2019Modern encryption tools can provide a strong layer of defense for data that’s sitting idly or being transmitted across a network. But records must be decrypted into their original, readable form whenever an application needs to use them, which creates an opening for hackers. Mountain View, California-based Fortanix Inc. is working to close this security gap. The startup today announced that its efforts have received a significant outside boost in the form of a $23 million funding round led by Intel Corp.’s venture capital arm.

Jan 30, 2019Fortanix, Inc., a Mountain View, CA-based runtime encryption technology company, closed a $23m Series B round of funding. The round, which brings total funding to $31m, was led by Intel Capital, with participation from existing investors Foundation Capital and Neotribe. In conjunction with the funding, Sunil Kurkure, Director, Intel Capital, will join the Fortanix Board of Directors.

Jan 30, 2019Intel Capital today announced that it has participated in two investment rounds aimed at strengthening and securing infrastructure around cloud computing. Intel’s VC arm said it led a $23 million investment round for Fortanix that included money from Foundation Capital and Neotribe, bringing the startup’s total raised to $31 million.

Jan 30, 2019Fortanix, which offers a Runtime Encryption® platform, just announced that it has closed a $23 million Series B funding round with Intel Capital and In-Q-Tel Ventures. The investment validates Fortanix’s focus on runtime security as a fundamental element of cloud security. Intel Capital and In-Q-Tel Ventures join Series A investors Foundational Capital and Neotribe Ventures in backing Fortanix.

Jan 30, 2019The company’s investments here include the appointment of Tammy Schuring as the first head of sales, and the development of a channel expansion strategy. Today, Mountain View CA-based startup Fortanix is announcing that it has closed their $23 million Series B funding round. Intel Capital led the round.

Jan 29, 2019Artificial intelligence has been called today’s new electricity, a potential fundamental building block for our society. I believe that opening up the full potential of AI to financial services, health care, automotive and other regulated verticals can greatly benefit customers, industries and even society. However, a strong technology is needed to protect personal and private sensitive datasets from misuse and abuse.

Jan 7, 2019Our Runtime Encryption® technology has been hallmark of deterministic security. If you have a sensitive application that needs protection from a root user, cloud providers, or even operating systems, Runtime Encryption technology builds upon Intel® SGX to provide an entirely new level of security that the industry has been chasing after for long time.

Dec 17, 2018The key to protecting these systems is not only to ensure the control environment is secure and protected but also to deploy emerging technologies such as confidential computing.

Dec 17, 2018The governments around the world will demand increased transparency from companies who have amassed large amounts of PII data. Big data platform fueled the rise of multiple mega-corps, now the pendulum has swung the other way and society needs to ensure the platform is not abused by adverse nations or rogue individuals.

Dec 14, 2018Protecting your stored data on the cloud is a concern, but it's easy enough with encryption. But protecting your data when it's being used on the cloud is not so simple. Enter IBM, which, in partnership with Fortanix, is now providing data-in-use protection for your container workloads running on the IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service with IBM Cloud Data Shield.

Dec 13, 2018Fortanix unveiled that ELASTX has deployed its Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) to protect customers’ data as they migrate to the cloud. Now ELASTX customers can utilize its platforms that now offer security of their private data moving to the cloud, powered by Fortanix.

Dec 13, 2018The security industry has long relied on a blacklist based approach – find out what’s bad and prevent that from happening. Such approaches have shown their limitation with the increased infrastructure complexity. New solutions will evolve ensuing only the activities and applications on an approved whitelist will be allowed access and everything else will be disabled.

Dec 7, 2018GCP under new leadership will be the one to watch out for. While developers are good entry points in an organization, a strong enterprise sales team is needed to navigate the challenges of cloud migration.

Dec 7, 2018New types of privacy-aware frameworks will allow healthcare businesses to use AI and ML with the most sensitive patient data, providing new insights for diseases such as cancer and helping with highly personalized drug discovery.

Dec 6, 2018More states will follow the suit of California in demanding IoT devices provide “reasonable security” and privacy. IoT devices, today, have capabilities to burn houses and regulate blood-flow — it’s mind-boggling that we got this far without much regulation, but it’ll change and everyone should be thankful for that.

Dec 6, 2018With containers firmly established as the new compute structure, new solutions will continue to evolve in the container ecosystem.

Dec 1, 2018Organizations are finding that next-generation HSM and Key Management capabilities offered as a subscription-based approach deliver powerful data protection and TCO benefits.

Nov 18, 2018The USPS incident is staggering in its scope and its brazen poor security. Private information of 60M users was left exposed without any protection. Anyone with a usps.com address could have viewed the name, address, phone number, and more of all the people on the system.

Nov 5, 2018Our mission at Fortanix is to solve cloud security and privacy. We recognize the importance of secure and private cloud computing in unlocking the true potential of the digital era. If application code and data can be protected without having to trust the infrastructure, business owners can better innovate on scaling their business. To help make this possible, Fortanix uses protected enclaves provided by Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX).

Oct 31, 2018Fortanix, a leader in Runtime Encryption®, and a Finalist in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program, is partnering with Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, to integrate its Self-Defending Key Management Service™ (SDKMS) with the Alibaba Cloud platform, introducing new levels of security and privacy with cloud Runtime Encryption® key management.

Oct 23, 2018With the Fortanix deal, Alibaba aims to launch an encryption tool to manage sensitive data whereas with SUSE, they aim to expand their public cloud alliance.

Oct 23, 2018Alibaba and Fortanix have teamed up on cloud security to integrate Fortanix’s key management service with the Alibaba Cloud platform. It’s a significant deal for both companies, giving the Chinese cloud giant another U.S.-based partner as it seeks to expand its reach. And it gives the security startup a new cloud partner since launching just over a year ago.

Oct 12, 2018There are new solutions in the market that offer Next-Generation Hardware Security Module (NGHSM) functionalities. Unlike traditional HSMs, NGHSMs are built to meet the requirements of today’s modern distributed manufacturing, online services and billions of devices.

Aug 28, 2018Fortanix Inc. announced Tuesday that its Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) has achieved VMware Ready status. This designation indicates that after a detailed validation process Fortanix SDKMS has achieved VMware’s highest level of endorsement and is supported on VMware vSphere 6.7 and vSAN 6.7 for production environments.

Aug 23, 2018Fortanix announced it is addressing enterprise blockchain security requirements by enhancing its Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) Hardware Security Module (HSM) solution with cryptographic algorithms and new data protection features and to help organizations secure encryption keys for blockchain and financial information.

Aug 23, 2018Fortanix, Inc. recently announced the launch of its enhanced Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) next-gen Hardware Security Module (HSM) solution. The solution, which uniquely helps address crucial enterprise blockchain security needs, gets advanced cryptographic algorithms as well as new data protection features that are aimed at helping organizations safeguard encryption keys for financial information and blockchain.

Aug 23, 2018Ambuj Kumar is a CEO & Co-founder of Fortanix - A Leader in Runtime Encryption. In the following interview, Ambuj talks about his entrepreneurial journey.

Aug 23, 2018If you want to protect your data, you encrypt it. That’s a well-established countermeasure. We encrypt data at rest. We encrypt data in transit. What about when your data is memory or being processed in the CPU? That’s been a tricky area, historically. This is where Fortanix offers a solution.

Aug 22, 2018Fortanix® Inc., the leader in Runtime Encryption, announced it is uniquely addressing critical enterprise blockchain security requirements by enhancing its Self-Defending Key Management Service™ (SDKMS) next-generation Hardware Security Module (HSM) solution with advanced cryptographic algorithms and new data protection features and to help organizations secure encryption keys for blockchain and financial information.

Aug 17, 2018VIDEO: Ambuj Kumar, CEO, Fortanix sits down with Jeff Frick for a CUBEConversation at theCUBE Studio in Palo Alto, CA.

Aug 6, 2018Ambuj Kumar, CEO of Fortanix, comments on TSMC’s computer virus outbreak on the evening of August 3, which affected a number of computer systems and fab tools in Taiwan.

Aug 2, 2018Ambuj Kumar, CEO of Fortanix, noted that malicious actors can intercept text messages using fake base stations or subscriber hijacking attacks, yet many banks and service providers continue to use SMS-based authentication.

Aug 1, 2018Reddit learned the hard way that SMS-based authentication is not nearly as secure as they hoped,” said Ambuj Kumar, CEO, Fortanix.

Jul 26, 2018As part of CRN's Emerging Vendors for 2018, Fortanix is one of 54 hot cybersecurity companies, founded in 2012 or later, that solution providers should be aware of.

Jul 25, 2018As more organizations continue to migrate to the cloud, concerns remain about security of the infrastructure backing the cloud and privacy of their data. For decades, businesses have been trying to run software with hardened, more secure architectures.

Jun 25, 2018Fortanix announced its Runtime Encryption® Platform is adding Python and R capabilities to help developers and data scientists develop new techniques for analysis and machine learning. The Runtime Encryption® Platform is designed to provide security and privacy for organizations with sensitive workloads.

Jun 23, 2018Fortanix Inc. announced this week that it has extended the capabilities of its initial Runtime Encryption® Platform to secure Python- and R-based applications that have widespread use in the data science community.

Jun 20, 2018Fortanix announced it has extended the capabilities of the industry’s Runtime Encryption® Platform to secure Python- and R-based applications that have widespread use in the data science community.

Jun 20, 2018Bias-enabling algorithms and smart contract tech no one quite trusts now easier to secure

Jun 20, 2018This week, at Cyber Week in Israel, Intel announced silicon-based security solutions that can help improve the privacy, security and scalability for data-centric workloads like AI and blockchain.

Jun 20, 2018Intel vice president Rick Echevarria discusses the challenges of balancing data security with new technologies like blockchain and artificial intelligence.

Jun 20, 2018Fortanix®, provider of Runtime Encryption™ has extended the capabilities of the industry’s first and only Runtime Encryption® Platform to secure Python- and R-based applications that have widespread use in the data science community.

Jun 20, 2018Hackers are getting better at exploiting encryption gaps that expose plain-text data. New hardware and software Runtime Encryption® solutions aim to close those gaps.

Jun 7, 2018Reliably evaluating the security of modern infrastructure requires a solid understanding of the hardware supporting it.

May 25, 2018GDPR compliance will require a number of processes, technologies, internal culture shifts and more to all come together. Effective May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation is a framework to enforce data protection and privacy laws. Although GDPR is a European regulation, financial services organizations doing any kind of data processing for European consumers will have to adhere to the requirements to remain in compliance.

May 25, 2018The Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) creates a control layer between the data controller and the data processors to help meet GDPR requirements around data audit, control and erasure.

May 24, 2018Fortanix Inc. announced Thursday that it has integrated its Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) with technology partners to offer Next-Generation Hardware Security Module (NGHSM) solutions for access management, data-at-rest encryption, payments and Internet of Things (IoT).

May 14, 2018Runner-up Fortanix is a secure key and crytpographic service delivering runtime encryption. Fortanix CEO Ambuj Kmar explained that its technology protects data in use, even when the infrastructure has been compromised. Memory is a free for all, with hackers and forensic tools often scraping out passwords and private data. With Fortanix's runtime encryption, even data held in memory remains private.

May 14, 2018Last week, the company revealed that it was named a “cool vendor” in Internet of Things (IoT) security by Gartner, which said “the ability to encrypt main memory with customer-controlled keys will be useful in cloud environments when handling both secrets and concerns about main memory being physically accessed, captured by another virtual machine (VM) or snapshotted.”

May 14, 2018Security startup Fortanix’s star is on the rise. The Mountain View, California-based company emerged from stealth mode last June with $8 million in Series A funding. Since then, it’s partnered with data center giant Equinix, which uses Fortanix’s key management software to power its new security service. And it also teamed up with IBM on a cloud security service that protects data in use with Fortanix’s technology.

May 9, 2018With data breaches on the rise, agencies are looking to proven data encryption solutions to keep their information secure in cloud. However, encryption has not achieved its full potential, partly because of limitations in a public cloud setting.

May 8, 2018To use encryption for GDPR compliance, HSMs need to adopt cloud-native infrastructure and accommodate mobile-native users.

May 4, 2018On none other than World Password Day, a Twitter bug was announced that led to the passwords of all 336 million users being stored in plaintext in an internal log.

May 4, 2018Twitter has revealed that a bug in its systems resulted in some passwords being stored in a log in clear text, underlining the need for alternative authentication methods, say industry commentators

Apr 30, 2018Startups in the RSA Conference Innovation Sandbox competed for the title of "Most Innovative."

Apr 27, 2018In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2018, Ketan Shah, VP of Products at Fortanix, talks about how the Fortanix Runtime Encryption® platform leverages Intel SGX to enable general purpose computation on encrypted data without ever exposing plaintext application code or data.

Apr 17, 2018To protect the edge, enterprises should move toward architectures that will protect applications even if the infrastructure is compromised.

Apr 13, 2018Ambuj Kumar says he’ll face a higher hurdle than the other nine finalists in the RSAC Innovation Sandbox Contest on Monday, when he’ll have three minutes to convince judges that his startup, Fortanix, deserves to win the prestigious competition.

Apr 12, 2018Fortanix’ solution is secured with Intel SGX technology and has been built for modern cloud-scale applications.

Apr 11, 2018Ambuj Kumar will give a presentation in the session that describes how Runtime Encryption® and Intel SGX keep a container encrypted during runtime to protect data in use from host OS, root users and network intruders, even if the infrastructure is compromised. The session will take place on April 17 from 3:30 pm PDT – 4:15 pm PDT.

Apr 6, 2018Colo provider first to market among peers with encryption service based on Intel’s cutting-edge SGX tech.

Apr 3, 2018Ambuj Kumar, CEO Fortanix answers some of the most common questions about GDPR and what the new regulation might mean for your business.

Mar 30, 2018One approach organizations can consider for protection against side channel attacks is combining Runtime Encryption® of data in use with Intel SGX to deliver secure computation on data in an untrusted environment, without exposing the data to the untrusted environment.

Mar 29, 2018Security startups competing in this year's RSA Innovation Sandbox will present new offerings for threat detection, cloud security, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Mar 26, 2018While vendors come to demonstrate and discuss their latest innovations, only 10 vendors have been selected by the RSA Conference as finalists in the annual RSAC Innovation Sandbox contest.

Mar 26, 2018Equinix has partnered with Fortanix to provide the SaaS service, which will use Fortanix next-generation HSM and Fortanix Runtime Encryption® technology to ensure key privacy.

Mar 17, 2018Equinix has selected Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) to power its SmartKey hardware security module (HSM) as a service, aimed at securing data across enterprise and cloud environments.

Mar 14, 2018Equinix had collaborated with Fortanix for the actualization of the project, which had been in the beta phase since November 2017.

Mar 13, 2018The release of SmartKey occurred alongside Equinix announcing it had selected Fortanix’s next-generation Hardware Security Module (HSM) solution, the Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS), to power SmartKey HSM-as-a-service.

Mar 13, 2018The new service uses Intel SXG and Fortanix software. Intel SXG (stands for software guard extensions) protects select code and data from disclosure or modification. Fortanix’s Runtime Encryption® software ensures the privacy of keys.

Mar 13, 2018Fortanix Inc. announced on Tuesday that Equinix has selected its next-generation Hardware Security Module (HSM) solution, the Fortanix Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS), to power Equinix SmartKey HSM-as-a-service which has also been announced as publicly available by Equinix.

Feb 28, 2018Some companies have speculated that a simple way to be compliant, regardless of fuzzy national status definitions, is to simply process all data in Europe for customers who could be EU residents.

Feb 27, 2018Data centers are increasingly moving to hyper-converged infrastructure to reduce costs and streamline maintenance. But there are also security disadvantages of moving to hyper-converged infrastructure, experts interviewed by Data Center Knowledge warn.

Feb 26, 2018A side channel attack is a way to extract sensitive information from a system by some means other than the intended input and output channels

Feb 2, 2018Encryption company Fortanix is targeting resellers and managed services providers (MSPs) with its inaugural partner program.

Feb 2, 2018Acquisition’s main purpose is brainpower; Skyport appliance will sunset

Feb 1, 2018As we move into another new year, there is an unfortunate sense of déjà vu – existing approaches to securing applications and infrastructure have been ineffective.

Jan 25, 2018Runtime Encryption® provider Fortanix has announced the launch of its channel partner program, broadening the reach of Fortanix’s Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS).

Jan 25, 2018Fortanix debuts channel program and alliance to help resellers address security as businesses move to cloud.

Jan 25, 2018Cybersecurity vendor Fortanix on Thursday launched its first partner program to meet global demand for its Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) appliance, a cloud-ready hardware security module (HSM)-as-a-service offering.

Jan 25, 2018Fortanix provides a Self-Defending Key Management Service solution that can be sold either as a service or as an appliance, and is designed to overcome traditional problems with key management.

Jan 8, 2018Fortanix is named among the notable companies in cloud security industry.

Dec 20, 2017Short on security professionals, enterprises scream for more automation as attacks increase in number and scope. Ambuj Kumar (CEO and co-founder of Fortanix) comments on the news.

Dec 20, 2017Fortanix came out of stealth mode to deliver Runtime Encryption® solutions this summer. What exactly is Runtime Encryption?

Dec 1, 2017Data centre and interconnection giant Equinix has introduced a hardware security module (HSM) as-a-service offering, called the SmartKey.

Nov 15, 2017Fortanix Inc. announced on Tuesday that its Self-Defending Key Management Service (SDKMS) extends Runtime Encryption® protection beyond cryptographic keys and private data with the industry’s first Runtime Encryption® Plugin to secure sensitive application code.

Nov 11, 2017Bring-your-own-key (BYOK) is a solution in which the end user enterprise, rather than the cloud service provider (CSP) or vendor, controls the encryption keys.

Nov 8, 2017Encrypting data at rest and in flight is not enough; solution could help Equifax avoid epic breach

Oct 30, 2017Ask any security guy what’s the hardest attack to prevent. It’s an attacker with a root password. Such attackers can virtually do whatever they want with your system. All your applications and data stand naked to such an attacker. They can steal whatever data or IP they want. All the security tools in the world cannot do anything about it. Fortanix changes this.

Oct 27, 2017It's apparent that existing approaches to securing applications and infrastructure have been ineffective. What's even more frustrating is that despite the plethora of solutions for detecting and analyzing breaches, there haven't been any real breakthroughs in preventing data breaches. There is no law of physics stipulating that data breaches cannot be prevented with 100% certainty.

Oct 12, 2017WannaCry and Petya demonstrate that worms have come into their own, and keeping systems patched only goes so far from protecting your data center against them.

Sep 29, 2017Fortanix launches Runtime Encryption® using Intel SGX.

Sep 28, 2017Fortanix Inc., announced this week that its self-defending key management service (SDKMS), a cloud service secured with Runtime Encryption® technology that protects organizations from software vulnerabilities that can allow hacker attacks similar to the recent Equifax data breach.

Sep 28, 2017Private data can be protected when it's at rest. It can be protected when it's in transit. But what about when it's being accessed by applications?

Sep 27, 2017What makes this specific breach even more damaging is the type of the stolen data.

Sep 27, 2017Fortanix Secures Information from Software Vulnerabilities with Runtime Encryption® Technology -- Fortanix Protects Organizations from Attacks and Threats such as Equifax Data Breach with Solution that Keeps Data Encrypted even During Runtime.

Sep 13, 2017Clunky old key management solutions and HSMs don't work in the cloud. It's time for new solutions.

Sep 1, 2017Hardware-based security can stop compromized credentials from being used to leak data.

Jun 14, 2017Startup aims to lock down applications with its encryption technology.

Jun 14, 2017For the past year, Ambuj and Anand have incubated Fortanix at Foundation Capital, building a solution to a critical security problem: encryption during runtime.

Jun 14, 2017Major breakthrough in cybersecurity with the invention of Runtime Encryption™