Remote work creates new security risks. So it’s worth noting that more than half the organizations polled in this Cybersecurity Insiders report are less than fully confident in their identity and access management programs. One possible reason: respondents prioritize ease of integration (72%) and end-user experience (62%) over product effectiveness (61%).
Marketing analytics vendor Adverity just announced a $30 million Series C, bringing their total funding to $50 million. Adverity ingests data from 400+ sources, visualizes the results, and offers AI-based insights. Its about campaign-level measurement than individual customers, so not a CDP.
Shifting to a different type of data compiler, Edited has raised $29 million for its archive of product information. It’s not just any archive, mind you: they track promotions and pricing on more than 2.5 billion SKU across 90,000 retailers going back for eight years. It’s more fun than, well, something.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.