Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of March 13; Updates from Everpure, Cohesity, CTERA & More

Solutions Review Executive Editor Tim King curated this list of notable storage and data protection news for the week of March 13, 2026.

Keeping tabs on all the most relevant storage and data protection news can be a time-consuming task. As a result, our editorial team aims to provide a summary of the top headlines from the last week in this space. Solutions Review editors will curate vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy storage and data protection news items.

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Top Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of March 13, 2026

AutoRek’s RegToolKit Maps Rulebooks To Controls So Compliance Teams Can Finally Retire Spreadsheet Trackers

AutoRek has launched RegToolKit, a compliance platform that loads regulatory rulebooks on a recurring basis and maps specific obligations to business risks, legal entities, products, and mitigating controls. The system provides an applicability matrix for oversight across regimes, plus an integrated breach register to log issues, assign owners, and track remediation activities through completion. By unifying regulatory content, risk mappings, and breach management in one platform, AutoRek aims to simplify audits and reduce manual, spreadsheet-based compliance tracking.​

Read on for more→ https://fintech.global/2026/03/11/autorek-unveils-regtoolkit-compliance-platform/

Cohesity Leans Into “Enterprise AI Resilience” With Cyera DSPM And Unified Protection For Agentic Systems

Cohesity has unveiled an Enterprise AI Resilience strategy that uses its Data Cloud as a unified platform to protect AI infrastructure, govern sensitive data, mitigate agent-driven risks, and speed recovery from disruptions. As part of the push, Cohesity is adding a DSPM capability powered by Cyera to discover and classify sensitive data, expanding sovereign cloud options, and strengthening threat detection so customers can detect attacks early and recover to clean states.

Read on for more→
https://www.cohesity.com/newsroom/press/cohesity-expands-data-security-portfolio-with-cyera-dspm/

CTERA’s Fusion Data Fabric Blurs File–Object Lines For AI-Hungry Workloads

CTERA’s new Fusion suite creates a unified data fabric where files and objects coexist in a single global namespace, letting data be written as files and read as objects—or vice versa—without translation gateways. Enterprise apps can keep using SMB/NFS, while AI training clusters and cloud-native services access the same datasets via S3 and high-throughput S3 over RDMA, reducing bottlenecks and eliminating proprietary chunking. Existing object buckets can be onboarded directly, helping organizations activate distributed datasets for AI across edge and multi-cloud environments without migrations or lock-in.​

Read on for more→ https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/11/3253713/0/en/CTERA-Erases-the-Boundary-Between-File-and-Object-to-Deliver-A-Unified-Enterprise-Data-Foundation-for-the-AI-Era.html

Kai Exits Stealth With $125M And A Vision For Machine-Speed, Agentic Cyber Defense

Kai has emerged from stealth with $125M in funding to build an “agentic AI” platform that continuously contextualizes, evaluates, reasons, and executes security tasks at machine speed across threat intel, exposure management, detection, and response. The platform is designed to replace fragmented security tools and manual, human-speed workflows with a cohesive system that autonomously handles end-to-end defense while keeping human operators in a supervisory role. Kai’s founders, veterans of prior category-defining security companies, ultimately want their platform to become an AI operating system that unifies IT and OT security functions and eliminates siloed, category-based defenses.​

Read on for more→ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kai-emerges-from-stealth-with-125m-powering-machine-speed-defense-to-outpace-ai-enabled-adversaries-302708978.html

KIOXIA Highlights Flash Innovations At NVIDIA GTC To Keep AI GPUs Fed

At NVIDIA GTC 2026, KIOXIA is showcasing flash-based storage technologies designed to offload vector search and accelerate AI data access, including its AiSAQ “all-in-storage” approximate nearest neighbor solution and high-capacity LC9 NVMe SSDs. Demonstrations include an ultra-high IOPS SSD emulator exceeding 100 million IOPS, QLC-based drives tuned for fast access to large AI datasets, and an updated enterprise/data-center SSD portfolio optimized for performance-per-watt. KIOXIA emphasizes that high-performance, efficient flash is becoming a core pillar of scalable AI infrastructure alongside GPUs and networking.

Read on for more→ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kioxia-accelerates-ai-innovation-high-130000030.html

OneTrust Adds Real-Time, Runtime Controls To Shift AI Governance From Static To Continuous

OneTrust is expanding its platform with real-time AI governance and agent oversight capabilities designed to connect policy to operational controls across the AI lifecycle. New features link risk assessments and approved use cases to runtime monitoring and enforcement on key data and AI platforms, helping organizations keep pace as AI becomes embedded in everyday processes. OneTrust says the goal is to move beyond point-in-time compliance toward continuous governance that lets teams innovate quickly while maintaining trust and reducing risk as AI scales.​

Read on for more→ https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/03/09/3251861/0/en/OneTrust-Expands-AI-Governance-to-Meet-the-Demands-of-Scalable-Real-Time-AI.html

Opsera’s AppSec AI Agents Aim To Make AI-SDLC Secure By Default

Opsera has introduced AppSec AI Agents for AI Builders, a suite of autonomous agents embedded in its Agentic DevOps platform that secure AI-generated code and enforce compliance from the first commit. The initial set includes an Architecture Analyzer, Compliance Auditor, Security Scanner, and SQL Scanner that validate design, automate evidence collection for frameworks like SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR, and find and remediate vulnerabilities and injection risks in AI-authored code. Opsera frames the release as a first step towards a full AI-SDLC, where coordinated agents orchestrate security, architecture, and CI/CD workflows instead of relying on manual gates.

Read on for more→ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/opsera-unveils-appsec-ai-agents-130300562.html

Quest: Most Orgs Aren’t Testing Identity Disaster Recovery Nearly Often Enough

Quest Software’s State of ITDR survey of 650 IT and security leaders finds that only 24% of organizations test identity disaster recovery plans every six months as recommended, while another 24% never test them at all. Even as AI-driven attacks expand the identity threat surface, 51% say non-human identities are hardest to secure, followed by third-party/partner accounts, service accounts, and legacy systems. While 79% believe AI tools could improve ITDR effectiveness, Quest warns that many organizations still lack visibility into hybrid identity landscapes and are unprepared to rapidly restore Active Directory and Entra ID after an attack.

Read on for more→ https://www.quest.com/news/press-releases/quest-software-identity-disaster-recovery-testing-survey/

Radware’s Alteon Protect Blends Cloud Intelligence With On-Device Enforcement For Web And API Security

Radware has introduced Alteon Protect, an application security extension for its Alteon application delivery controllers that combines AI-driven, cloud-based detection with on-device enforcement. The service feeds Alteon ADCs with real-time threat intelligence and protection policies for DDoS, bot attacks, L7 threats, and API abuse, while keeping latency low by enforcing rules locally at the edge. Radware positions Alteon Protect as a way to scale modern web and API security without sacrificing performance or requiring wholesale infrastructure change.

Read on for more→ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/radware-introduces-alteon-protect-to-deliver-scalable-application-security-without-compromise.html

Workiva Reimagines GRC As A Single AI-Powered Assurance Platform

Workiva is rolling out the next generation of its AI-powered platform for governance, risk, and compliance, unifying audit, risk, controls, and reporting on a single data-connected system. New capabilities include AI-assisted Controls Management with real-time control health dashboards, AI-driven Audit Management workflows and testing automation, and tighter linkage between risk insights and financial, ESG, and regulatory reporting. Workiva frames the vision as eliminating manual, siloed GRC tools in favor of an intelligent platform that gives CFOs and boards an “unbroken chain of trust” from raw data to executive disclosures.​

Read on for more→ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260309252794/en/From-Data-Silos-to-Executive-Clarity-Workiva-Reimagines-GRC-With-AI-Powered-Platform-for-Audit-Risk-and-Controls

VDURA Blends V5000 Flash With WD Data60/102 Shelves For Tiered Performance–Capacity Blocks

VDURA is pairing its V5000 all-flash arrays with Western Digital’s Data60 and Data102 disk shelves to create tiered storage configurations that mix fast flash with dense HDD capacity in a single design. The approach targets environments that need high IOPS and low latency for active datasets alongside economical bulk storage for colder data, such as backup, archives, or AI training corpora. By using WD’s high-capacity shelves as a capacity tier behind V5000 flash, VDURA aims to deliver a better $/GB profile without sacrificing performance-sensitive workloads.​

Read on for more→ https://www.blocksandfiles.com/disk/2026/03/11/vdura-pairs-v5000-flash-with-wd-data60-and-data102-disk-shelves/5208754

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Solutions Review is Getting Set to Host Object First for the Exclusive Session ‘Zero Trust: Good, But Not Good Enough?’ on March 12

In the hour-long webinar, two Object First experts will discuss the importance of data resilience in cybersecurity and examine how an evolved Zero Trust approach can empower organizations to achieve genuine data resilience in the face of emerging threats. The event also includes a demo of Object First’s on-prem backup storage solution.

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Solutions Review is Getting Set to Host Everpure for the Exclusive Session ‘Beyond Infrastructure: Managing Data Sovereignty in the Agentic AI Era’ on March 17

Solutions Review team has partnered with Everpure to demonstrate how its Enterprise Data Cloud offering can replace manual “ticket-based” workflows with automated, self-service data delivery to provide teams with the data sovereignty and massive agility they need for the era of AI. Reserve your spot now for the hour-long Q&A and demo to gain valuable insights for elevating your AI ventures to the next level!

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NEW Episode of the Cyber Circuit with Michael Morgenstern: Why Traditional Security Frameworks Can’t Handle AI

Michael Morgenstern sits down with Manju Mude, a cybersecurity executive with over 25 years of experience, to explore why traditional compliance frameworks are breaking down in the age of autonomous agents. The conversation covers why executives focus on AI opportunities while risk conversations lag behind, how auditors are overwhelmed by machine-speed decision-making, and why waiting for regulations to catch up is a losing strategy.

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Contributor Series: The Great Neocloud Consolidation Has Already Started

The cloud services market, once dominated by hyperscalers, is now crowded with alternative “neoclouds” that promise greater agility and lightweight solutions for enterprises seeking more efficient cloud infrastructure. But by the end of 2026, there will be far fewer neoclouds than there were at the start.

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Contributor Series: Where the Leverage Lives in Modern Security Operations

Proactive security is having a moment, rightfully so. Organizations have built impressive security stacks, each tool serving controls for a specific domain: endpoint protection, identity management, cloud security, vulnerability scanning, and network monitoring. These investments are working. The coverage is broad, the telemetry is rich, and the compensating controls are doing their jobs. But here’s the catch: exposures don’t respect domain boundaries.

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Insight Jam Launches Mesh Lab Episode 2 to Build a Framework for Work & Learning in the Age of AI: The Human Advantage

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Solutions Review Surpasses 250K on YouTube to Power Unmatched Media Momentum in Enterprise Tech & the Human Impact of AI

Solutions Review has officially surpassed 250,000 subscribers on YouTube, a milestone that’s about more than just the number. This moment marks the payoff of a deliberate, two-year strategy centered on authoritative video, human-led insight, and an early recognition of how AI search engines ingest information, assign trust, and surface sources at scale.

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