Company
Date Published
May 17, 2021
Author
Alex Lowe
Word count
545
Language
English
Hacker News points
2

Summary

Twilio has acquired Ionic Security, a leading data security platform designed to help businesses enforce access and protection requirements. The acquisition aims to develop Twilio's robust suite of data trust services and create opportunities for developers to build applications with privacy- and security-by-design. Ionic's platform protects sensitive data in demanding security environments, including large enterprises, financial institutions, and government applications. With the integration of Ionic's technology into Twilio's communications services, customers can leverage a flexible and critical security infrastructure capability. The acquisition will accelerate the development of Twilio's data security features, particularly in meeting new global data compliance guidelines.