IBM to Help Automate Cloud Data Protection with Acquisition of Polar Security

The pandemic drove a sharp increase in cloud adoption, leaving organizations to grapple with a deluge of cloud data that led to more silos and “shadow data”– sensitive data not being tracked or managed. An agentless platform that connects within minutes, Polar Security can automatically find unknown and sensitive data across the cloud, including structured and unstructured assets within cloud service providers, SaaS properties, and data lakes. IBM plans to integrate Polar Security’s DSPM technology within its Guardium family of leading data security products. With the integration of Polar Security’s DSPM technology, IBM Security® Guardium will provide security teams with a data security platform that spans all data types across all storage locations – SaaS, on premise and in public cloud infrastructure. Clients can learn more about Polar Security by visiting: https://www.polar.security/.