2026 ZKast #79 - From Research to Reality: How NTT's Scale Academy is Reimagining Data Security

Are we moving toward a world where security follows the data, not the network? In this episode of What’s New in Security, Zeus Kerravala and Will Townsend report from NTT Upgrade 2026 to discuss the shift from academic research to market-ready security products.

The Big Announcement:
The centerpiece of this year’s conference is the launch of Scale Academy, NTT Research’s new incubator designed to solve their historical "go-to-market" challenge. We dive deep into its first major output: Salt Grain.

In this episode, we discuss:

Salt Grain & ABE: How Attribute-Based Encryption (ABE) secures individual elements of data, making traditional boundary-based security (like firewalls) look like a relic of the past.

Research to Reality: Why NTT is moving beyond "just hoarding patents" to actually commercializing their innovations.

The AI/Developer Impact: Reflections on the keynote featuring Cursor—how AI is accelerating developer productivity and what that means for the "quality vs. volume" debate in coding.

The Gaps: Why the lack of integration with NTT Data’s agentic business solutions might be a missed opportunity.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction: Live from NTT Upgrade
02:30 - Introducing Scale Academy: NTT’s New Incubator
03:45 - What is Salt Grain? (Attribute-Based Encryption Explained)
05:20 - The "Go-to-Market" Challenge
09:30 - The Future: Can we consume software at "AI Speed"?
11:00 - Final Thoughts & Wrap Up

About the Hosts:
Zeus Kerravala is the Founder and Principal Analyst at ZK Research.
Will Townsend is a leading analyst covering networking and security.

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