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Black Duck expands Polaris platform with unified, automated security across all major SCMs

Black Duck has announced the availability of a set of enhanced Black Duck Polaris Platform integrations across all major source code management (SCM) platforms, including GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket. The Polaris Platform is an integrated, software-as-a-service application security platform powered by the static application security testing, software composition analysis, and dynamic application security…

NowSecure AI-Navigator cuts mobile app testing time by automating authentication

NowSecure announced the launch of AI-Navigator, new functionality that streamlines and improves mobile application security testing. By automating authentication workflows, NowSecure enables security teams to dynamically test mobile apps for vulnerabilities and privacy leaks up to 90% faster. “Mobile apps are the front door to enterprise and consumer data, but security teams have struggled to…

BlueCat Horizon unifies DNS, DHCP, IPAM, and security into a cloud-first intelligent NetOps platform

BlueCat Networks has unveiled BlueCat Horizon, a SaaS-based platform designed to modernize how enterprises and mid-market organizations operate, secure, and evolve their networks through AI-assisted insights and coordinated action across the network. BlueCat Horizon introduces a common set of platform and infrastructure services that support multiple network applications and enable cross-domain use cases that were…

CodeHunter expands behavioral intent analysis to secure the software supply chain

CodeHunter is expanding its behavioral intent technology beyond traditional malware analysis to address supply chain risk and security decision-making across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). According to a recent Gartner report, “software supply chains transcend organizational boundaries and consist of external entities in addition to internal systems.” Gartner also warns that “improper artifact integrity validation…

Kong launches Context Mesh to turn enterprise APIs into agent-ready tools

Kong has announced Kong Context Mesh, a product that automatically discovers enterprise APIs, transforms them into agent-consumable tools, and deploys them with runtime governance. “Organisations have spent years building APIs as the nervous system of the enterprise. Context Mesh allows them to reuse that investment to power agents instead of starting from scratch,” said Marco…

Cisco enhances security for enterprise AI adoption

Cisco announced a suite of capabilities to help enterprises adopt agentic AI with confidence, combining agent protection, interaction governance, and resilient connectivity for AI-driven workflows. As organizations move from AI assistants to autonomous agents that use tools and data across hybrid environments, security teams need to strengthen agentic defenses, govern agent interactions with enterprise systems…

Trellix SecondSight identifies subtle indicators of an active breach

Trellix announced Trellix SecondSight, a threat hunting service designed to proactively identify low-noise advanced threats often undetected, reducing organizational risk for Trellix customers. “Threat actors’ use of AI has significantly increased alert fatigue for security analysts,” said John Fokker, VP Threat Intelligence Strategy, Trellix. “While automated systems flag high-level alerts, they often miss subtle, low-noise…

Imprivata delivers passwordless access to improve security, compliance, and productivity

Imprivata has introduced comprehensive new capabilities to enable the next generation of fast, frictionless, and passwordless access for frontline staff, knowledge workers, and all other enterprise users. Imprivata Enterprise Access Management (EAM) now offers context-aware passwordless authentication, identity verification, and AI-powered risk signaling and behavioral analytics, expanding the company’s solutions for seamless access to personal…

Portnox expands ZTNA with passwordless access for RDP, SSH, and enterprise consoles

Portnox has unveiled a major expansion of its zero trust network access (ZTNA) solution, extending credential-free access beyond web and on-premises applications to include enterprise console-based applications. Organizations can eliminate passwords and credentials from administrative access via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Secure Shell (SSH), Virtual Network Computing (VNC), and Teletype Network (Telnet). This removes the…

BloodHound Scentry helps organizations reduce identity risk and close attack paths

SpecterOps has announced BloodHound Scentry, a new service designed to help customers accelerate their APM practice and reduce identity risk. BloodHound Scentry combines the power of BloodHound Enterprise with SpecterOps tradecraft experts and practitioners to provide customers with tailored guidance for attack path remediation, advanced analysis for emerging threats, and privilege zone design to protect…

Armis Centrix brings unified, AI-driven application security to the SDLC

Armis has announced Armis Centrix for Application Security, which unifies application security across an organization’s software development lifecycle. The technology helps security teams secure code as a next-generation attack vector to fortify organizations’ defenses and protect against cyber threats. “To effectively manage risk, it’s essential to get to the root cause of the problem and…

Backslash Security raises $19 million to address AI coding security risks

Backslash Security announced a $19 million Series A funding round led by KOMPAS VC, with participation from Maniv, Artofin Venture Capital, and existing investors StageOne Ventures and First Rays Capital. The round, which follows Backslash’s $8 million seed funding, tracks the rapid grassroots shift from AI-assisted coding to autonomous AI agents that software development teams…

MintMCP’s governance platform helps organizations deploy, monitor, and secure AI agents

MintMCP launched its enterprise governance platform for AI agents and MCP servers, enabling teams to deploy, monitor, and secure agent infrastructure at scale. The platform enables organizations to deploy, monitor, and secure AI agents at scale while maintaining complete audit trails and policy enforcement. As enterprises race to deploy AI agents, security teams face a…

AiStrike introduces AI-powered MDR to reduce costs and alert fatigue

AiStrike announced the launch of AiStrike MDR, an AI-powered managed detection and response (MDR) service designed to replace human-intensive MDR with an AI-led, expert-guided operating model built for scale, speed, and measurable outcomes. Enterprises and government organizations use AiStrike to unify threat intelligence, detection engineering, investigation, and response in a single AI-native platform, improving detection…

AiStrike introduces AI-powered MDR to reduce costs and alert fatigue

AiStrike announced the launch of AiStrike MDR, an AI-powered managed detection and response (MDR) service designed to replace human-intensive MDR with an AI-led, expert-guided operating model built for scale, speed, and measurable outcomes. Enterprises and government organizations use AiStrike to unify threat intelligence, detection engineering, investigation, and response in a single AI-native platform, improving detection…

Varonis acquires AllTrue.ai to enable safe, compliant AI at scale

Varonis has acquired AllTrue.ai to help organizations adopt safe, compliant and trustworthy AI at scale. AllTrue.ai brings real-time visibility and security to AI systems, complementing Varonis’ understanding of enterprise data, identities, and access. Together, the combined platform helps organizations see and protect everything they build and run with AI. Comprehensive AI-TRiSM to address risks at…

ConnectSecure introduces Linux patching capability to simplify cross-distro updates

ConnectSecure announced the launch of a new cross-platform Linux operating system patching capability. The update eliminates the complexity of managing fragmented Linux environments by delivering a single, unified interface for deploying critical security updates across the four most widely used Linux distributions: Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, and CentOS. The new capability helps MSPs and security…

SECNAP CloudJacket MXDR integrates SOC, SIEM, and NDR

SECNAP Network Security announced the launch of CloudJacket MXDR, a next-generation managed extended detection and response solution. Built on the company’s patented CloudJacket platform, CloudJacket MXDR enhances SECNAP’s security portfolio by extending its existing capabilities, including advanced network detection and response (NDR). CloudJacket MXDR is designed from the ground up to empower managed service providers…

Avast brings deepfake scam detection to Windows PCs and mobile devices

Avast announced the full international availability of Avast Scam Guardian and Scam Guardian Pro on mobile devices, alongside the launch of Avast Deepfake Guard on Windows PCs, a new AI-powered feature designed to proactively analyze and detect malicious audio in video content. Together, these launches expand the Avast scam protection ecosystem, extending coverage across mobile…

Socure unifies identity, fraud, and program integrity for government at scale

Socure has released Socure for Government (SocureGov) RiskOS to help public sector organizations deliver simpler, faster, and more transparent digital identity verification and fraud prevention at scale. SocureGov RiskOS unifies identity proofing, fraud detection, and program integrity into a single intelligent control plane, supporting the full constituent lifecycle, from onboarding and progressive verification to authentication,…

Fingerprint enables enterprises to tell trusted AI agents apart from bots and scrapers

Fingerprint has released Authorized AI Agent Detection, its new ecosystem of AI agents, including OpenAI, AWS AgentCore, Browserbase, Manus and Anchor Browser. The ecosystem enables enterprises to detect authorized agentic AI traffic with 100% certainty, allowing organizations to distinguish trusted, permissioned automation from malicious bots and scrapers. As AI agents account for a growing share…

What CIOs and CISOs Are Saying About Fake IT Workers: 4 Key Takeaways

Across private conversations with CISOs, CIOs, and heads of HR and identity, one issue continues to emerge as both urgent and unresolved: fake IT workers infiltrating enterprise environments under false or stolen identities. In many of these discussions, leaders admitted they’ve seen this problem up close, or know someone who has. Fake hires can linger undetected for…

Top Passwordless Identity Assurance Trends for 2025

“The Renaissance Man” was attributed to Leonardo da Vinci because he symbolized the focus of the Renaissance era: boundless human potential. The 2025 State of Passwordless Identity Assurance Report revolves around the Identity Renaissance: the exploration of business success when it’s unburdened by security vulnerabilities and inefficiencies. The report stresses the vitalization of shifting away…