Greetings,
AI has some surprising silver linings. The related push to make data more accessible in plain text, for example, has taken the old promises of API-first to the next level. It's never been so easy to find and correlate data across services and sources. It opens up all sorts of exciting new possibilities.
But. (You knew that was coming, right?) But... data that was previously isolated and locked down is now finding its way out into unexpected places. Our ability to use our data increased, but our ability to control and protect it has cratered.
Now consider the deluge of AI-discovered vulnerabilities we're weathering. How many other programming languages beyond PHP have decades-old vulnerabilities that aren't yet public? What fresh nightmares lie ahead?
Now is the time for application-layer encryption. 23% of vulnerabilities are exploited before their CVE is even published (VulnCheck, July 2026). If we want to keep our customers' data safe and continue to earn their trust, we must shift our mental models to data-security-by-design so we can withstand first-level breaches.
SaaS Shield application-layer encrypts data with per-customer keys. And integrating has never been faster: we recently released new docs that better guide AI agents so you can accelerate your security roadmap.
Best wishes,
..Patrick
PS - Need help explaining this to others in your organization? We have some new animated explainers up on our AI encryption and VectorLens pages. We also have an updated AI Shadow Data white paper.
