NTT research was used Upgrade 2026<\/strong> to present Scale Academy<\/strong>a new incubator focused on turning in-house research into products and services, is also being launched SaltGrain<\/strong>its first security platform built on it attribute-based encryption<\/strong>.<\/p>\n I cover it Upgrade 2026<\/strong>NTT Research’s annual event, which takes place April 15-16 at the Signia by Hilton San Jose<\/strong>. For more information on the event itself, read my previous article.<\/p>\n Scale Academy<\/strong> is the structure that NTT Research uses to release selected technologies NTT research labs and comprehensive NTT R&D<\/strong> in commerce. NTT Research has been active ever since 2019<\/strong> with focus on basic research<\/b>but after seven years<\/strong>some of its technology is advanced enough to support it product development and business integration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The new group is led by Bennett Indart, NTT Research’s SVP of Product Innovation<\/strong>. Its role is to identify promising technologies, incubate them, develop market positioning, build partnerships, and prepare for implementation<\/strong>. The model also opens the door foreign partnership and foreign investment<\/strong>a broader approach than NTT’s internal development style.<\/p>\n NTT research by the numbers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n “Taking basic research, theory, papers, and patents and turning them into something people actually want to use in their daily lives is another challenge entirely.<\/em>,” said Bennett Indart, Senior Vice President of Product Innovation at NTT Research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Scale Academy<\/strong> will start working with it technology developed within NTT<\/strong> instead of acting as an external accelerator. SaltGrain is already on its way out<\/strong>and NTT Research plans to manage the process with videos and funding portals<\/strong> as it forms a iterative sales model<\/strong>.<\/p>\n “There will be milestones, there will be funding gateways, and if we can’t reach those, tough decisions will have to be made.<\/em>,” said Indart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The first product to appear Scale Academy<\/strong> is something SaltGrain<\/strong>a a zero-trust data security suite<\/strong> of business administration high value or controlled information<\/strong>. It is built upon attribute-based encryption, or ABE<\/strong>cryptographic scheme was first introduced by a 2004 paper<\/strong> co-written by UCLA Dr. Amit Sahai<\/strong> again Dr. Brent Waters<\/strong>now director of Cryptography and Information Security Lab of NTT Research<\/strong>. The word includes \u201cSalt,\u201d which refers to strong hash-based security, and \u201cGrain,\u201d which reflects ABE’s granular approach to data access control.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n NTT Research was developing a business model ABE<\/strong> in several years. The company presents use technical conditions in Upgrade 2024, moved to several prototypes last year, and now use Scale Academy to accelerate the sale of SaltGrain.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n SaltGrain attaches the access policy directly to the encrypted data.<\/strong> That means protection stays with the data throughout its life cycle, <\/strong>there is only dependence on it perimeter defenses<\/strong> or broad file-level permissions<\/strong>. The platform is designed for environments where data flows across the board organizations, teams, systems, and AI-driven workflows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n “No matter where the data goes, securing and controlling access goes with it throughout the data lifecycle. Even if a bad actor breaks through system-based protection and steals data, the data is still protected. The data becomes useless<\/em>,” said Fang Wu, Vice President of Business Development at NTT Research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n SaltGrain enables more granular control over access to sensitive parts of documents and data.<\/strong> It is intended to support secure sharing of text, image, and video files<\/strong> while defending certain contents within them<\/strong>. The platform is intended for organizations in sectors such as financial services, health care, government, and large technology environments<\/strong>where cooperation is necessary but the cost of data breach<\/strong> it can be high.<\/p>\n A big part of product relevance is the rise of The AI<\/strong>. Like other AI systems and agents<\/strong> get access to business documents and data<\/strong>the attack surface increases. SaltGrain is designed to protect data at the data layer itself<\/strong>even more important when information is shared analytics, automation, and automated workflows<\/strong>.<\/p>\n NTT Research is also in the area SaltGrain<\/strong> for AI-agent workflow<\/strong>where businesses may need to provide AI systems access large sets of documents<\/strong> that and contain confidential or controlled information<\/strong>. The platform is designed to help protect both input data<\/strong> used by those programs and results<\/strong> they are productive.<\/p>\n “Since those documents may contain a lot of confidential information, SaltGrain will play an important role in protecting that data,<\/em>\u201d it said Kazu Gomi, President and CEO of NTT Research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The platform is also designed post-quantum transmission<\/strong>. NTT Research developed the fundamentals Implementation of ABE<\/strong> working with it post-quantum security<\/strong> while we last strong performance<\/strong>. That gives SaltGrain<\/strong> role not just yet business security<\/strong>but also long-term cryptographic programming<\/strong> as organizations prepare a the quantum era<\/strong>.<\/p>\n SaltGrain<\/strong> it is also optimized so users don’t have to manage the complexity of the hidden cryptography<\/strong> directly. An An AI-powered data classification engine<\/strong> it is part of the way of the platform, which helps businesses find sensitive data<\/strong> and decide how it should be protected<\/strong>. That is important because many organizations still do not know exactly where they are very sensitive information<\/strong> you live.<\/p>\n NTT Research has previously been licensed ABE within the NTT group<\/strong>which leads to more proof of concept<\/strong>. Scale Academy<\/strong> now combine those efforts into a one method of incubation<\/strong> advancing the technology to market acceptance.<\/p>\n For more information on Scale Academy, visit the dedicated NTT Research page or visit Upgrade 2026<\/strong>NTT’s two-day event on San Jose<\/strong>where the company highlights that scientific discoveries and advanced concepts are moving forward into real-world products and systems. The event includes keynotes, panel sessions, and <\/strong>Expo with more than 30 exhibits<\/strong> from NTT companies around the world.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Filed <\/h2>\n
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