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Balbix Unveils BIX: the Industry’s First GenAI Powered Assistant for Cyber Risk and Exposure Management

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BIX enables cybersecurity and business leaders to gain insight into their exposures and speed up cyber risk burn down while keeping your cyber risk data private.

LAS VEGAS, Aug. 6, 2024 /CNW/ — Balbix, an AI-powered Cyber Risk and Exposure Management platform, introduced its BIX conversational AI assistant at Blackhat USA 2024. The BIX AI assistant is already in use at many Fortune 1000 companies as part of an early access program.

Today, managing cyber risks requires identifying key vulnerabilities and understanding related threats, analyzing attack paths, evaluating the potential impact on business, and assessing how well security controls will work. Each of these tasks requires specific tools, integrations, dashboards, reports, and tickets with remediation steps, as well as dedicated personnel to oversee and manage these activities. However, with vast amounts of data from different sources, it is very challenging to understand and prioritize these risks and act quickly. Communicating cyber risks to those outside the security team is particularly difficult, as they often don’t grasp the technical details or the consequences of potential security breaches.

Imagine if managing cyber risk was as easy as asking a colleague a question and getting a clear, actionable answer. What if you could also instruct your assistant to keep relevant stakeholders informed about their responsibilities and deadlines, and to provide you with periodic updates? Picture every key player in cybersecurity— from the CISO, CIO, VM teams and security operations to IT staff and legal teams—having their own AI assistants to help manage their part of the cyber risk and exposure management puzzle, conversing in role-appropriate language. Today we are taking a huge step forward towards this vision.

BIX has the following key capabilities:

Personalization: BIX customizes its choice of words, detail level, recommendations, and interactions according to the user’s role, preferences, and past conversations. For example, BIX can explain the financial impact of a threat like “Log4j” in monetary terms to executives while also identifying specific cases and suggesting mitigating actions when interacting with IT staff.Context Awareness: From time to time, we all use Google, ChatGPT and other tools to understand risk concepts on a generic level. BIX integrates with your cybersecurity, IT, and business systems and understands details about your assets, apps, software versions, users, and their roles in your business, specific threats facing your organization, your security measures, who’s responsible for what, who works fast and who does not, acceptable risk levels, and your target SLAs. By querying BIX, you can leverage this knowledge to help understand specific security risks and recommended mitigation tasks in context.Mobile Experience: BIX is available on your smartphone and provides answers when you need them, greatly improving your situational awareness. BIX streamlines cybersecurity decision-making by eliminating the need to consult multiple widgets and dashboards across different tools, saving you hours or even days of gathering analytics.Recommendations: In cybersecurity, it’s common to get sidetracked by irrelevant tasks or overwhelmed by endless research on complex topics, especially for less experienced IT and security staff. BIX acts like an executive assistant, guiding stakeholders by suggesting key questions to ask. This helps organizations move from a focus on threats to a more effective, risk-based approach to cybersecurity.

Ed Amoroso, Founder and CEO of research and advisory firm TAG Cyber, stated, “Managing enterprise cyber risk at acceptable levels is an extremely challenging job. Unfortunately, organizations across the industry face deep cybersecurity challenges due to tools sprawl, skills gaps, and budget limitations. Further, failure to comply with regulatory requirements on materiality, patching, and timely software updates has sharply increased organizations’ financial and reputational risk”. Ed also added, “Balbix’s new AI assistant can improve overall enterprise understanding of material risks as well as operational efficiency, speeding up response times. This benefits organizations new to security and those with established large teams.”

Under the hood, BIX utilizes RAG-based Large Language Models (LLMs) running on specialized NVIDIA hardware. However, even the most advanced standalone LLMs struggle with multi-step tasks that require navigating different contexts and managing dependencies and privacy constraints. This is where BIX’s multi-agent architecture comes in, breaking down complex problems into discrete subtasks handled by specialized agents, often operating in different privacy domains. This enables BIX to offer a safe, accurate, and extensible approach to cybersecurity conversations and automate tasks previously considered beyond reach.

Early users of BIX have seen a dramatic improvement in their overall cyber risk and exposure management experience. Understanding risk, making decisions, and risk response times have gone down from days and weeks to minutes. Combined with the rest of Balbix’s capabilities, this has translated into sharply reduced risk and savings from productivity improvements.

“Cybersecurity is inherently complex, demanding not only extensive automation but also simplification and streamlined communication,” stated Gaurav Banga, founder and CEO of Balbix. “Until now, Balbix has used AI primarily for computational tasks in cyber risk management. We are pioneering its use to demystify the complexities of cyber risk for all stakeholders and enhance communication between them. This release of BIX is a step forward in managing risk and exposures more effectively. It marks a significant development in our ability to be proactive, rather than reactive, in our cybersecurity efforts.”

More information about the Balbix AI and BIX AI assistant can be found at https://www.balbix.com/product/ai/ AND https://www.balbix.com/blog/bix/

About Balbix
Balbix enables businesses to rapidly reduce cyber risk by identifying and mitigating their riskiest cybersecurity exposures. Balbix ingests data from hundreds of security and IT tools to deliver actionable insights for risk reduction. With Balbix, businesses get a unified asset inventory, risk-based exposure and vulnerability prioritization, mobilization for remediation and mitigation activities as well as cyber risk quantification in a single platform. A rapidly growing set of Fortune 500 companies trust Balbix as the “brain” of their infosec programs. Balbix was recognized in Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2024, by CNBC in their 2022 Top 25 Startups for the Enterprise and ranked #32 on the 2021 Deloitte Fast 500 North America.

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Makayela Hills
Makayela.Hills@ruderfinn.com

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HelloNation Article Highlights Sterile Compounding and Medication Safety With Insights From Compounding Pharmacist Expert Laura Temple

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The article explains how sterile compounded medications are prepared to reduce the risk of contamination and support safe, customized treatments.

AZLE, Texas, July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — What does sterile compounding mean for medication safety? HelloNation has published an article explaining how sterile compounding helps pharmacies prepare highly specialized medications while adhering to strict contamination-prevention procedures.

The article features insights from Laura Temple, Compounding Pharmacist Expert and Owner of Laura’s Pharmacy in Azle, Texas. It explains that sterile compounding is a specialized process for preparing medications in carefully controlled environments designed to reduce the risk of contamination. Sterile compounded medications are often used for injections, eye drops, IV medications, and other therapies that require the highest levels of cleanliness and precision.

The HelloNation article explains that sterile compounded medications differ from commercially manufactured drugs because they are prepared individually for a patient’s unique medical needs. Physicians may prescribe compounded prescriptions when a patient requires a customized dosage, a combination medication, or a treatment not commercially available. Because these medications often bypass the body’s natural defenses, medication safety depends on strict preparation standards throughout the compounding process.

The article describes how pharmacies that provide sterile compounding rely on cleanroom environments equipped with filtered-air systems, specialized equipment, and contamination-prevention protocols. Pharmacists and technicians follow detailed gowning, sterilization, and handwashing procedures before handling medication ingredients. These measures are designed to support medication safety by limiting exposure to bacteria, particles, and other contaminants.

According to the article, environmental monitoring also plays a critical role in sterile compounding. Temperature control, air quality testing, and routine equipment inspections help maintain consistent preparation standards. The article notes that sterile compounded medications may undergo additional quality assurance checks before being dispensed to patients. These procedures help support both treatment effectiveness and patient safety.

The HelloNation article also explains that pharmacies performing sterile compounding are expected to follow USP guidelines established for sterile preparation. These USP guidelines outline requirements for cleanroom pharmacy operations, environmental testing, employee training, and quality assurance practices. The article emphasizes that maintaining compliance with USP guidelines helps reinforce contamination prevention and consistent preparation standards for compounded prescriptions.

Patients seeking sterile compounded medications may also look for pharmacies that participate in accreditation programs or are overseen by state boards. The article explains that these programs review safety procedures, documentation practices, and facility standards to help maintain medication safety. Regular environmental monitoring and staff competency evaluations are also identified as important safeguards in sterile compounding operations.

The article further explains that communication between pharmacists, healthcare providers, and patients remains an important part of safe compounded prescriptions. Compounding pharmacists review prescriptions carefully, confirm dosing instructions, and evaluate ingredient compatibility before preparation begins. This collaborative approach supports medication safety by reducing the risk of errors and ensuring treatments meet individual patient needs.

The article concludes that sterile compounding continues to play an important role in healthcare, particularly for patients requiring customized therapies that are unavailable through traditional manufacturing channels. Whether preparing IV medications, injectable therapies, or other sterile compounded medications, pharmacies rely on contamination prevention procedures and strict preparation standards to support patient care. The article notes that understanding how sterile compounding works can help patients feel more informed about the safety measures involved in preparing specialized medications.

What Sterile Compounding Means for Medication Safety features insights from Laura Temple, a compounding pharmacist expert at Laura’s Pharmacy in Azle, Texas, on HelloNation.

About HelloNation

HelloNation is America’s Good News Network, a premier media platform built on the idea that good news travels faster when real people tell real stories. Through its community-focused publications and innovative “edvertising” approach, HelloNation delivers content that informs, inspires, and spotlights the leaders making a meaningful impact in their communities.

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CIOs Forced to Rethink Manual Compliance Processes as Regulatory Complexity Rises, Says Info-Tech Research Group

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Regulatory demands are increasing in volume, complexity, and speed, leaving many organizations reliant on fragmented, manual approaches that slow response times and increase risk. New insights from Info-Tech Research Group show that organizations need to adopt more structured and scalable approaches to keep pace with regulatory change. The firm’s recently published blueprint, Build a Regulatory IT Response Engine, provides frameworks, tools, and step-by-step guidance to help organizations translate regulatory requirements into actionable IT controls and prioritized initiatives.

ARLINGTON, Va., July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Growing regulatory pressure across jurisdictions is forcing organizations to rethink how they interpret, prioritize, and execute compliance requirements. Many IT teams continue to operate with inconsistent processes and limited coordination, resulting in delayed initiatives and increased exposure to financial and reputational risk. Info-Tech’s blueprint, Build a Regulatory IT Response Engine, introduces a coordinated and repeatable approach to help IT leaders operationalize compliance and improve execution outcomes.

Info-Tech’s findings indicate that while organizations recognize the need for faster and more consistent regulatory response, they continue to face barriers such as fragmented interpretation of requirements, weak prioritization, and limited scalability. AI-enabled tools can help streamline analysis and accelerate response planning, but without a coordinated approach grounded in governance and human oversight, those benefits are difficult to realize.

“Regulatory response is becoming too complex to manage through disconnected, manual processes,” says Ahmad Jowhar, senior research analyst at Info-Tech Research Group. “IT leaders need a repeatable way to interpret requirements, prioritize action, and use AI to accelerate planning without losing the governance and oversight needed to execute effectively.”

Key Challenges IT Leaders Face in Regulatory Response

Despite ongoing investments in compliance, organizations continue to face systemic challenges that hinder effective execution. Info-Tech’s blueprint highlights several areas where IT and compliance leaders struggle most:

Fragmented and manual processes that slow regulatory interpretation and response.Inconsistent application of regulatory requirements across teams and jurisdictions.Poor prioritization of IT initiatives, leading to missed deadlines and duplicated effort.Limited scalability to manage increasing regulatory volume and complexity.Misalignment between compliance activities and broader business priorities.

Info-Tech’s Framework for Building a Regulatory IT Response Engine

To address these challenges, Info-Tech recommends a structured, AI-enabled approach that improves consistency, speed, and scalability. The firm’s Build a Regulatory IT Response Engine blueprint outlines the following key priorities for IT leaders:

Define the regulatory landscape: Establish organizational context, governance structures, and a centralized inventory of applicable regulations.Translate requirements into IT controls: Use AI-enabled analysis and structured assessments to convert regulatory obligations into actionable controls.Prioritize IT initiatives: Align initiatives based on cost, effort, impact, and regulatory timelines to reduce execution risk.Build and communicate a roadmap: Develop a clear, resource-aligned roadmap to guide execution and stakeholder alignment.Establish a repeatable process: Continuously monitor, adapt, and refine regulatory response capabilities to maintain compliance over time.

Organizations that adopt this structured approach can move from reactive compliance efforts to a more proactive and scalable model that shortens response timelines, reduces manual effort, and strengthens execution.

The firm’s Build a Regulatory IT Response Engine blueprint includes practical tools such as a Regulation Inventory Tool, a Regulatory Response IT Action Plan Tool, a Communication Deck Template, and a Compliance Program Framework. By applying these resources, IT leaders can standardize regulatory responses, improve prioritization, and help ensure compliance initiatives are executed on time and in alignment with business priorities.

For exclusive and timely commentary from Info-Tech’s experts, including Ahmad Jowhar, and access to the complete Build a Regulatory IT Response Engine blueprint, please contact pr@infotech.com.

About Info-Tech Research Group

Info-Tech Research Group is the “get things done” partner for over 30,000 IT, HR, and marketing leaders worldwide. The fastest growing research and advisory firm, Info-Tech enables leaders to make well-informed decisions and transform their organizations through AI, strategic foresight, step-by-step methodologies, practical tools, industry-leading advisory, and training programs. For nearly 30 years, tens of thousands of private and public organizations have trusted Info-Tech to lead their most important initiatives through periods of change and deliver outcomes that truly matter.

To learn more about Info-Tech’s HR research and advisory services, visit McLean & Company, and for data-driven software buying insights and vendor evaluations, visit the firm’s SoftwareReviews platform.

Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software and hundreds of industry analysts through the firm’s Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com.

For information about Info-Tech Research Group or to access the latest research, visit infotech.com and connect via LinkedIn and X.

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Atomera to Announce Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Host Webinar on Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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LOS GATOS, Calif., July 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Atomera Incorporated (NASDAQ: ATOM), a semiconductor materials and technology licensing company, announced today that it plans to release its second quarter 2026 financial results after the market closes on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026.

The company will host a live video Zoom webinar at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time (5:00 p.m. Eastern Time) on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, to discuss the results. The live webinar can be accessed through Atomera’s investor relations website at https://ir.atomera.com. A replay of the webcast will be available for 12 months. To pre-register for the webinar, use the following link.

https://atomera.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OJFbTWe1SIyV69LLdDadCw

About Atomera

Atomera Incorporated is a semiconductor materials and technology licensing company focused on deploying its proprietary, silicon-proven technology into the semiconductor industry. Atomera has developed Mears Silicon Technology™ (MST®), which increases performance and power efficiency in semiconductor transistors. MST can be implemented using equipment already deployed in semiconductor manufacturing facilities and is complementary to other nano-scaling technologies already in the semiconductor industry roadmap.  More information can be found at www.atomera.com 

 

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