Obsidian is reinforcing its commitment to data sovereignty for Australian customers by offering its security platform through a new Australian data centre, without compromising security standards.

The Move highlights Obsidian Security’s dedication to meeting the evolving needs of its customer base.

Obsidian says as the sensitivity of data within SaaS applications grows, businesses are increasingly prioritising the need to keep their data within their region.

“Organisations have moved business-critical data to SaaS for easier and faster business operations,” said Obsidian Co-founder Glenn Chisholm.

“However, traditional on-premise security is falling short of securing these apps, making the safety and locality of this data an urgent necessity,”

“Without the right security in place, attackers can simply steal one set of login credentials and gain access to your entire network of SaaS applications.” Chisholm said.

“Our platform is the only solution that combines application posture with identity security to offer customers complete SaaS security,”

“And with this new data centre, customers can confidently adopt Obsidian to protect their entire SaaS ecosystem without data leaving Australia.” he said.

Obsidian’s investment in the Asia-Pacific region reflects the importance local businesses place on security, bolstered by strong ties to the market through Australian co-founder and former Telstra CISO, Glenn Chisholm, along with long-standing relationships with ASX-listed customers.

Further investments include the establishment of an Australian Technical Centre of Excellence and expanding the local team across technical account management, DevOps, quality assurance, and cybersecurity research fields.