Biggish Blue has written a cheque for Polar Security as part of a cunning plan to automate cloud data protection.
Founded in January 2021, Polar Security is a data security management solution (DSPM) developer which has all the gear to reveal where sensitive data is stored, who has access to it, how it’s used, and identifies vulnerabilities.
IBM says it plans to integrate Polar Security’s DSPM technology within its Guardium family of data security products.
IBM’s focus has been rapidly shifting towards automation in the last few months, proudly saying it was taking the “human” out of some human resources and other back-office jobs that AI and automation can do instead of people.
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said he plans to suspend or slow hiring for about 26,000 non-customer-facing back-office roles, a tenth of the company’s total workforce.
Krishna said he “could easily see” 30 per cent of those roles – 7,800 jobs – replaced by AI and automation over the next five years.
