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January 2022

Polar Security Launches Out Of Stealth With $8.5 Million Seed Round

Polar Security announced today it has raised an $8.5 million seed financing round and launched out of stealth. The funding round was led by Glilot Capital Partners with participation from IBI Tech Fund, as well as angel investors, including Co-founder & CEO of Cloud Security Alliance Jim Reavis, former RSA CTO Tim Belcher, former President of Qualys and Industry Executive Ann Johnson, Co-founder & CEO of Internet Security Systems and VP & GM of IBM Security Tom Noonan, among others.

Shining a Light on Shadow Data: What It Is and How to Minimize It

Shadow data can be defined as any data that is not available or subject to an organization’s centralized data management framework. Examples of shadow data include: Shadow data is, first and foremost, a problem for security and compliance teams. How can they take responsibility for the security and compliance of data stores they aren’t aware of or over which they have little or no control?