Fortanix and NVIDIA partner on AI security platform for highly regulated industries

Fortanix Inc., a data security company, has recently partnered with NVIDIA to introduce a groundbreaking solution that allows organizations to deploy AI within their own data centers or sovereign environments. This joint platform leverages NVIDIA’s confidential computing GPUs to ensure end-to-end security and trust in AI operations.

Anand Kashyap, CEO and co-founder of Fortanix, emphasized the importance of securing every layer of AI implementation, from the chip to the model to the data. This approach is especially critical for industries like healthcare, finance, and government, which deal with sensitive information and strict regulatory requirements.

The Fortanix-NVIDIA platform is designed to enable enterprises to build and run AI systems on confidential data without compromising security or control. By integrating Fortanix Data Security Manager (DSM) and Confidential Computing Manager (CCM) with NVIDIA’s GPU architecture, the solution ensures that data, models, and workflows remain protected throughout their lifecycle.

The partnership introduces a confidential AI pipeline that verifies the trustworthiness of AI workloads and infrastructure using composite attestation. This process validates both CPUs and GPUs before granting access to sensitive data, creating a provable chain of trust from the hardware chip to the application layer.

Enterprises can seamlessly transition existing AI workloads onto NVIDIA’s Hopper or Blackwell GPU architectures with minimal reconfiguration. For new AI infrastructure projects, Fortanix’s Armet AI platform offers orchestration, observability, and built-in guardrails to accelerate time to production.

Compliance is a key focus of the platform, with DSM enforcing role-based access control, detailed audit logging, and secure key custody to facilitate adherence to data protection regulations. The solution is built for confidentiality and sovereignty, supporting on-premises or air-gapped deployment options for organizations that require local control over their AI environments.

In addition to current encryption standards, Fortanix supports post-quantum cryptography within its DSM product to prepare for future advancements in quantum computing. The platform offers real-world flexibility, allowing deployment in major cloud environments that support confidential computing and enabling consistent key management across multiple regions.

Fortanix will showcase the joint platform at NVIDIA GTC, demonstrating how enterprises can secure AI workloads in highly regulated environments. With a focus on confidential computing and data security, Fortanix continues to lead the way in protecting sensitive information across all stages of the data lifecycle.