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Check Point unveils AI-ready continuous exposure management

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Check Point launches AI-ready Exposure Management to plug remediation gaps, unifying threat intelligence, prioritisation and automated fixes.
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AI agents race ahead of governance, security & trust

2 days ago
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AI agents surge into big business with scant oversight, leaving governance, security and trust frameworks struggling to keep pace.
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Check Point unveils AI-ready Exposure Management suite

4 days ago
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Check Point launches AI-ready Exposure Management suite to close remediation gaps as organisations leave half of known vulnerabilities unpatched.
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UK ambulance data breaches surge past 4,000 in three years

4 days ago
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UK ambulance services logged over 4,000 data breaches in three years, with incidents rising annually amid growing digital and cyber risks.
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Closing the visibility gap in board-level cyber risk

4 days ago
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Boards face a widening cyber visibility gap as AI, legacy systems and shadow tools outpace governance, testing resilience and oversight.
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Tanium named Leader in IDC report on Windows tools

5 days ago
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Tanium again tops IDC MarketScape rankings, named a Leader for worldwide Windows-focused endpoint management tools for 2025-2026.
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Betsson turns to Group-IB to tackle online fraud surge

5 days ago
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Betsson adopts Group-IB’s real-time fraud tech to counter rising account takeovers, bonus abuse and payment scams across its platforms.
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Team Cymru & Filigran integrate Pure Signal with OpenCTI

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Team Cymru and Filigran link Pure Signal and Scout with OpenCTI to enrich threat investigations, automate hunts and deepen global context.
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Infoblox to buy Axur to bolster AI-powered threat defence

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Infoblox agrees to buy AI-driven threat hunter Axur, aiming to curb phishing and brand abuse beyond the traditional network perimeter.
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Black Hat to debut cyber war room documentary in Vegas

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Black Hat will premiere Semperis documentary Midnight in the War Room in Las Vegas, spotlighting the human cost of cyber conflict.
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UK firms invest in cyber, overlook growing AI risks

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UK firms pour cash into cyber security yet neglect AI-specific threats, leaving new attack surfaces exposed despite rising confidence.
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US small firms face rising cyber attacks amid weak defences

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Nearly half of US small firms have suffered cyber attacks in five years as many still rely on untrained staff and weak defences to cope.
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NZ firms lift tech spend as AI shifts from trials to scale

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New Zealand firms plan bigger tech budgets as optimism grows, shifting AI from pilots to scaled deployments despite talent and cyber strains.
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Keeper adds zero-knowledge secrets manager to JetBrains

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Keeper launches a zero-knowledge secrets manager extension for JetBrains IDEs, aiming to eliminate hardcoded credentials in codebases.
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Three cybersecurity predictions that will define the CISO agenda in 2026

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By 2026, CISOs will tame security noise, confront hidden AI risks and harness agentic AI to turn reactive defence into strategic action.
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Hadrian unveils AI agents to pre-empt cyber attacks

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Hadrian rolls out AI “offensive” agents that mimic hackers, probing firms’ systems continuously to spot and fix cyber flaws first.
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Keeper Security grows PAM platform & global presence

Last month
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Keeper Security tops four million paid users as it expands its unified PAM platform globally and earns fresh analyst and industry recognition.
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India’s enterprises shift from AI pilots to execution

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India’s enterprises are racing from AI pilots to full-scale deployment as boards demand hard returns, stronger governance and resilience.
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NCC Group, Qualys expand managed attack surface service

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NCC Group partners with Qualys to expand its managed ASM service, blending automated asset discovery with expert-led cyber risk analysis.
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UK founders demand clearer AI rules & digital trust

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UK founders warn unclear AI rules and weak digital trust threaten competitiveness, as many eye EU markets despite backing Britain to start up.