Mark Albertson

Mark Albertson is a senior writer for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. He is an experienced technology reporter, recognized by Onalytica as a "Who's Who In Cloud Influencer" and named to Peerlyst’s “24 Powerful Cybersecurity Journalists.” Prior to SiliconANGLE, Mark wrote for the San Francisco Examiner, Blasting News, and CBS-Bay Area.

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Sysdig builds open-source solution for cloud and container security in the modern infrastructure

The container and cloud security market is riding a wave of growth, and one of the companies capitalizing on that opportunity is Sysdig Inc. Founded in 2013, Sysdig grew out of an open-source project to troubleshoot issues in the modern container-based infrastructure. The company’s founder and chief technology officer, Loris Degioanni (pictured), had successfully combined an open-source ...
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Tidelift builds bridges with open-source maintainers to make enterprise software more secure

The past year has not been an easy one for security in the software industry. First there was the SolarWinds breach caused by exploits in software tools downloaded from a third-party provider. Then there was the more recent Log4j Apache open-source logging framework vulnerability, which the tech world has been scrambling to patch since mid-November. ...

NFTs, wrestlers and crypto banks: A smaller CES offers a larger view of a fintech future

Even though this year’s Consumer Electronics Show will likely go into the books as one of the least-attended in recent history thanks to the continuing pandemic, there was still plenty of tech innovation on display. While 170,000 attendees clogged the aisles in Las Vegas for the 2020 show just before the pandemic hit, the Consumer ...

Cloud native innovations to be highlighted in AWS Startup Showcase, Jan 26

Innovation in the startup economy comes in many forms. During an ongoing pandemic in which many enterprises continued to operate remotely during 2021, logging in from the home office became standard protocol. However, the chief executive and co-founder of one enterprising startup took the remote work model to a whole new level this past summer ...

Esri’s integration with AWS and geospatial AI power real-world use cases for locational data

When the COVID-19 virus began to spread widely across the U.S. early in 2020, concerned citizens turned to an online database set up and maintained by Johns Hopkins University of Medicine for the most up-to-date data. That useful interface continues to rely heavily on information supplied by the geospatial pioneer Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc., ...

Six insights you might have missed from AWS re:Invent

After four straight days of interviews on two TV production sets and more than 100 interviews at a Las Vegas venue, theCUBE’s coverage of Amazon Web Services Inc.’s re:Invent 2021 is in the books. AWS made a significant number of announcements and covered a great deal of ground during what has become one of the ...

Data democratization a key focus for Informatica as it expands partnership with AWS

Self-service should be easy and fast. A new artificial intelligence-powered solution from Informatica LLC for AWS Lake Formation is designed with these principles in mind. As part of AWS re:Invent 2021, enterprise data management specialist Informatica introduced a way to democratize access to cloud data lakes in Amazon Web Services Inc. using Lake Formation, a ...
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Senate testimony by Zscaler executive spotlights scale of cloud security in the Information Age

Sometimes it takes just two basic data points for the U.S. government to fully grasp the scale of cloud security today. It was the end of November, during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Zscaler Inc.’s compliance executive was suddenly asked a question. “I was testifying in front ...
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African Leadership Group partners with AWS to find exceptional global talent in The Room

The world is facing a global talent shortage, and the solution just might come from an ambitious effort launched by an organization in Africa. The African Leadership Group is working on a scalable solution for connecting highly skilled, diverse global talent to careers in tech. The talent matching effort, called The Room, will leverage Amazon ...

Bond regulator for US infrastructure dives into the cloud with help from AWS and Accenture

Regulation of the funding source for roads, bridges, school systems, water treatment plants, and even airports has moved to the cloud. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board is a self-regulatory organization that oversees how municipal bonds are bought, sold or traded. It sets the rules for a $4 trillion market that is largely responsible for funding U.S. ...