From the Episode:
-We're tying identity to the ability of data access. So essentially anytime anyone opens a file across an organization, you know exactly who, what, when that's happening, in the same way that you already are doing that with your networks and your devices.
-Because of, obviously the pandemic, there was a massive, mandatory shift for everyone to go remote and for remote workers to all of a sudden, be enabled across the workforce. So as a result of that, there was a massive 400 plus spike in data breaches.
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About Ian:
www.linkedin.com/in/ianygarrett/
Ian Garrett is the CEO and co-founder of Phalanx, an innovative provider of Zero Trust Data Access (ZTDA). Ian is a cybersecurity and artificial intelligence expert, researcher, entrepreneur, and speaker. Prior to Phalanx, Ian worked as a Program Manager and Data Scientist in the defense contracting industry as well as spent a number of years as an active duty US Army Cyber Corps officer where he both developed cyber capabilities, and led operations. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from West Point (United States Military Academy), an M.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, and conducts cybersecurity & artificial intelligence research in support of his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Virginia Tech.

About the company
Phalanx reduces data breach risk by bringing security & visibility to data outside databases. When security decisions are left in the hands of the end-user it gets in the way of their workflow, and doesn't allow for guaranteed security. Phalanx solves for this by leveraging automation so employees only have to worry about their job - leave the security to us.