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Identity Security stories - Page 11

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CrowdStrike to buy Seraphic to secure browser sessions

Wed, 14th Jan 2026
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CrowdStrike moves deeper into browser security with Seraphic buy, tying in SGNL identity tech to protect in-session activity and AI use.
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CSPM set to vanish as machine identities drive risk

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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CSPM tools will vanish as a separate market by 2026, Tenable says, as CISOs pivot spend to machine identity risk and permissions sprawl.
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CrowdStrike to buy SGNL to boost AI-ready identity security

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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CrowdStrike will acquire identity security specialist SGNL to add continuous, AI-ready access enforcement across human and machine users.
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AI identities expose gap in modern privileged access

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Just 1% of organisations fully use Just-in-Time privileged access, leaving AI agents and cloud systems exposed to “always-on” credentials.
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Generative AI drives surge in workplace data breaches

Wed, 7th Jan 2026
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Generative AI tools drive a surge in workplace data breaches, with monthly policy violations more than doubling as shadow AI use persists.
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AWS, CrowdStrike & NVIDIA back 35 AI security startups

Tue, 6th Jan 2026
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AWS, CrowdStrike and NVIDIA have picked 35 startups for their 2026 AI-focused cybersecurity accelerator, offering mentoring and tech support.
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Linxens unveils Hint to detect chip-tampered ID documents

Tue, 6th Jan 2026
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Linxens has launched Hint, a hidden sensor for e-passports and ID cards that alerts border checks to deliberate chip tampering and fraud.
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Identity security to become core cyber focus by 2026

Fri, 2nd Jan 2026
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Identity security will become core infrastructure by 2026 as AI‑driven attacks, deepfakes and state hackers overwhelm old perimeter defences.
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Keeper Security grows PAM platform & global presence

Sat, 27th Dec 2025
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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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Digital wallets & AI threats to reshape ID security

Fri, 19th Dec 2025
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Digital wallets and decentralised IDs are set to surge by 2026 as AI-driven threats push firms to monitor human and machine identities nonstop.
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AI agents expose data, security & skills bottlenecks

Thu, 18th Dec 2025
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AI agents are set to strain data, security and talent in 2026, as enterprises bet on a few core frameworks and brace for identity attacks.
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CISOs face rising scrutiny as AI escalates cyber risk

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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CISOs are warned 2026 will bring harsher board scrutiny, AI-fuelled attacks, bigger budgets - and far less tolerance for cyber failure.
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Why agentic AI is the game-changer SOCs need

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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Agentic AI is helping overstretched Australian SOCs fight rising, AI-driven cyber threats by automating legwork while keeping humans in control.
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Check Point unveils AI-focused upgrade to Quantum firewall

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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Check Point's new Quantum R82.10 firewall targets AI threats and hybrid networks with prevention-first, Zero Trust and unified security tools.
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CrowdStrike unveils Falcon AIDR to secure AI prompts

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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data protection
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CrowdStrike launches Falcon AIDR to police AI prompts and agents, tackling injection, jailbreaks and sensitive data leaks in real time.
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Five technology trends that will shape 2026

Mon, 15th Dec 2025
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data protection
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data analytics
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Data, AI, quantum and cybersecurity advances will force Australian firms in 2026 to treat emerging tech as core infrastructure, not experiments.
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Cyber leaders warn resilience gap as boards eye 2026

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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Cyber chiefs warn a widening gap between cyber plans and real resilience as boards eye 2026 with only marginal spend increases.
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Keeper links identity security alerts into ServiceNow

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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Keeper links its identity and privileged access alerts into ServiceNow, giving security teams real-time, centralised incident response.
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AI-native attacks drive shift to continuous cyber tests

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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AI-native cyber attacks and synthetic IDs are forcing firms to shift from periodic checks to continuous, AI-driven security testing by 2026.
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CrowdStrike hits 100% in latest MITRE ATT&CK tests

Thu, 11th Dec 2025
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CrowdStrike's Falcon platform scores 100% detection and protection with zero false positives in MITRE ATT&CK's toughest cloud-era tests.