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Identity Elevated: A New Unified Identity Experience in Cisco Cloud Control
Identity in Cloud Control provides visibility, ability to take action on human, non-human, and AI agent identities, and powers identity-driven AgenticOps with AI Canvas.
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Microsoft Entra pushes passkeys, tightens identity security
Microsoft has released multiple identity and network access capabilities for Entra, its family of identity and network access products that help organizations implement a zero trust security strategy, over the last 30 days. Features reaching general availability Identity and authentication updates Phishing-resistant MFA is now available on Linux desktops through the Microsoft identity broker. The…
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DNS-AID lets AI agents find and verify each other through DNS
AI agents run across many platforms, and each one needs a way to locate and confirm the identity of the others it works with. The Linux Foundation’s DNS-AID project gives them that capability through the Domain Name System, the same address lookup system that has directed internet traffic for decades. The project lets AI agents…
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Orchid Security extends identity control plane for AI agents
The identity security startup introduced three new components: Agentic Enrichment, which maps AI agents to their origins and permissions; Agentic Observability, for monitoring agent access paths and delegation chains; and Agentic Guardrails, to enforce least privilege and maintain identity hygiene.
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XM Cyber enhances identity risk visibility with continuous exposure management capabilities
XM Cyber has announced platform enhancements aimed at helping organizations reduce identity risk, compounded by AI-enabled attackers. According to Gartner, “By 2028, 70% of CISOs will use identity visibility and intelligence capabilities to shrink the IAM attack surface, reducing the risks of credential compromise.” Excessive permissions are a leading technique used in breaches and a…
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Laying the groundwork: A practical path to identity security for AI agents
As enterprises move toward AI-driven operations, identity modernization becomes essential.
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Ping Identity advances agentic security with AI governance and trusted access
Ping Identity announced new capabilities that extend the Ping Identity Platform for the agentic enterprise, where AI agents, automation, and developers increasingly shape how access is managed, governed, and secured across organizations. AI agents are changing both sides of the identity equation. They are new actors that need to be discovered, governed, and managed across…
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6 Best Identity & Access Management (IAM) Software Solutions in 2026
This guide is for IT leaders, security teams, and identity administrators looking to improve access control and secure distributed workforces in 2026. It covers the best identity and access management (IAM) software solutions and the key features organizations should evaluate when choosing the right platform for cloud, SaaS, and remote access security. Key Takeaways of…
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MFA Prompt Bombing: Why Your Second Factor Isn’t Saving You
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) was supposed to close a critical gap in identity security. It meant that, even if an attacker possessed the account credentials, they couldn’t log in without the second factor. While that logic was sound, attackers have now figured out that they don’t need to steal the second factor: they just need the…
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7 identity security best practice for the Agentic AI era
Here’s how to harden the teams identity security to defend against the rising tide of AI agents.
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Identity Alone Isn’t Enough: Why Device Security Has to Share the Load
Identity checks alone can’t stop attackers using stolen session tokens and compromised devices. Specops Software outlines why Zero Trust strategies increasingly depend on continuous device verification. […]
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What happens when your identity provider becomes the kill chain
In this Help Net Security video, Colin Constable, CTO at Atsign, explains why your identity provider (IdP) has become the kill chain in cyberattacks. Attackers steal session cookies, tokens, or consent grants you’ve already issued and walk in behind you. Constable breaks down how passwords, session cookies, and OAuth grants all rely on shared secrets…
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News alert: Orchid Security study finds invisible identities now outnumber managed accounts
NEW YORK, May 19, 2026, CyberNewswire—Orchid Security, the company solving identity at its core, today released its Identity Gap: 2026 Snapshot report, revealing that the majority of enterprise identity now exists outside the view of identity and access management systems. The report found that invisible identity (“identity dark matter”) now outweighs visible identity across enterprise…
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The Next Cybersecurity Challenge May Be Verifying AI Agents
AI agents are reshaping cybersecurity. Learn why verification, trusted identity standards, and runtime controls are now essential.
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Regional routing for AWS access portals: Implementing custom vanity domains for IAM Identity Center
AWS IAM Identity Center provides a web-based access portal that gives your workforce a single place to view their AWS accounts and applications. With the recent launch of IAM Identity Center multi-Region replication, customers can replicate their IAM Identity Center instance across multiple AWS Regions to improve resilience and reduce latency for a globally distributed…
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Most Organizations Now Use AI Agents for Sensitive Security Tasks
Semperis study finds 74% of organizations believe AI will increase attacks on identity infrastructure
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Machine identities outnumber humans 109 to 1
Organizations manage an average of 109 machine identities for every human identity. AI agents account for a growing share of those identities, with companies expecting AI agent growth of 85% over the next 12 months. Machine identities are projected to increase by 77%, and human identities by 56%, based on data from Palo Alto Networks’…
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Palo Alto bets on identity security for autonomous AI with Idira launch
Palo Alto Networks has launched Idira, a new identity security platform aimed at securing human users, machine identities, and AI agents amid the rising adoption of autonomous AI systems amongst enterprises. The company is positioning Idira as a next-generation identity security platform that goes beyond traditional privileged access management (PAM) systems by applying dynamic privilege…
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May Patch Tuesday roundup: Critical holes in Windows Netlogon, DNS, and SAP S/4HANA
Critical vulnerabilities in Windows Server’s networking and identity infrastructure, as well as a serious hole in Microsoft Dynamics 365 on-premises version, highlight Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday fixes. They are among the 118 vulnerabilities identified this month by the company. Some in cloud-based services like Azure and Microsoft Teams have already been fixed, so no admin…
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ThreatDown ITDR prevents credential-based attacks
ThreatDown, the former corporate business unit of Malwarebytes, launched ThreatDown Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR). ITDR is a new product that helps security teams monitor identities to detect suspicious activity, misconfigurations, and active attacks targeting user accounts and privileges. With native integrations for Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and Active Directory, security teams gain unified…
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Palo Alto Networks Targets AI Identity Risks with Idira
Palo Alto Networks is expanding its identity security business with the launch of Idira, a platform designed to secure human users, machine identities, and autonomous AI agents as enterprises face growing identity-related cyber risk. The company also named Oracle veteran Sonny Singh to lead the business, signaling a broader push around identity security for AI-driven…
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ThreatDown Expands Into Identity Security With ITDR Platform
ThreatDown on Tuesday announced the launch of its new Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) platform, designed to help organizations detect and respond to attacks targeting user identities and credentials after authentication. The California-based cybersecurity vendor said the product is built to monitor suspicious identity activity across hybrid environments, including Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, and…
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The State of Identity Security 2026: Identity is the new perimeter
Discover the causes and consequences of identity threats based on a survey of 5,000 organizations across 17 countries. Categories: Products & Services Tags: identity, Identity Security, Ransomware
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Your AI Agents Are Already Inside the Perimeter. Do You Know What They’re Doing?
Analysts recently confirmed what identity security teams have quietly feared: AI agents are being deployed faster than enterprises can govern them. In their inaugural Market Guide for Guardian Agents, Gartner states that “enterprise adoption of AI agents is accelerating, outpacing maturity of governance policy controls.” Enterprise leaders can request access to the Gartner Market Guide…
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ServiceNow strengthens enterprise AI security with Autonomous Security & Risk platform
ServiceNow has launched Autonomous Security & Risk to govern every AI agent, identity, and connected asset. Armis delivers continuous asset intelligence across code, IT, OT, IoT, and connected assets, while Veza provides fine-grained visibility, intelligence, and governance for both human and non-human identities. Security and risk crossed $1 billion in annual contract value (ACV) for…
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AI Adoption Fuels Rise in Identity Attack Path Risk
Identity security is one of the most urgent priorities for enterprises as AI adoption expands the attack surface and introduces new complexity. The SpecterOps Trends in Identity Attack Path Management 2026 report highlights how organizations are increasing investment in identity security while struggling to turn visibility into consistent risk reduction. “As identity becomes the control…
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Ping Identity Warns of Emerging Authorisation Risks as AI Agents Scale Across Enterprises
COMPANY NEWS: New KuppingerCole Analysts research, commissioned by Ping Identity, defines how enterprises can govern AI agents at runtime to close emerging authorization gaps
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What CISOs need to get right as identity enters the agentic era
Identity has always been central to security, but the proliferation of AI agents is rapidly changing the challenge of managing and securing identity, spurring CISOs to rethink their identity strategies — even how it is defined. “Identity is now both a control surface and an attack surface. We’ve had non-human identities as API keys, tokens,…
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Can I do that with policy? Understanding the AWS Service Authorization Reference
Understanding what AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies can control helps you build better security controls and avoid spending time on approaches that won’t work. You’ve likely encountered questions like: Can I use AWS Organizations service control policies (SCPs) to prevent the creation of security groups that allow traffic from 0.0.0.0/0? Can I block…
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Building a Strong Digital Identity on Discord in Today’s Online Communities
In this post, I will talk about building a strong digital identity on Discord in today’s online communities. Discord has come a long way from what it used to be. Most people remember it as that app gamers used to talk during matches but honestly it has become something much bigger than that. Right now…
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Your IAM was built for humans, AI agents don’t care
Identity and access management was built for a simpler world. One where the hardest problem was a human logging in, and where “Who are you?” was sufficient to decide what someone could do. That model served enterprises well for decades. It was not built for a world where non-human identities now account for more than…
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Prove Identity Platform connects verification, authentication, and fraud prevention
Prove has launched the Prove Identity Platform, turning identity verification into an ongoing, real-time process for users, businesses, and AI agents. AI agents are already initiating real transactions on behalf of real people. OpenAI and Stripe launched the Agentic Commerce Protocol in September. Visa named Anthropic, OpenAI, and Perplexity as agentic commerce partners. As that…
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Ping Identity Wins 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year Award for Identity & Access Management
COMPANY NEWS: Award highlights joint leadership in modernising and extending identity controls into real-time AI-driven environments
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Why identity is the driving force behind digital transformation
Identity centric technologies have undergone a significant transformation in recent times. Gone are the days when it was all about logging in and out of any given system. Today, identity has become the backbone of all digital enterprises. It’s the ‘invisible engine’ that powers everything. From security to how modern-day products are sold. Today’s Identity…
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World ID expands its ‘proof of human’ vision for the AI era
Identity management is a critical concern for any enterprise, and it’s becoming ever more complex and convoluted with the advent of AI agents. World ID is taking a unique (and to some, controversial) approach to this challenge by building a ‘digital proof of human’ ecosystem for the internet. Today, at its “Lift Off” event, the…
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Cisco fixed four critical flaws in Identity Services and Webex
Cisco fixed four critical flaws in Identity Services and Webex that could allow code execution and user impersonation. Cisco has addressed four critical vulnerabilities affecting its Identity Services and Webex platforms. The flaws could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and impersonate any user within the affected services. The issues pose serious security risks, prompting…
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Cisco Patches Four Critical Identity Services, Webex Flaws Enabling Code Execution
Cisco has announced patches to address four critical security flaws impacting Identity Services and Webex Services that could result in arbitrary code execution and allow an attacker to impersonate any user within the service. The details of the vulnerabilities are below – CVE-2026-20184 (CVSS score: 9.8) – An improper certificate validation in the integration of single sign-on…
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Anthropic tests user trust with ID and selfie checks for Claude
Anthropic announced identity verification for Claude using government ID and selfie checks, becoming the first major AI chatbot to do so, a move that may prove unpopular with users. Having built its reputation around privacy in the AI race, Anthropic risks undermining its positioning, as competitors such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini do not…
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Identity Management Day 2026
The sixth Identity Management Day highlights the evolving nature of identity is dedicated to informing people and organizations about the dangers of casually or improperly managing and securing digital identities.
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ZeroID: Open-source identity platform for autonomous AI agents
ZeroID is an open-source identity platform that implements an identity and credentialing layer specifically for autonomous agents and multi-agent systems. The attribution problem The core issue ZeroID targets is attribution in agentic workflows. When an orchestrator agent spawns sub-agents to carry out parts of a task, each sub-agent may call APIs, write files, or execute…
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Shrinking the IAM Attack Surface through Identity Visibility and Intelligence Platforms (IVIP)
The Fragmented State of Modern Enterprise Identity Enterprise IAM is approaching a breaking point. As organizations scale, identity becomes increasingly fragmented across thousands of applications, decentralized teams, machine identities, and autonomous systems. The result is Identity Dark Matter: identity activity that sits outside the visibility of centralized IAM and
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5 ways to strengthen identity security and improve attack resilience
Identity compromise has become one of the most effective ways for attackers to infiltrate business systems. Firewalls, endpoint protection, and monitoring tools mean little once an attacker logs in using valid credentials. For MSPs and corporate IT teams, strengthening identity security and enforcing least privilege access are two of the most powerful ways to reduce…
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BKA Identifies REvil Leaders Behind 130 German Ransomware Attacks
Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (aka BKA or the Bundeskriminalamt) has unmasked the real identity of the main threat actors associated with the now-defunct REvil (aka Sodinokibi) ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. The threat actor, who went by the alias UNKN, functioned as a representative of the group, advertising the ransomware in June 2019 on the XSS…
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Inside the Talos 2025 Year in Review: A discussion on what the data means for defenders
A conversation between Cisco Talos and Cisco Security leaders on identity, vulnerabilities, and what defenders should focus on in 2025.
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Google Introduces Android Dev Verification Amid Openness Debate
Android requires dev identity verification for sideloaded apps; phased global rollout from September
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Download: 2026 SANS Identity Threats & Defenses Survey
New research from the 2026 SANS Identity Threats & Defenses Survey shows that 55% of organizations experienced an identity-related compromise last year, while 26% reported MFA fatigue as a factor in identity attacks. Download the report to learn: Why identity compromises remain common How attackers abuse authentication systems using valid credentials Where organizations struggle to…
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Active Directory Risks Reshaping M365 Migrations for MSPs
As Microsoft 365 migrations accelerate, many IT teams and MSPs are discovering that identity, not productivity workloads, is the biggest source of risk. While email and collaboration tools are often straightforward to move, Active Directory environments introduce hidden complexity that can disrupt users, security, and access if handled incorrectly. In this Q&A, BitTitan’s Aaron Wadsworth…
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Who owns AI agent access? At most companies, nobody knows
AI agents are operating across production enterprise environments at scale, and the identity infrastructure managing their access has not kept up with their deployment. A January 2026 survey of 228 IT and security professionals, conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance, finds that the majority of organizations have AI agents active in core systems, with fragmented…
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Microsoft hands Entra ID users new option for MFA
Organizations rely on MFA to enforce identity checks before granting access to systems and services. Microsoft has made external MFA generally available in Microsoft Entra ID, expanding support for third-party identity providers. Configure external MFA in Microsoft Entra ID (Source: Microsoft) External MFA supports organizations that use third-party MFA solutions to meet regulatory or business…
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6 key trends reshaping the IAM market
The identity and access management (IAM) market has shifted its focus from traditional “login and MFA” mechanisms toward treating identity as a security control plane. Buyers are prioritizing phishing-resistant authentication, including passkeys, and the management of non-human identities, according to an array of experts quizzed on developments in the market by CSO. “Workforce access is…
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Saviynt Debuts New Identity Control Plane for AI Agents
Saviynt, an AI-era identity security platform, is unveiling its Saviynt Identity Security for AI solutions, which establishes enterprise-grade capability for fully managing AI agents alongside human and non-human identities (NHIs). Delivering full capabilities to govern AI agents According to Saviynt, the new platform provides organizations with continuous visibility, lifecycle governance, and runtime authorization over autonomous…
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The AI safety conversation is focused on the wrong layer
Organizations have spent years accumulating fragmented identity systems: too many roles, too many credentials, too many disconnected tools. For a workforce of humans, that fragmentation was manageable. Humans log in, log out, and make decisions slowly enough that gaps in control rarely turned into immediate incidents. AI agents operate differently. “AI agents change that completely,”…
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Zero Trust: Bridging the Gap Between Authentication and Trust
Passing MFA doesn’t mean a session is safe, attackers can hijack tokens and bypass identity checks. Specops Software explains why Zero Trust must verify both user identity and device health. […]
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Trend Micro’s enterprise business is now TrendAI
New identity for solving enterprise challenges reflects company’s evolution and AI leadership
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Phantom Labs Analysis of BeyondTrust’s Identity Security Insights Data Finds Enterprise AI Agents Growing 466.7% Year Over Year
GUEST RESEARCH: BeyondTrust researchers warn of a rapidly expanding “shadow AI workforce” creating new identity security risks, based on data uncovered through Identity Security Insights® Some organisations operate well over 1,000 AI agents, many of which security teams were not aware existed within their environments
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Ping Identity Defines the Runtime Identity Standard for Autonomous AI
COMPANY NEWS: General Availability of Identity for AI establishes continuous, contextual enforcement and real-time control over AI agents
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New Microsoft and Rubrik Integration Delivers Complete Identity Attack Response
Microsoft Defender and Rubrik Identity Resilience create a unified detection-to-recovery offering; customers achieve trusted recovery in hours instead of days
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RSA ID Plus Sovereign Deployment delivers full-stack identity for high-risk environments
RSA has unveiled RSA ID Plus Sovereign Deployment, a high-assurance identity solution built for organizations requiring continuous availability, data sovereignty, and resilience against advanced threats. RSA ID Plus Sovereign Deployment is the next evolution in RSA ID Plus, the identity and access management (IAM) security platform featuring complete multi-factor authentication (MFA), SSO, and access capabilities.…
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Trend Micro’s Enterprise Business Is Now TrendAI
New identity for solving enterprise challenges reflects company’s evolution and AI leadership. The global leader in AI cybersecurity has adopted a name to match. TrendAI™ is the new name for the enterprise cybersecurity business unit of parent company Trend Micro Incorporated. The new identity aligns with the company’s focus on solving real-world security challenges as AI…
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Yubico Expands Enrolment Services to Accelerate Enterprises to Phishing Resistance and Passwordless
New enrollment options simplify user enrollment for YubiKeys, fast-tracking Microsoft and Ping Identity customers to passwordless authentication
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Zluri addresses expanding identity attack surface across SaaS, cloud, and AI
Enterprise identity is undergoing a fundamental shift. Employees are no longer the only identities operating inside organizations. Service accounts, machine identities, application integrations, and AI agents now interact with enterprise systems at scale, accelerating the growth of non-human identities and expanding the identity attack surface across SaaS applications, cloud infrastructure, and on-premises systems. To address…
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Why US companies must be ready for quantum by 2030: A practical roadmap
Last year, I asked a room of infrastructure, identity and application leaders a simple question: “Where in our environment do we rely on RSA or elliptic curve cryptography?” The first answers were the usual suspects: TLS on the edge, our VPN and the certificates on laptops. Then we pulled up a dependency map and the…
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Oracle Patches Critical CVE-2026-21992 Enabling Unauthenticated RCE in Identity Manager
Oracle has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Identity Manager and Web Services Manager that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21992, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. “This vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication,” Oracle said in an…
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Patch Now: Oracle’s Fusion Middleware Has Critical RCE Flaw
Attackers can execute arbitrary code without authentication if Oracle’s Identity or Web Services Managers are exposed to the Web.
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AppViewX acquires Eos to extend identity security to AI agents and workloads
AppViewX has acquired Eos, an AI-native identity control plane for AI agents and autonomous workloads within the enterprise. By combining AppViewX’s automated CLM and PKI with Eos’s agentic governance and privileged access control, the platform delivers an integrated solution for AI agent and machine identity security. The acquisition accelerates AppViewX’s evolution into an AI-native platform,…
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News alert: SpyCloud study reveal stolen tokens, session data fuel surge in non-human identity attacks
AUSTIN, Texas, Mar. 19, 2026, CyberNewswire—SpyCloud, the leader in identity threat protection, today released its annual 2026 Identity Exposure Report, one of the most comprehensive analyses of stolen credentials and identity exposure data circulating in the criminal underground and highlighting a sharp expansion in non-human identity (NHI) exposure. Last year, SpyCloud saw a 23% increase…
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How Ceros Gives Security Teams Visibility and Control in Claude Code
Security teams have spent years building identity and access controls for human users and service accounts. But a new category of actor has quietly entered most enterprise environments, and it operates entirely outside those controls. Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI coding agent, is now running across engineering organizations at scale. It reads files, executes shell commands,…
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Aura confirms data breach exposing 900,000 marketing contacts
Identity protection company Aura has confirmed that an authorized party gained access to nearly 900,000 customer records containing names and email addresses. […]
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Druva connects identity data and behavior to restore access after attacks
Druva has revealed Druva Identity Resilience, adding support for Okta and Microsoft Active Directory alongside Microsoft Entra ID. Druva Identity Resilience delivers unified protection, cyber recovery, and threat detection and response in a single SaaS platform, bringing disparate identity providers together so security and IT teams can restore trusted access through one coordinated process. Identity-driven…
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Blumira enhances EDR and ITDR to speed up threat detection and containment
Blumira has announced the release of expanded endpoint detection and response (EDR) and identity threat detection and response (ITDR) capabilities in its platform. Security teams on Blumira Respond and Automate editions can now contain active threats by isolating compromised endpoints, stopping malicious processes, and locking out attackers across Microsoft 365 and Active Directory, without ever…
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Blumira Intros EDR and ITDR Solutions, Joins Pax8 Marketplace
Blumira, a security operations platform, is releasing enhanced endpoint detection and response (EDR) and identity threat detection and response (ITDR) capabilities. The company also recently joined the Pax8 Marketplace to deliver enterprise security operations to MSPs. Stopping threats at speed These newly expanded capabilities will enable security teams on Blumira Respond and Automate editions to…
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Huntress adds tools to its Agentic Security Platform to detect, fix, and prevent endpoint and identity risks
Huntress has announced Managed Endpoint Security Posture Management (ESPM) and Managed Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM), expanding its Agentic Security Platform to deliver end-to-end protection across endpoints, identities, and human risk. Huntress built Managed ESPM from the ground up and developed Managed ISPM in less than four months by leveraging expertise and capabilities from its…
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Druva Adds Identity Resilience for Okta, AD, and Entra ID
Druva, a data security company, has announced that Druva Identity Resilience now supports Okta and Microsoft Active Directory, in addition to Microsoft Entra ID. Druva Identity Resilience delivers unified protection, cyber recovery, and threat detection and response within a SaaS platform, bringing disparate identity providers together so security and IT teams can restore trusted access…
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Deploy AWS applications and access AWS accounts across multiple Regions with IAM Identity Center
If your organization relies on AWS IAM Identity Center for workforce access, you can now extend that access across multiple AWS Regions with multi-Region replication. Previously, AWS access portal was only available in one Region, when you add an additional Region, users get an active access portal endpoint there. If the primary Region experiences a…
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Saviynt Taps NEXTGEN, an Exclusive Networks Company, to Accelerate Digital Identity Security in Australia
COMPANY NEWS: Collaboration strengthens Saviynt’s partner-first strategy as AI-driven identity risk builds across the APJ region Key Highlights: Saviynt will broaden access to AI-ready identity security for organisations navigating growing digital risks NEXTGEN will help scale Saviynt’s partner ecosystem across APJ, enabling faster adoption of identity-centric security in the AI era
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12 ways attackers abuse cloud services to hack your enterprise
Attackers are increasingly abusing trusted SaaS platforms, cloud infrastructure, and identity systems to blend malicious activity into legitimate enterprise traffic. Adversaries are pushing command and control (C2) through high-reputation services, including OpenAI and AWS, to blend in with normal business traffic and evade blocklists. The shift from “living off the land” to “living off the…
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Only 24% Of organizations Test Identity Recovery Every Six Months
Only 24% of organizations test identity disaster recovery plans every 6 months, Quest Software said
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iTWire TV: Your AI Agent has no ID. It’s the billion-dollar problem – with an Okta solution.
GUEST INTERVIEW: Okta’s Auth0 president Shiv Ramji explains why the identity layer, not the model layer, is where enterprise AI will succeed or fail.
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VIDEO INTERVIEW: Your AI Agent has no ID. It’s the billion-dollar problem – with an Okta solution.
GUEST INTERVIEW: Okta’s Auth0 president Shiv Ramji explains why the identity layer, not the model layer, is where enterprise AI will succeed or fail.
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Why access decisions are becoming the weakest link in identity security
In my nearly two decades leading identity and risk programs, I’ve learned a sobering truth that every CISO eventually confronts: hackers don’t hack in — they log in. We often obsess over the perimeter and the sophistication of technical exploits, but many of the most damaging security failures I’ve witnessed didn’t involve a zero-day or…
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Hexnode IdP brings device-aware authentication and zero trust to enterprise access
Hexnode has announced the launch of Hexnode IdP. By introducing this native identity layer, Hexnode delivers enterprise-grade authentication and identity management within a single, unified framework. While debuting as a dedicated Identity Provider (IdP), the solution marks a significant expansion of the Hexnode ecosystem, acting as a comprehensive identity engine that integrates directly into the…
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Commvault Expands Identity Resilience with Okta, CloudSEK
Commvault announced two new capabilities aimed at strengthening enterprise identity protection, expanding its Identity Resilience portfolio with support for Okta, and introducing a new integration with threat intelligence provider CloudSEK. The add capabilities focus on helping organizations respond to the growing wave of identity-based cyberattacks, as credential theft and exposed identity data become a primary…
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Why Digital Identity Is Becoming the Backbone of Cybersecurity
In this post, I will show you why digital identity is becoming the backbone of cybersecurity. Cybersecurity used to focus primarily on protecting networks, devices, and software from unauthorized access. Firewalls, antivirus programs, and intrusion detection systems formed the first line of defense for businesses and organizations. While these tools remain essential, the nature of…
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Why workforce identity is still a vulnerability, and what to do about it
Most organizations believe they have workforce identity under control. New hires are verified. Accounts are provisioned. Multi-factor authentication is enforced. Audits are passed. Then a breach happens, often through an account that was “properly secured.” But the problem can be traced back to the fact that identity verification, provisioning, authentication, and recovery operate as separate…
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Identity Security Blind Spots Fuel Modern Attacks
Many organizations believe they have identity security under control. New data from Permiso’s State of Identity Security Report suggests that confidence is increasingly misplaced — right as identity becomes the dominant attack vector in cloud environments. “92% percent of organizations have AI agents in production accessing sensitive data, and those agents are creating identities without…
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Josys centralizes identity data to replace manual IT oversight with automated governance
Josys has transitioned into an autonomous identity governance platform, expanding beyond traditional SaaS management. The enhanced platform empowers IT leaders and managed service providers (MSPs) to scale governance and compliance efforts by centralizing identity data within a single, AI-driven system. With Verizon reporting that 80% of hacking breaches stem from compromised credentials, identity is the…
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How Deepfakes and Injection Attacks Are Breaking Identity Verification
Deepfakes and injection attacks are targeting identity verification moments, from onboarding to account recovery. Incode explains why enterprises must validate the full session—media, device integrity, and behavior—to stop synthetic and injected attacks in real time. […]
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Darktrace Flags 32 Million Phishing Emails in 2025 as Identity Attacks Intensify
2025 saw 32M phishing emails, with identity threats surpassing vulnerabilities
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Saviynt Bolsters Its AI-Powered Identity Security Through Integrations With Amazon Quick
COMPANY NEWS: New Amazon Q integrations deliver deeper context and agentic AI workflows for identity teams
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News alert: One Identity fills CFO-COO role to strengthen operating discipline amid expansion
ALISA VIEJO, Calif., Feb. 25, 2026, CyberNewswire—One Identity, a trusted leader in identity security, today announced the appointment of Michael Henricks as Chief Financial and Operating Officer. This decision reflects the continued growth of the business and a focus on aligning financial leadership with operational objectives as One Identity scales. “As One Identity accelerates its growth, the addition of a Chief Financial and Operating Officer will strengthen how we plan, operate, and invest…
AI, Endpoint, Global Security News, Risk Management
SentinelOne addresses identity risk across endpoints, browsers, and AI workflows
SentinelOne has unveiled its Singularity Identity portfolio designed to secure the growing population of non-human identities, including AI agents, service accounts, APIs, and workloads. Identity attacks have long been a go-to tactic for nation-state actors and cybercriminals. Most defenses focus on stopping them at authentication and permissions. Attackers continue adapting their tactics to bypass those…
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Identity Prioritization isn’t a Backlog Problem – It’s a Risk Math Problem
Most identity programs still prioritize work the way they prioritize IT tickets: by volume, loudness, or “what failed a control check.” That approach breaks the moment your environment stops being mostly-human and mostly-onboarded. In modern enterprises, identity risk is created by a compound of factors: control posture, hygiene, business context, and intent. Any one of…
AI, Global Security News
Man gets five years for aiding North Korean IT employment scam
Ukrainian national Oleksandr Didenko, 29, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 5 years in prison for an identity theft scheme that enabled North Korean workers to secure fraudulent employment. He pleaded guilty in November 2025 to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft and agreed to forfeit more than $1.4 million, including about $181,438…
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Attackers keep finding the same gaps in security programs
Attackers keep getting in, often through the same predictable weak spots: identity systems, third-party access, and poorly secured perimeter devices. A new threat report from Barracuda based on Managed XDR telemetry from 2025 shows that many successful incidents still start with basic access and configuration failures, not advanced malware. The report draws on more than…
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Unit 42: Nearly two-thirds of breaches now start with identity abuse
Identity is still the primary entry point for cyberattacks, according to Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence firm Unit 42. In its annual incident response report released Tuesday, Unit 42 found that identity-based techniques accounted for nearly two-thirds of all initial network intrusions last year. Social engineering was the leading attack method, accounting for one-third of…
Global Security News
BeyondTrust Appoints Frank Cesarini as Partner Manager for Australia and New Zealand
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: BeyondTrust, the global leader in privilege-centric identity security protecting Paths to Privilege, has named Frank Cesarini as Partner Manager for ANZ.
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News alert: GitGuardian raises $50M to tackle non-human identities crisis, AI agent security gap
NEW YORK, Feb. 11, 2026, CyberNewswire — GitGuardian, a leading secrets and Non-Human Identity (NHI) security platform and #1 app on GitHub Marketplace, today announced a $50 million Series C funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners… (more…)
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SpecterOps Unveils BloodHound Scentry, Expanding Identity APM
SpecterOps, the pioneer behind identity Attack Path Management (APM), has introduced BloodHound Scentry, a new service designed to help customers accelerate their APM practice and reduce identity risk. Protecting an organization’s critical assets According to the company, BloodHound Scentry combines the capabilities of BloodHound Enterprise with the tradecraft of SpecterOps experts to provide tailored guidance…
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Semperis acquires identity resilience provider MightyID to extend identity protection for Okta and Ping multi-cloud environments
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Expansion advances Semperis’ mission to provide comprehensive identity resilience coverage across all major on-premises and cloud identity providers (IdPs)