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Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced that it has been recognized in six 2025 Gartner Hype Cycle™ reports, including those for Data Security Technologies, Digital Sovereignty, Privacy, Compute, Telco Cloud Services and Emerging Technologies.

Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced a joint solution with NVIDIA, to deliver a turnkey, on-premises platform for running secure and sovereign, agentic AI in AI Factories and highly regulated environments. With a confidential AI pipeline, composite attestation, and HSM-gated key release, enterprises can now innovate securely while knowing their sensitive data, models and workflows are protected.

Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data security for an AI world, and BigID, the leading platform for data security, privacy, compliance, and AI governance, today announced an integration between Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) and BigID’s data discovery and classification capabilities to automatically trigger protection actions whenever sensitive data is classified. This streamlined workflow eliminates manual intervention while maintaining complete audit trails of all data protection activities.

Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data-first cybersecurity and a Confidential Computing pioneer, today announced PQC Central, a new feature in the Fortanix Key Insight that reframes how enterprises approach the post-quantum cryptography (PQC) challenge. As quantum computing advances, enterprises face unprecedented security challenges that threaten current cryptographic standards and demand proactive adaptation—organizations must act now to protect their data and infrastructure.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced it ranked No. 167 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 30th year. Fortanix grew 706.8% from 2020 to 2023.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced that Xeureka Inc., a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. established to engage in early drug discovery research using a state-of-the-art technology, has successfully leveraged Fortanix and NVIDIA Confidential Computing technologies to significantly improve the accuracy of AI models, and is expected to reduce the time and costs associated with drug discovery.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced a major enhancement to its Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM): File System Encryption. This new feature complements full disk encryption with the ability to protect individual file systems on specified hosts through encryption, governed by granular decryption policies. Available immediately, this addition ensures that Fortanix’s unified data security platform now supports encryption across all layers, including application, database, storage, and file system. Fortanix Data Security Manager thus becomes a comprehensive solution for enterprises, facilitating the reduction of crypto islands within their technology stacks.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced it was included on the 2024 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies, coming at No. 1,710 overall and No. 23 among security companies. The annual Inc. 5000 list is a prestigious ranking that provides a data-driven look at the most successful companies within the economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent, entrepreneurial businesses.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, announced a major expansion to the Key Insight solution, allowing organizations to discover, assess, and remediate their fragmented cryptographic security risks proactively. Key Insight can now scan on-premises services such as databases, storage, etc., making it the market's first solution to discover encryption keys and data services across hybrid environments, including on-premises. This holistic approach to managing cryptographic risk is critical to organizations that want to protect their data today against emerging threats in a post-quantum computing era.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced an expanded presence in the Japanese market, by bringing its industry-leading data security solutions for enterprises, as data security needs evolve due to increased migration to the cloud. The company will exhibit its hybrid, multi-cloud data security capabilities at Security Days Spring 2024, which takes place March 12-15 in Tokyo.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced another outstanding year for sales, strategic partnerships, product introductions and workforce expansion. During the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2024, Fortanix registered strong performance in critical areas, including the largest deal in company history, record new customer acquisitions—including the company’s first customers in the Japan and MENA regions--and workforce expansion worldwide. Fortanix also added new strategic partnerships, including an agreement with the Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE) to bring Fortanix’s industry-leading data security platform to the Saudi Arabia and Middle East market.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced that it joined more than 200 of the nation’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) stakeholders to participate in a Department of Commerce initiative to support the development and deployment of safe and trustworthy AI. Established by the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC) will bring together AI creators and users, academics, government and industry researchers, and civil society organizations to meet this mission.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data-first cybersecurity and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team to support the company’s continued growth in protecting sensitive and regulated data for upper mid-market and enterprise companies. New appointments include Linda Chen, Chief Marketing Officer; Anuj Jaiswal, Vice President of Products; Iulia Stefoi-Silver, Vice President of Strategic Alliances and Partnerships; and Andy Buckland, Vice President and General Manager, EMEA.

Fortanix® Inc., a leader in data security and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced Key Insight, a new industry-first capability in the Fortanix Data Security Manager TM (DSM) platform designed to help enterprises discover, assess, and remediate risk and compliance gaps across hybrid multicloud environments. At AWS re:Invent 2023, Fortanix will showcase the capabilities of Key Insight at booth #118.

Fortanix® Inc., the data security company and pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced new capabilities for Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) to help public and private organizations address growing data sovereignty requirements globally. Available now, the existing and new features deliver several key capabilities, including support for sovereign cloud, storing keys in sovereign boundaries, anonymization of private data, centralized control to manage access and enforce consistent policies across hybrid and multicloud environments, and more, all delivered via an intuitive user experience.

Fortanix® Inc., the innovative multi-cloud data security company and the pioneer of Confidential Computing, and the Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE), a PIF-owned, prominent cybersecurity and cloud provider and systems integrator, today announced a new partnership that will bring Fortanix’s revolutionary data security platform to the Saudi Arabia and Middle East market. Based on its flagship Data Security Manager (DSM) offering, Fortanix’s Confidential Computing-run technology will be available exclusively as a managed SaaS offering powered by SITE, with a new data sovereignty dedicated region based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to serve MENA clients.

Fortanix® Inc., the innovative multi-cloud data security company and the pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced significant new wins across categories, as well as expansion of its ecosystem with its new Fortanix Data Masking and Tokenization Solution, the industry's first SaaS offering of its kind powered by confidential computing. This solution addresses the escalating concerns around data breaches and expanding data privacy regulations faced by organizations worldwide. In addition, Fortanix has expanded its ecosystem to support the solution.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company and the pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced it will have an expanded presence at the RSA 2023 Conference in San Francisco. In addition to cutting-edge demos highlighting some of the latest advances in data security, Fortanix will host 15 sessions from global companies including customers at the Fortanix booth during the conference expo hours Monday-Thursday.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company and the pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced that its industry-leading Fortanix Data Security Manager is now approved for the G-Cloud Framework and available on G-Cloud 13.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company and the pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced it has launched a "free tier” of its popular Data Security Manager (DSM) SaaS offering, allowing users to explore some of the industry’s most popular use cases. Available now, the new free tier offering, named Fortanix DSM Explorer, is fully backed by Fortanix, including the ability to raise support tickets and receive updates and fixes.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company and the pioneer of Confidential Computing, today announced $90 million in Series C financing bringing the total amount the company has raised to over $122 million. The round was led by the Growth Equity business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs) with participation from GiantLeap Capital as well as the existing investors Foundation Capital, Intel Capital, Neotribe Ventures, and In-Q-Tel. Soumya Rajamani, Vice President at Goldman Sachs, will join Fortanix's board of directors.

Fortanix® Inc., the pioneer in data-first multicloud security and Confidential Computing, today announced that its External Key Manager paired with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is helping customers in Europe, and around the world, create, store and manage encryption keys outside of the public cloud in a seamless manner. The capability, delivered as a service, is a part of Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM), resulting from its partnership with Google. It allows security-conscious customers to derive benefits from the power of Google Cloud Platform and Fortanix’s best-in-class, modern external key management system to comply with strict privacy regulations such as GDPR and Schrems II in Europe, taking a data-first approach to the solution.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company and leader in Confidential Computing, today announced that it has been named "Publisher's Choice for Confidential Computing” from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company and leader in Confidential Computing, today announced the launch of a new suite of Secure Web 3.0 Infrastructure solutions that are integrated within Fortanix Data Security Manager™ and designed specifically for blockchain, cryptocurrency and decentralized finance businesses. The new offering drastically improves the security of business-to-consumer (B2C) wallets and the integrity of blockchain implementations by leveraging the power of Confidential Computing.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company and leader in Confidential Computing, today announced three new executive hires: Connie Chung as vice president of legal, Joe Hold as chief revenue officer, and Shashi Kiran as chief marketing officer. The three high-level hires reinforce Fortanix’s executive team even further as it looks to continue to build momentum through a phase of rapid growth.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multi-cloud security company, today announced that government agencies are leveraging Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) to address the increase in cybercrimes, data breaches and manage growing data security challenges posed by nation-state bad actors. Fortanix’s DSM platform utilizes Confidential Computing to enable federal organizations to protect sensitive data even if the infrastructure is compromised, and helps mitigate future attacks.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security™ company, today announced another record year for sales, customer wins and workforce expansion. During the fiscal year ended Jan 31, 2022, Fortanix sales grew 2.5X, the number of customers doubled, and the workforce doubled as well compared to the previous fiscal year. Further, Fortanix attracted a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, Inc., the not-for-profit strategic investor that accelerates the development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies to U.S. intelligence and defense agencies, during this period.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security™ company, today announced that it had crossed a significant landmark by booking its 100th Confidential Computing production customer. Fortanix also announced an expansion of its technology ecosystem to support AWS Nitro Enclaves, Cisco, and AMD-based confidential computing solutions, as well as an expanded set of practical, real-world use cases. Together, these announcements reinforce Fortanix's leadership in a market that is projected to grow to $54 billion by 20261.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multi-cloud security company, today introduced Confidential AI, a new software and infrastructure subscription service that leverages Fortanix's industry-leading confidential computing to improve the quality and accuracy of data models, as well as to keep data models secure. With Fortanix Confidential AI, data teams in regulated, privacy-sensitive industries such as healthcare and financial services can utilize private data to develop and deploy richer AI models.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company, today announced that its Data Security Manager Platform (SaaS/ On-Prem) has been integrated with Google Workspace Client-side encryption (beta is available), a new privacy and confidentiality offering for Google Workspace users. The partnership enables Google Workspace users to retain sole authority and control over the cryptographic keys for encrypting data and documents on Google Workspace with enhanced key management capabilities offered by Fortanix.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company, today announced a new partnership with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, that makes Data Security Manager SaaS (DSM SaaS) available to Snowflake customers, giving them the ability to tokenize data inside and outside Snowflake. As a Snowflake Select Technology Partner, Fortanix offers Snowflake customers an easy-to-implement and low-cost tokenization service that requires no hardware installation or perpetual license and can be up and running in minutes.

Fortanix® Inc., the data-first multicloud security company, today announced that its technology is powering new breakthrough applications of confidential computing. Confidential computing protects applications and the sensitive data they process from unauthorized access and tampering at runtime, extending the security already in place for data at-rest and in-motion across the network. Fortanix was the first company to deliver enterprise applications of confidential computing built on Intel SGX® and today is the leader in enabling real-world uses of this technology. The release of Ice Lake 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors makes further, large-scale commercial applications of confidential computing possible.