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ALTR confirmed this expansion of its SaaS data access control and tokenization solution at Snowflake Summit 2023 .

The solution has an industry-first , formatpreserving data protection module running natively on Snowpark , Snowflake ’ s development framework , providing better security , up to 1000x faster results on queries that need detokenization , cost efficiencies and additional use cases for data sharing through easy tokenization of sensitive data . directly in Snowflake ,” said Snowflake Security Field CTO and ALTR board member Jonathan Sander .

“ It is also another demonstration of Snowpark ’ s value . Snowpark is enabling partners to deliver innovative solutions that make Snowflake easier to use for customers with critical workloads , like data science projects that must include the most sensitive , regulated data but also maintain high levels of data security .”

ALTR ’ s new module integrates seamlessly with the company ’ s existing data access control and security solution delivered natively in Snowflake as a highly available service .

“ Format-preserving data protection functionality on its own is only part of the answer ,” said James Beecham , Founder and CEO , ALTR .

“ ALTR has already made essential data access control and security features easy to implement and manage via our SaaS platform , no-code interface , range of integration options , automated policy enforcement , patented data security functions and connections with data catalog and Extract , Transform and Load ( ETL ) leaders . Adding this capability to our solution through Snowpark makes completely governing and protecting data at scale even more achievable for customers .” p

ALTR ’ s new format-preserving data protection module allows sensitive data to be encrypted and decrypted by ALTR ’ s SaaSbased platform in Snowflake .

This takes the place of on-premises appliances that can cost millions of dollars per license and tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars per month for calls between Snowflake and the on-premises systems – while adding significant lag to each query .

ALTR ’ s solution allows queries to avoid those calls for a faster response time while also ensuring at-rest data is secure because it stays entirely within Snowflake . Snowpark enables ALTR ’ s solution by delivering an execution environment to facilitate data encryption and decryption through support for fully functional applications .

“ ALTR ’ s format-preserving encryption delivers powerful yet simple data protection to customers by securing data

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