Enveil, a Privacy Enhancing Technology (PET) company, has been recognized as a Cool Vendor in Data Security by Gartner. The report highlights innovative approaches to safeguard data and profiles four pioneering vendors, including Enveil, that can help organizations maximize the value of sharing data assets. Enveil's solutions enable secure and private data usage, collaboration, and analysis without the need to replicate or move assets. The company's PETs ensure that search, analytic, or machine learning models and their results are never exposed. Enveil is deployed at scale and aims to revolutionize data usage in various industries.
Enveil has announced a partnership and distribution agreement with Vertosoft, a leading software distributor, to expand its reach in the public sector. The collaboration will enable Vertosoft to distribute Enveil's ZeroReveal software solutions, allowing public sector organizations to securely and privately leverage data to unlock value. Enveil's ZeroReveal solutions enable efficient utilization of data across silos and security boundaries, ensuring secure data usage in the public sector. The partnership with Vertosoft will accelerate the delivery of Enveil's secure data usage capabilities and help public sector customers harness the power of Privacy Enhancing Technologies [b9ece5f5].
Sandvine, a computer networking company, has decided to halt its efforts to sell a controversial internet surveillance tool called Digital Witness in the United States [53bb2575]. Digital Witness, designed to track encrypted messages, raised concerns about potential abuse and human rights violations. Sandvine's previous collaboration with authoritarian governments and economic challenges also hindered its success. The company has laid off most of the team working on Digital Witness, effectively ending its efforts to sell the tool in North America [53bb2575].
In a protest against big tech companies, Surfshark, a VPN firm, installed a 2.5-meter-tall pink pipe spilling green slime in Munich. The protest aimed to draw attention to the continuous leakage of user data perpetrated by big tech and the need for individuals to take back control of their personal information shared online [b7315f76]. Surfshark reported 110.8 million breached accounts in Q2 2023 and is committed to raising awareness about data privacy. The firm recommends adopting security protocols and measures to prevent data breaches [b7315f76].