Standing up a data governance framework is a critical step for any organization. According to reporting from Gartner and Immuta, it topped the list of leaders’ priorities – beating out initiatives related to AI and analytics. But as technology evolves, so does the process of implementing an effective, future-proof data...
In our super-connected world, data is everywhere, influencing every choice, interaction, and experience we have each day. Simply having data isn’t a bragging right anymore – it’s table stakes. The real game-changer for a modern company is its knack for turning that raw data into a goldmine of insights. Think...
Maintaining the status quo has never been part of any competitive or innovative business strategy. From startups to large enterprises, data modernization is a priority because of the technological and business benefits it delivers. The modernization process gives teams the opportunity to innovate within their data ecosystem. Whether it be an architectural...
Many data teams – especially at large enterprises – fall victim to a difficult paradox: while they generate vast amounts of data across lines of business, actually accessing and using it is incredibly difficult. Take Merck for example, the world’s third largest pharmaceutical company by revenue. Data flowing in from their R&D,...
Vizient is the nation’s largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, serving more than 65% of the nation’s acute-care hospitals. The company provides analytics-enabled solutions to improve care quality, as well as spend management. To ensure efficient control of how data is managed and accessed, while also complying with legal, industry, and...
Although we are living in an age of unprecedented data generation, none of it matters if we can’t make that data available for analysis in a secure and timely manner. In order for users to analyze and derive insights from data, it must be discoverable and accessible. Streamlining accessibility has...
It’s easy to talk about trends in absolutes. “This new development will affect jobs across every sector,” and “this new platform is going to be everywhere” – these kinds of blanket statements remove nuances that can be incredibly important when discussing trends. Instead, we should focus on questions like “How...
It goes without saying that employee engagement is a key indicator of organizational performance – Harvard Business Review reports that having happy, engaged employees increases productivity by 13%, not to mention its impact on retention and culture. Yet, studies show that employees are more dissatisfied and apathetic than before the pandemic. While many different...
If there’s one lesson from the constant advancement of data use and technology, it’s that there’s always room for improvement. Even the most sophisticated data infrastructure can be tuned up with new and improved capabilities that streamline data access and use. This was the case for Booking.com, which recently decided...
In his Lord of the Rings series, J.R.R. Tolkien writes of 19 rings of power that give their bearers wealth, dominion, and control. Of these, the most powerful is the “One Ring,” which affords its bearer control over all other rings and, by extension, the entire world. What do rings have to...
A modern analytics environment is typically built to reduce time to data, leaving compliance as an afterthought. Yet, without a compliance-by-design approach, the analytics environment is likely to break in weeks because safeguards like purpose-based access control are missing; data minimization and de-identification techniques are inadequate and data access requests...
Immuta CTO and Co-Founder Steve Touw sat down with Paul Rankin, Head of Data Management Platforms at Roche, and Sanjeev Mohan, Principal at SanjMo, for an in-depth discussion about data mesh architectures. Below is an edited transcript from a portion of their conversation. To listen to the full recording, click here. Steve Touw: This...
You’ve just adopted a data security solution – congratulations! Now what? As with any new piece of technology, it can be tempting to jump in feet first to solve all your problems. After all, the sooner you achieve ROI, the better – right? Not necessarily. Often, we see customers struggle...
As organizations continue migrating data to the cloud, they often focus on the anticipated benefits: enhanced analytics, scalability, and data democratization, to name a few. With a results-driven focus, the challenges associated with this transformation can sometimes be overlooked. One such challenge is the need to maintain an access management framework that streamlines comprehensive...
As modern organizations look to innovate with agility, migrating to the cloud enables them to unlock data’s value at scale. Leading cloud data platforms like Snowflake allow data teams to store and analyze mass amounts of data, all while providing access for an ever-increasing number of users and use cases. And while...
It’s no exaggeration to say that virtually any contemporary organization relies on data. And as data assets and use cases multiply, teams need to be able to store, access, and analyze their data securely and at the speed of business. Platforms like the Snowflake Data Cloud have met this need head-on, offering...
The modern business is driven by data and AI. Decisions are no longer based on institutional knowledge or gut feel, and they’re not being made solely in the boardroom. Managers and individual contributors are expected to leverage data to make the day-to-day decisions they need to do their jobs, but...
Forrester’s new Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study provides a detailed financial model based on interviews with six Immuta customers in order to assess the ROI of the Immuta Data Security Platform. The study concludes that Immuta can provide benefits totaling $6.08M, an ROI of 175% over three years, and a payback period...
For Dave DeWalt, Founder and Managing Director of advisory firm (and Immuta investor) NightDragon, the modern data stack–like dragons–has a compelling dual nature. Balancing power with danger, both evolving data stacks and dragons contain immense potential strength that can (quite literally) go up in flames if not managed properly. DeWalt, John Cordo,...
The data security and privacy space continues to evolve to keep pace with the constantly changing data regulations, an evolving threat landscape, and increasing amounts of data and users with access to that data. Data security and privacy vendors need to be constantly innovating to keep pace with all the aforementioned changes. With...
Data is essential to modern business, thanks to its ability to improve insights and drive competitive decision-making. Yet, while many organizations are adopting cloud data platforms to simplify seamless onboarding of new data sources, managing access to data can significantly slow time-to-value. Should this stop you from adding more data...
Have you wondered how to protect your Snowflake data warehouse with column-, row-, and cell-level protection while accelerating time to your cloud data? With Immuta SaaS on Snowflake Partner Connect, access to data is faster and more secure than ever. Immuta provides data teams with one universal platform to control access to...
This blog was co-authored with Deepak Nelli, Director of Sales Engineering at Alation. The modern data environment is changing. Cloud data platforms provide data-driven organizations with advanced analytics capabilities alongside much-needed simplicity; yet, greater demand for data, more data consumers and use cases, and a growing body of data use...
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were 1,862 data breaches in 2021, exceeding the previous record of 1,506 in 2017. Of these breaches, 83% contained sensitive information that became available to the attackers. The exposure of large swaths of raw data, especially when sensitive, can have dangerous consequences. In...
Successful data platform teams and championship sports teams have a handful of things in common – strong baseline skill sets, effective coaching and training, and good communication skills. But as people come and go, what’s the secret of those that remain on the top over years or even decades? I...
Recently, across the social media spectrum there has been an uptick in government program leaders, technology salespeople, and systems integrators all sharing opinions on how best to deploy new technology quickly, cost effectively, and with the proper architecture to support both short- and long-term federal program goals. Unsurprisingly, there’s little consensus, with...
Immuta is the universal cloud data access control platform that gives data engineering and operations teams the power to automate access control across their entire cloud data infrastructure. By leveraging metadata to build and automatically enforce data access policies at query time, Immuta allows organizations to unlock the full value...
We’re all familiar with supply chains in the realm of manufacturing. Well, the same concept applies to data management. In data management, there are data supply chains that involve raw inputs from source data systems that go through a number of processing steps and emerge at the end as a...
Technology has made our world increasingly interconnected and interdependent, and as a result, the need to share data to remain competitive is more important than ever. Yet, despite the competitive advantages associated with data sharing, many organizations still treat it strictly as a data function instead of a business priority. According...
Data masking is one of the most important tasks in data governance. It may seem simple in practice, but getting it right can be the difference between a straightforward path to properly secured data, and a complex, confusing experience that leaves your data exposed to breaches. To add to the...
Would you like to monetize your internal data by sharing it externally with third parties? Do you see the power of joining your data with data from other organizations to drive stronger and better insights? The desire to share data with third parties is fueled by the realization that: The...
A data governance tool can help your organization automate data governance at scale, increase data utilization, and comply with data privacy regulations. In this blog post, we’ll highlight five of the most important features to look for in a data governance tool.
Many people fall into data engineering by accident. Software engineers may find that they enjoy building platforms to drive their company’s data initiatives; data scientists may find they need to get “dirty” to deliver insights at scale. What they have in common is that there’s always something new to learn...