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IBM acquires Polar Security, bolstering data security capabilities

May 17, 2023

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IBM has purchased application security startup Polar Security, in an attempt to address the security of application data in the cloud and help organizations track vulnerable information.

In a statement issued this morning, IBM said that the increased cloud adoption driven by the pandemic has strained organizational capacity to track certain aspects of their application frameworks, including certain types of app data, permissions and more. The company said that this has led to “shadow data,” which isn’t being actively tracked, as well as siloing of information.

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