As outlined in Biometric Update, Reken has emerged from stealth after two years of development with an AI security platform designed to analyze communications directly on users’ devices. The platform aims to combat sophisticated social engineering attacks, including phishing, impersonation, and business email compromise, which are increasingly difficult to detect with the rise of generative...Read More

0 SoftBank’s “Patching as a Service” targets 3,000 government-designated companies In sum – what we know: A national-scale rollout – SoftBank is offering its OpenAI-based “Patching as a Service” to roughly 3,000 Japanese companies the government has certified as critical infrastructure operators. Agentic, not automatic – Semi-autonomous agents continuously scan, prioritize, and propose remediation plans, but the...Read More

Find winning stocks in any market cycle. Join 7 million investors using Simply Wall St’s investing ideas for FREE. Okta and Master Concept were recognized for their collaboration in identity security for complex cloud and AI environments. Master Concept received the Okta Catalyst Award for Strategic Excellence, highlighting joint work across Asia. The award points...Read More

Agentic AI , Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development Strong Data Foundations Give AI Leaders an Edge in Quantum Security Jennifer Lawinski • July 15, 2026     New Thales research shows that data visibility, governance, encryption and crypto agility are helping CIOs build stronger foundations for both AI adoption...Read More

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced the launch of a program that will coordinate the security community’s use of frontier AI models to rapidly identify and fix vulnerabilities. The vulnerability management clearinghouse, which the administration is calling Gold Eagle, is a response to the skyrocketing number of vulnerabilities that AI models are finding and the...Read More

AI agents use tools and take actions on a user’s behalf. They can call APIs, run code, browse the web and move data between services, sometimes with limited human review. That autonomy creates risk. On May 7, 2026, Microsoft showed how a malicious prompt could lead to host-level remote code execution against an AI agent...Read More

VIAVI Solutions announced that it has been awarded $1.1 million in fundingEuropean Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) and Horizon Europe to advance the SHIELD-6G project. As telecom breaches increase in volume and the threat of quantum-enabled cyberattacks moves from theoretical to imminent, network security has become a strategic priority for...Read More

Earlier this month, Okta held a special call announcing an extension of its identity platform to treat AI agents as first-class identities, adding centralized discovery, registration, entitlements, access reviews, and enforcement controls. A distinctive element of the update is Okta’s focus on least‑privilege access, just‑in‑time permissions, and a kill switch for suspicious AI agent behavior,...Read More

AI security agents are starting to influence real security decisions. They summarize findings, prioritize remediation, recommend next steps, and help teams move faster. But most still rely on fragmented risk signals: scanner output, severity scores, threat intelligence, configuration findings, and exposure data. That fragmentation matters because attackers do not move through environments one tool category...Read More

Insicon Cyber has expanded its AI Security and Governance practice with F5’s AI Guardrails and AI Red Team tools, adding runtime protection and adversarial testing to the Australian and New Zealand cybersecurity firm’s advisory work. The additions strengthen a practice launched in early 2025 to help organisations manage AI risk through ISO 42001 compliance projects,...Read More