Securing AI data supply chains with AltaStata Fortified Data Lakes
AltaStata protects data in multi-cloud environments and AI/ML ecosystems from malicious users and accidental misconfigurations without compromising utility or speed.
An AI platform provider to a network of hospitals provides the infrastructure for secure data collaboration and processing. With AltaStata, hospitals upload encrypted datasets (e.g., genomic data, MRI scans, clinical patient records) to the AltaStata Fortified Data Lake, hosted within the Ceph storage environment. This setup enables model training on NVIDIA GPUs and fosters collaborative research, all while maintaining strict protection against data breaches and poisoning. Platform administrators, who also manage the storage infrastructure, are not considered insider threats, as they cannot view or alter the encrypted data. Meanwhile, hospital administrators retain full control over their own data within the AltaStata Fortified Data Lake, with the ability to grant or revoke access permissions for personnel and applications.
AltaStata addresses the critical need for robust data security for AI. Our patented Fortified Data Lake solution ensures the AI supply chain remains protected throughout its lifecycle, from AI model training to data processing with AI in real-time.
By seamlessly integrating with various data sources and platforms, AltaStata secures OpenShift AI without requiring code changes — keeping data compliant, breach-resistant, and tamper-proof.
- Secure, Multi-Party AI Research Collaboration Utilizing Remote Infrastructure
Using AltaStata’s Fortified Data Lake, the AI platform provider provides a protected environment that enables hospitals, clinical research organizations, and other data partners to access NVIDIA GPUs and scalable storage—eliminating the need for their own data centers, power management, or specialized hardware.
- End-to-End Data Privacy and Integrity
Hospitals upload encrypted datasets—such as genomic data, MRI scans, and clinical records—to the Fortified Data Lake at the AI platform provider and use OpenShift AI for training and running models. Data remains encrypted at all times, ensuring that even platform provider administrators cannot view or tamper with datasets or models.
- Full Data Control at Third-Party Facilities
Hospital administrators retain full control over their data—even when stored within the AI platform provider facility. They can grant or revoke access permissions at the file level for other research participants, platform staff, and applications running on OpenShift.
- Seamless Integration with Leading Data Science Platforms
AltaStata’s Fortified Data Lake seamlessly supports Databricks, PyTorch, TensorFlow, and other platforms—enabling the processing of vast amounts of encrypted data without compromising training or inference speed.
- Advanced Data Compression
AltaStata’s data compression technology reduces storage costs by up to 63% and boosts processing speeds by up to 3×.
