Seclore's ARMOR Platform Shifts Security Focus to the Data Itself

As businesses increasingly rely on artificial intelligence, a fundamental security challenge emerges: how to protect sensitive information once it leaves the corporate network and feeds into AI models. Seclore, a data security firm based in Santa Clara, believes the solution is to stop focusing on network perimeters and start protecting the data directly. This week, the company introduced ARMOR, a platform designed to do exactly that.

ARMOR, which stands for Adaptive Rights Management and Orchestrated Response, combines data classification, encryption, access governance, and analytics into one system. Its core function is to attach security policies directly to files. This means a document's encryption and access rules—defining who can view, edit, or share it—travel with the file, whether it's emailed, stored in the cloud, or processed by an AI tool. Access can be revoked remotely, and all interactions are logged.

This approach addresses a specific pain point. Traditional security tools that monitor network exit points often fail once data is shared externally. With AI systems consuming vast amounts of corporate data, that gap creates significant risk. Seclore argues that persistent, file-level control is now necessary, especially under tightening regulations like the EU's AI Act.

The company faces established competitors, including Microsoft's Purview, but stakes its position on a long history with enterprise digital rights management. Its bet is that as AI adoption accelerates, the demand for security that moves with the data will become unavoidable, making tools like ARMOR central to enterprise strategy.

Source: Webpronews