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5 Things SaaS Companies Get Wrong with BYOK
5 Things SaaS Companies Get Wrong with BYOK
Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) is an acronym without a clear and widely agreed-upon definition. It can mean anything from uploading some key…
Patrick Walsh
Apr 2
7 Predictions for 2024
7 Predictions for 2024
We look ahead at the tech industry in 2024 and the factors that will influence its direction and decision making from AI to cybersecurity.
Patrick Walsh
Jan 16
AI Systems And Vector Databases Are Generating New Privacy Risks
AI Systems And Vector Databases Are Generating New Privacy Risks
The proliferation of generally intelligent AI models is turning machine learning projects on their heads and changing the source of risk…
Patrick Walsh
Nov 3, 2023
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“Embeddings Aren’t Human Readable” And Other Nonsense
“Embeddings Aren’t Human Readable” And Other Nonsense
In the last month, I’ve heard this and similar things a number of times. Senior leaders at vector database companies told me vector…
Patrick Walsh
Aug 21, 2023
Waitlist Now Open for New Encrypted AI Vector Embeddings Solution
Waitlist Now Open for New Encrypted AI Vector Embeddings Solution
Protect sensitive data stored in your vector database with encryption you won’t even notice, unless you’re a hacker
Patrick Walsh
Jul 5, 2023
A security expert’s data privacy checklist
A security expert’s data privacy checklist
As a security professional, the top question I get is, “what do you do to protect your own privacy?” Here’s what I recommend, along with a…
Patrick Walsh
May 4, 2023
Top 3 Ways to Justify Encryption to the Business
Top 3 Ways to Justify Encryption to the Business
Have you ever tried to convince a coworker or boss that you need to secure sensitive data by encrypting it? As the CEO of a tech company…
Patrick Walsh
Mar 7, 2023
6 Predictions for Cybersecurity in 2023
6 Predictions for Cybersecurity in 2023
Plus three bonus mini-predictions
Patrick Walsh
Jan 10, 2023
Meta Amasses $1B In GDPR Fines and Still Undeterred… For Now
Meta Amasses $1B In GDPR Fines and Still Undeterred… For Now
Meta has had a bad year with privacy violations and sloppy data security coming home to roost. How bad is it? Really bad. For them.
Patrick Walsh
Dec 14, 2022
OpenSearch Partner Highlight: Using Cloaked Search to Protect Your Data
OpenSearch Partner Highlight: Using Cloaked Search to Protect Your Data
Originally published on the OpenSearch blog.
Patrick Walsh
Nov 21, 2022
How To Neutralize Toxic Data In Custom Fields
How To Neutralize Toxic Data In Custom Fields
Encrypting Custom Fields Reduces Risk When Customers Store Sensitive Data Within The Cloud Application
Riah Lawry
Sep 15, 2022
How To Be Crypto-Agile: Building Cryptographic Resiliency In The Age of Quantum Computers
How To Be Crypto-Agile: Building Cryptographic Resiliency In The Age of Quantum Computers
Cryptography makes everything in our modern lives possible. Without it, the internet would be reduced to a giant wasteland of digital…
Patrick Walsh
May 26, 2022
What You Need To Know About The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework
What You Need To Know About The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework
It’s a Tightrope We’ve Been On Before
Patrick Walsh
Mar 30, 2022
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