The New Zealand government’s announcement that it will cut around 8,700 public service jobs by mid-2029 has focused attention squarely on AI and digital technology as tools of reform. Finance Minister Nicola Willis was clear. Reducing duplication, consolidating back-office functions, and accelerating the uptake of AI are central to delivering $2.4 billion in savings over...Read More
By Richard Humphreys | 04 August 2026 Consulting firm Quisitive, a Microsoft Frontier Partner, has launched Spyglass Guardrail, an AI-powered managed service designed to help organisations strengthen Microsoft 365 security, improve compliance and govern the deployment of Copilot and AI agents.
Spyglass Guardrail is designed to help organisations make their Microsoft 365 systems...Read More
Members of the Open Secure AI Alliance — now more than 120 organizations strong — are developing new guidelines to strengthen agentic AI cybersecurity as the annual Black Hat conference begins in Las Vegas today. The Linux Foundation today shared a Request for Comments on Shared AI Findings Exchange (SAFE), a proposed set of guidelines...Read More
Check Point Software Technologies has developed a software-based AI network firewall capability aimed at providing security teams with visibility over AI use by employees, applications and agents. The solution has been built into the latest Check Point firewall software release. It is designed to analyse and secure the new class of network traffic that has...Read More
Amazon links multiple software supply chain attacks to one North Korean hacking group Generative AI enables convincing malware hidden inside trusted software packages at scale Attackers manipulated trusted maintainers before distributing compromised software updates to developers Amazon has linked a North Korean threat actor to several recent compromises of popular NPM software libraries. A report...Read More
An OpenAI test that escaped and went rogue last month is raising concerns about cyber security. CNN Newsource Posted 8/3/2026, 10:18:33 PM Updated 8/3/2026, 10:53:14 PM Click Here For The Original Source. ——————————————————– .......... . .Read More
A recent article by The Wire China highlights remarks by China’s President Xi Jinping at the annual World AI Conference in Singapore where he praised the open sharing of AI models while cautioning the need for restrictions on openness to keep artificial intelligence technology secure. The backdrop is that China’s leading AI companies have often...Read More
Rimini Street has launched Rimini Govern for AI, a managed service for governing AI agents. It is aimed at organisations seeking central oversight of AI agent activity across enterprise systems. The offering sits within the company’s Rimini Govern portfolio of governance, risk and compliance products and is available immediately. It is delivered through Rimini Street’s...Read More
Akamai’s latest State of the Internet report puts a number behind a problem retailers have been watching build for months. Nearly half of all AI bot traffic observed across Akamai’s global network between July and December 2025 was directed at the commerce sector. The more revealing figure, however, is what happened after that traffic arrived....Read More
Google Cloud has urged boards of directors to make AI threat defence a standard part of security governance, setting out five areas for directors to question management on as companies adopt AI more widely. In a commentary by Chief Information Security Officer Chris Betz and Senior Director, Office of the CISO, Alicja Cade, Google Cloud...Read More
