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What Swiss Cheese teaches us about choosing MDR
Security Information and Event Management

What Swiss Cheese teaches us about choosing MDR

MDR buyers risk missing attacks if they focus on price and log limits instead of coverage across identities, endpoints and cloud systems.

By David Higgs • 3 min read • Yesterday
CrowdStrike joins identity standards groups amid AI threats
Cloud Security

CrowdStrike joins identity standards groups amid AI threats

AI-driven attacks are forcing identity systems to move faster, as CrowdStrike backs standards for real-time access decisions across users and agents.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Yesterday
Radiant Logic adds AI agent governance to identity platform
Hybrid Cloud

Radiant Logic adds AI agent governance to identity platform

Businesses need a single view of AI agents as their access and ownership can change in real time across cloud and internal systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Yesterday
Saviynt deepens Zscaler tie-up on Zero Trust access
Privileged Access Management

Saviynt deepens Zscaler tie-up on Zero Trust access

Large organisations may soon get tighter control over privileged access as the pair link identity governance with Zero Trust enforcement.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • 2 days ago
BlueVoyant launches AI platform for security operations
Digital Transformation

BlueVoyant launches AI platform for security operations

The new platform aims to cut alert overload for security teams and automate responses across Microsoft-centric environments as attacks grow more complex.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 2 days ago
Radiant Logic adds AI agent oversight to identity platform
Privileged Access Management

Radiant Logic adds AI agent oversight to identity platform

Security teams get real-time risk scoring for AI agents as Radiant Logic extends its identity platform across fragmented registries.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 3 days ago
CoreView appoints Kasper Lindgaard as Security Chief
Data Protection

CoreView appoints Kasper Lindgaard as Security Chief

The hire bolsters CoreView's push into Microsoft Cloud defence as large organisations face growing pressure over identity, permissions and tenant risk.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • 3 days ago
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Digital Transformation

Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious

Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • 3 days ago
BeyondTrust joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing push
Privileged Access Management

BeyondTrust joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing push

The partnership could help uncover critical flaws faster as AI-driven attacks and machine identities raise the stakes for infrastructure security.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • 4 days ago
Offroad lands USD $7 million to tackle identity risk
Cloud Security

Offroad lands USD $7 million to tackle identity risk

Security teams may gain relief from manual identity investigations as Offroad targets risks from human, machine and AI access with USD $7 million.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • 4 days ago
WatchGuard named Omdia champion for MSP cybersecurity
Digital Transformation

WatchGuard named Omdia champion for MSP cybersecurity

The ranking underscores growing demand for simpler cybersecurity platforms as MSPs consolidate vendors to cut complexity and widen services.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last week
Microsoft security landscape shifts as critical vulnerabilities surge: report
Digital Transformation

Microsoft security landscape shifts as critical vulnerabilities surge: report

Critical flaws in Microsoft software have nearly doubled, leaving enterprises facing a sharper risk profile despite fewer total vulnerabilities.

By James Maude • 4 min read • Last week
Insight launches managed defence for AI-driven flaws
Data Protection

Insight launches managed defence for AI-driven flaws

Mid-sized firms facing faster exploits can now outsource patching, exposure scanning and threat monitoring under one contract.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week
Upwind joins Cisco Cloud Control Studio as launch partner
Hybrid Cloud

Upwind joins Cisco Cloud Control Studio as launch partner

Cisco Cloud Control users will gain live cloud and AI risk data as the partnership aims to cut time spent switching between security tools.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
MokN raises USD $15 million to fight credential theft
Ransomware

MokN raises USD $15 million to fight credential theft

The funding will help the London-based cybersecurity start-up expand in the UK and US as phishing-driven credential theft keeps rising.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week
Rubrik uses Anthropic Mythos to probe software flaws
Data Protection

Rubrik uses Anthropic Mythos to probe software flaws

Early access to Anthropic's Mythos in Australia is helping Rubrik scan its code for flaws before attackers can exploit them.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last week

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1Kosmos launches identity platform on AWS Marketplace
Biometrics

1Kosmos launches identity platform on AWS Marketplace

AWS customers can now buy 1Kosmos software more easily as identity security demand grows amid phishing, account takeover and AI impersonation risks.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Last week
Acumen Cyber & AttackIQ team up on defence validation
Security Operations Centres

Acumen Cyber & AttackIQ team up on defence validation

UK organisations will gain continuous testing of cyber controls as Acumen Cyber adds AttackIQ's platform to spot exploitable attack paths.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last week