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Polymer: Yasir Ali on DLP for your SaaS Ecosystem

Jul 12, 2022
Yasir Ali, founder of Polymer, discusses DLP for SaaS platforms and the challenges in securing them. Topics include redaction techniques, evolution of data security solutions, and the importance of integrating various data sources for enhanced security.
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  • Polymer focuses on data analytics to streamline data protection in SaaS environments.
  • Innovative use of NLP enables real-time reduction of unstructured data sets for security.

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Yasser Ali's Unique Career Trajectory

Yasser Ali, the CEO of Polymer, had a diverse career path from banking to data analytics and trading before founding Polymer, a data loss prevention solution. Despite lacking direct cybersecurity experience, his background in data analytics and understanding of data elements allowed him to identify a need for focused alerts to ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks like HIPAA and GDPR. This led to the development of Polymer, which raised a $1 million seed round and has seen steady growth.

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