Whether or not data security risks are, in fact, growing in 2017, data hacks are becoming more commonplace in headlines across major news media. This week saw popular Netflix series “Orange is the New Black” fall prey to holes in one of the media streaming company’s vendor’s data security. With media increasingly stoking anxiety about these breaches, companies are likely to see more regulatory pressure from international agencies all the way down to local ones.
Integris Software has been quietly generating capital and developing an information governance platform that allows companies to map sensitive data with an eye to what they believe to be increased regulatory scrutiny. Founder Kristina Bergman, a venture capitalist turned legal technology entrepreneur, saw the emergence of data security regulation such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) standards and felt companies were really lacking in tools to help them meet these standards. With most of the data security compliance market eaten up by consulting and legal services, Bergman felt there was a really clear market opening for software.
