Data moves across on-premises, cloud, hybrid & multi-cloud environments, but its “security posture doesn’t move with it”: for e.g. if data is encrypted in one environment & duplicated to a lower environment, it might be unencrypted now; another issue (with data movement) is that sensitive data gets abandoned & forgotten, creating vulnerable “shadow data”. Data & engineering teams are the ones moving this data around, “security should enable their work, not slow it down”. In comes Israel-based Sentra. The startup allows companies to find/ know where all of their sensitive data is (i.e. “no more shadow data”) & makes sure it always has the right security setting; if the data moves & security e.g. PII...

What if there was a way to produce energy, whilst reducing waste from wood & agricultural industries? Introducing Estonia-based Bioreactor, which is building a bioreactor - clue's in the name - that acts as a miniature power plant for domestic use. The startup utilizes the process of “biomass gasification” to convert biowaste into heat & electricity. Otherwise said, “the synthesis gases arising from breaking down organic matter are used as fuel for a combustion engine to generate electricity”. In addition, the bioreactor also produces heat, which can be used for space & water heating. Both things combined give the bioreactor a thermodynamic efficiency of up to 95%, able to produce 1kW of electricity & 3kW...