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Customers stick with security that doesn't slow their work down. @virtruprivacy is an @Inc Power Partner for a fifth straight year, and John Ackerly says businesses should never have to choose between protecting sensitive data and putting it to work. virtru.com/newsroom/virtru-i…
A reporting agent has no reason to open payroll. On an analyst's login, it still passes both the identity check and the data check. SACR argues identity and data need to be judged together, while the agent is working. #IdentitySecurity softwareanalyst.substack.com…
An AI agent can pull from two well-guarded systems and post the result somewhere neither can see. Jeremy Bayer argues in RealClearDefense that the question now is how to protect data that has to cross many walls. How are you tracking agent output?
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I'm a hands-on learner, so I really appreciate what my colleague Devin Collins built. He made it so his dad, who learns the same way, could watch GPT-2 work through a question step by step.
Who in your life keeps asking how AI works?
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A newly cleared person can wait weeks while each tool's admin adds them by hand. JP Ayyappan of Virtru says one attribute change opens all of a program's material in Rocket.Chat, per Virtru's blog. @virtruprivacy #ABAC buff.ly/SPn0Lx6
On Oct 26, @DMV_Rising (co-sponsored by @virtruprivacy) is Day 1 of DC's new Cyber Innovation Conference. Startups pitch investors at the @DataTribe Challenge on Day 2. It's a smart pairing for the region's cyber scene. dmvrising.com
Keynotes come from the founders of @xbow and @CapeCellular. Thanks to sponsors @anacondainc, @ExpelSecurity, @sonatype, @method_security and @threater_inc, media partner @CyberEdBoard, and community partners @the_cyberguild and @DCALive.
. @Meta and @sierraplatform's Personal Agent Protocol is a great step for personal AI agents. The Trusted Data Format complements it, so data owners decide which agents open sensitive data. Looking forward to seeing how we at @virtruprivacy can help. #TDF buff.ly/hvVsQLS
Once every file carries its own protection, it stops mattering whether it sits in the cloud or on-site. Angel Smith of Virtru made that case leading an AI Summit panel, per ExecutiveGov. @virtruprivacy #CloudSecurity buff.ly/G7cyeY9
File sharing between partner networks has a weak spot. Cleaning a file on the way in has usually meant stripping its encryption, so it arrives safe but unlocked. Will Peppo of Virtru says a new Glasswall integration re-encrypts the rebuilt file.
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A scan can show where sensitive data lives, but the protection has to travel with the data once it moves, Matt Howard argues on Virtru's blog. What does your team do after a scan flags a file? @virtruprivacy #DataSecurity virtru.com/blog/data-centric…
Congrats to Don Yeske of @virtruprivacy on his chapter in John Kindervag's new book. Don writes that with AI, nobody can still argue every breach is preventable, so Zero Trust has to start with choosing what to protect. #ZeroTrust cdn.prod.website-files.com/6…
Cole Grolmus and Straiker map six ways to kill an AI agent. I'd put the most dependable one on the data: change a policy, and an agent's next request for protected data is refused, even if it's drifted past its job. @virtruprivacy #AgenticAI linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
Tom Hollingsworth makes a good case for labels that govern what AI agents take in and put out, and for protecting data with TDF. I'd TDF on the most sensitive data, so only entitled agents can use it. @virtruprivacy #AgenticAI linkedin.com/pulse/tying-sec…
Looking after apps and agents is becoming part of people's jobs. @XBOW is redefining its business development reps as "agent managers" who check the agents' work, Brendan Short writes in The Signal. #FutureOfWork buff.ly/q2FLQJi
Claude Opus, a history:
4.6: solid.
4.7: going through something.
4.8: drawn from memory by a coworker.
5: drawn from memory by that coworker's kid.
5.5: back from a year of sourdough, therapy, and pilates.
Using 5.5 all week. The glow-up is real. 🔥 #AI
ALT Five pencil portraits of the same curly-haired man in glasses, labeled Opus 4.6 through 5.5. They get cruder from 4.6 to a buck-toothed scribble at Opus 5, then jump to a polished, handsome portrait at 5.5.
Mattermost and Virtru split the work, with the chat app enforcing the rules and Virtru deciding who can open each file, ExecutiveBiz reports. How do your teams handle sensitive files shared in chat? @virtruprivacy #DataCentricSecurity executivebiz.com/articles/ma…
Valid credentials won't stop an AI agent from opening a file it shouldn't if the file looks useful for its task. Wayne Chung of @virtruprivacy argues the data needs its own layer of protection, enforced outside the agent. #AISecurity virtru.com/blog/ai-security/…
A cleared VP and an uncleared one can use the same AI assistant. JP Ayyappan of @virtruprivacy said on EM360Tech's podcast that two executives using the same agent on the same data could get different answers, based on their own permissions. em360tech.com/podcasts/rethi…
Virtru made DCA Live's 2026 Red Hot Companies list, now in its 11th year of naming the Washington region's fastest-growing and most exciting companies. Which honorees are you watching? @virtruprivacy #DCTech dca-live.com/product/2026-re…