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IBM Launches Guardium Data Security Center to Tackle AI and Quantum Risks

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Business Honor
29 October, 2024

IBM introduces Guardium Data Security Center to strengthen data protection against AI and quantum risks

IBM launched the new IBM Guardium Data Security Center platform, which is designed to be a unified point for enforcing data security in multiple environments and through all stages of the data lifecycle. This initiative is being implemented as evolving risks of hybrid cloud environments, artificial intelligence, and quantum technologies test traditional data security frameworks.

The IBM Guardium Data Security Center presents a view of data assets all on one page to ensure easy workflow for the security team. The various main functionalities, including data monitoring, governance, threat detection, response capabilities, AI security posture management, and cryptography with key management, have been integrated under a user-friendly dashboard. In the process, the whole is more efficient at providing this functionality to security professionals since the generative AI allows risk summaries to be written as well.

Notably, this offering includes IBM Guardium AI Security, which secures AI deployments against security vulnerabilities and policy breaches. This is particularly relevant, as organizations are increasingly adopting generative AI while risking incidences of "shadow AI," where unsanctioned AI models may be in use within the enterprise.

The platform will also feature IBM Guardium Quantum Safe, which will safeguard encrypted data against potential future cyberattacks from quantum computers that could break traditional encryption methods. It is based on the capabilities of IBM Research in post-quantum cryptography algorithms and is supported by IBM Consulting.

Viswanath Ramaswamy, vice president of technology at IBM India and South Asia, said strong security will be critical as organizations navigate this complex landscape of AI-related cybersecurity risks and evolving compliance regulations. It will be important to take a proactive approach to secure quantum computing.

It was made after IBM had already released its new advanced AI models, Granite 3.0, specifically tailored for business applications and pitted against other tech big players such as Microsoft. All these are in a quest by IBM to cash in on the increasing generative AI in the enterprise sector as well as enhance data security.