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Accenture and SandboxAQ expand partnership to strengthen data encryption
Accenture and SandboxAQ are expanding their partnership to address the critical need for enterprise data encryption that can defend against current data breaches , as well as future AI and quantum threats .
Together , Accenture and SandboxAQ are helping organizations secure sensitive data and strengthen encryption across their technology portfolios . The joint offering will also provide observability across environments to help increase enterprise resilience and lower impact from third party risks .
The service can identify risks across
important areas including the existence of cryptographic assets such as digital certificates or cryptographic keys and usage of cryptographic algorithms , both symmetric and public key , as well as any other cryptographic constructions such as hash functions , for a comprehensive view of cryptography use throughout the enterprise .
When combined with data security and privacy policies along with governance , risk and compliance guidelines , the assessment delivers prioritized recommendations for remediation action . technology .
“ Our continued collaboration with Accenture will help our largest global 1000 clients defend themselves against advanced AIdriven cybersecurity attacks , protecting their most sensitive data today and tomorrow ,” said Jack Hidary , CEO , SandboxAQ .
“ The recent global outage from just one software update highlights the need to increase observability across the enterprise .”
“ The prevalence of Gen AI as well as expected new global post-quantum encryption standards , makes data protection absolutely critical to safeguarding confidential business information and data used to train AI foundational models or used in AI applications ,” said Paolo Dal Cin , Global Lead , Accenture Security .
CloudBees acquires Launchable to boost GenAI efforts across DevSecOps platform
Kapur , President and CEO , CloudBees . “ First it brings the first AI-augmented Test Intelligence capability to any DevSecOps platform . Second , it marks the return of a true open source visionary to CloudBees to continue the mission-oriented efforts around software-based digital transformation in enterprises .”
CloudBees has acquired Launchable in a move to ensure it offers the broadest GenAI optimization of any DevSecOps platform .
Launchable brings an AI-augmented approach to QA and immediately , CloudBees will bring the AI co-pilot to slash dev-test iteration and accelerate ship times .
The acquisition is also a homecoming for Launchable co-founders Kohsuke Kawaguchi and Harpreet Singh , who both have a long history with CloudBees , Jenkins , and DevOps . Kawaguchi was the creator and founding developer behind open source Jenkins .
“ Bringing CloudBees and Launchable together represents two milestones for the field of software development ,” said Anuj
Bringing Launchable ’ s AI solution onto the CloudBees platform will bring developers faster dev-test iteration , efficient test triage and analysis and enhanced visibility and focus .
Early Launchable customers , including BMW and GoCardless , saw impressive benefits in both time and quantifiable cost savings .
“ At Launchable , we focused on delivering innovative solutions to the pervasive challenges of software development – namely AI to QA ,” said Kawaguchi .
“ CloudBees is a time-tested and trusted DevSecOps platform that rocks the world , so this is a perfect combination .”
The acquisition of Launchable marks a significant milestone in CloudBees ’ journey to redefine software delivery through AIdriven innovation . p
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