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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - The Gene Simmons of Data Protection – Are You Ready For the GenAI Data Frontier?
The Gene Simmons of Data Protection: Protegrity's KISS Method
Today, we are releasing another episode from our series, entitled The Gene Simmons of Data Protection - the KISS Method, brought to you by none other than Protegrity. Protegrity is AI-powered data security for data consumption, offering fine grain data protection solutions, so you can enable your data security, compliance, sharing and analytics.
Episode Title: Are You Ready For the GenAI Data Frontier? Exploring GenAI Security
In this episode, we talk with Anthony Cammarano, CTO & VP of Engineering, as he breaks down and simplifies GenAI for companies struggling in the new frontier. There is a flood of unstructured data pouring into workflows - thanks to GenAI - and traditional security methods aren't prepared to cover this expanded attack surface. The good news is that companies already have what they need to fix this, and it's a simple mindset shift.
Questions
- What are some of the most common misconceptions or trends about GenAI, as it relates to data protection and privacy, that organizations face today?
- What are the primary business challenges facing the adoption of GenAI today?
- How do modern GenAI systems create data security vulnerabilities and what are the potential risks?
- What is crucial in the implementation of GenAI-security solutions, and how can it accelerate AI adoption?
- Can you provide examples of how attackers are targeting data during its use and the importance of securing this data?
- What are some best practices for robust data governance and how can organizations stay ahead in the rapidly evolving GenAI landscape?
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Headlines From The Times - A New Pope, ICE Raids, Labor Disruptions, and a Major Opioid Settlement
The Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope following the death of Pope Francis. Southeast Asian immigrants in Southern California are being detained or deported during routine ICE check-ins. Labor negotiations across California stall after the Trump administration fires federal mediators. And Walgreens agrees to pay up to $350 million in an opioid settlement as it prepares to close 1,200 stores.
Marketplace All-in-One - Cities take the lead in battling rent-setting algorithms
The use of algorithmic software in setting residential rents has come under scrutiny in recent years. In 2024, the Joe Biden administration sued real estate company RealPage, alleging that its algorithm, which aggregates and analyzes private data on the housing market, enables landlords to collude in pricing and stifles competition. There's no word yet on what the second Donald Trump administration's Justice Department will do with this case. But in the meantime, some cities are banning the use of these algorithms completely. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Robbie Sequeira, who has been reporting on the issue for Stateline.
Marketplace All-in-One - ESG, Reincarnated
Can we invest our way out of the climate crisis? That’s the question we started this series with, and in this episode, we try to answer that question.
Host Amy Scott pops the hood of her own retirement investments to look at how to reduce their carbon impact, and she shows you how you can too. We visit a battery storage farm in the Bronx to see how New York City is leveraging its shareholder power to accelerate the energy transition. Finally, we look at a phenomenon that has emerged in the wake of backlash against environmental, social and governance investing — something called “greenhushing.”
Curious City - Like NYC and Paris, Chicago was a hub for fashion designers
The Intelligence from The Economist - Division multiplication: the UAE’s foreign meddling
The United Arab Emirates projects an image of level-headed calm in the Gulf. Its actions abroad, however, betray a far more divisive and ideological agenda. Japan’s recent rice crisis is in part about market reforms—but solving it is mostly about making farmers happier (10:29). And a romp through the linguistics (and culture-war triggers) of personal pronouns (17:08).
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Money Girl - The Ultimate Guide to Borrowing from Your 401(k)
Laura reviews the rules, pros, and cons of borrowing from a workplace retirement plan, such as a 401(k) or 403(b).
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