Brian Njuguna

Brian is a staff writer for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s mobile livestreaming studio. He has written for a variety of publications, including Blockchain.News and Capital.com. Brian has a penchant for technological innovations, including blockchain, cloud computing, data science, and cryptocurrencies, as he believes that they will reign supreme as the world gears toward the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He loves to attend rugby sporting events, travel, and listen to music. Brian lives in Nairobi, Kenya, and holds a bachelor’s of economics and statistics from Kenyatta University.

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Hunters revamps the cybersecurity space, enabling security engineering as a service

Based on the explosion of data and the emergence of consistent threats, enterprises have had to endure an entirely different security environment. To address enterprise security challenges, Cyber Hunters Ltd. has created a holistic platform that analyzes the way attackers operate inside cloud environments based on their procedures, tactics and techniques, according to Uri May ...
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Supercloud simplifies cloud architecture while leveling up automation

The supercloud concept goes beyond hybrid cloud and multicloud because it’s a bid to offer a seamless experience across clouds and on-premises data centers. Since supercloud is emerging as one place to build, develop and deploy, it intends to eradicate the troubles of maneuvering through different clouds, and this can be attained through an abstraction ...
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Supercloud is the perfect storm for enhanced simplicity, says AI expert

Supercloud is now a hot topic, so those that want to leverage it are looking for a seamless operational model. Through a higher-level abstraction, supercloud eradicates complexities, according to Howie Xu (pictured), vice president of machine learning and artificial intelligence at Zscaler Inc. This triggers seamless execution and less friction, he adds. “If you just consume ...
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Supercloud offers a consistent developer experience across clouds, analysts say

Supercloud seeks to be a next-generation framework that will enhance developers’ productivity. Based on a lot of heated debate about how to develop the next modern computing model, supercloud intends to fill the void by driving some of the complexities endured away, according to In Sik Rhee (pictured, right), general partner at Vertex Ventures. Furthermore, developers ...
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Snowflake kickstarts supercloud concept with Snowgrid cross-cloud connectivity

With simplicity being a key concept in organizations, the supercloud idea is anticipated to continue gaining steam. By creating a single system with cloud regions superimposed on top of the cloud provider layer, Snowflake Inc. is already laying the groundwork for the supercloud concept, according to Benoit Dageville (pictured), co-founder and president of products at Snowflake. ...

How Agoraverse renders a first-class citizen experience as a shopping metaverse

With the metaverse speculated to be worth between $8 trillion and $13 trillion by 2030, it continues to gain steam. It seeks to revamp the World Wide Web through blockchain technology by incorporating concepts like decentralization and token economics. By creating an exceptional shopping experience in the metaverse, Agora SAS prompts a new frontier in this ...

CrowdStrike uses zero-trust holistic approach to enhance ‘threat hunting’

The zero-trust concept boosts protection by deploying least-privilege access at endpoints, eliminating assumed trust. By deploying a substantial library centered on indicators of attack, CrowdStrike Inc. boosts threat hunting across the cloud. This becomes a reality through a zero-trust narrative that makes anomalies or anomalous behavior visible, according to Geoff Swaine (pictured), global vice president of ...

Aviatrix optimizes cloud network security with ‘security everywhere’ approach

Treating network security as an add-on or bolt-on is the wrong approach, because it should be part of the architecture, according to Steve Mullaney (pictured), president and chief executive officer of Aviatrix. By integrating network security into the architecture’s fabric, Aviatrix Systems Inc. eliminates the notion of security being a checkpoint that can be pinpointed, because it ...
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AWS integrates security into cloud computing infrastructure

Security continues to be at the heart of enterprises, because prevention is better than a cure. Through a shared responsibility model, Amazon Web Services Inc. puts its products through rigorous security standards, presenting the cloud as the first line of defense, according to Merritt Baer (pictured), principal in the Office of the Chief Information Security ...

Baffle uses proxy architecture to propel data as the next security frontier

Since compliance is driving data owners to adopt data-centric protection measures, security should be incorporated into data pipelines because it is no longer a watchdog. Whenever data is being processed, it is exposed to threats. Therefore, Baffle Inc. uses standard encryption algorithms to protect data as soon as it’s created, building security into the data ...