In an interview with AITech Park, Rishabh Poddar, CEO and Co-founder of Opaque Systems, said that with data privacy regulations becoming more stringent, securing confidential and sensitive data is an urgent priority for organizations globally. Confidential computing — projected to be a US$54 billion market by 2026 by Everest Group — provides a solution using TEEs or “enclaves” that encrypt data during computation, isolating it from access, exposure, and threats.