San Francisco’s RSA cybersecurity conference recently surpassed pre-pandemic attendance with over 43,000 people, and discussions revealed a critical security gap surrounding agentic AI. While vendors highlighted agentic AI security, a cohesive approach to securing these dynamic systems was absent; Suja Viswesan, Vice President for Security Products at IBM, observed that very few vendors spoke of...Read More
AI agents now generate thousands of LLM requests across developer machines, CI pipelines, and internal systems. Each request can carry prompts, tool calls, secrets, and sensitive data. This creates a new and largely unmonitored security surface for enterprises. Highflame, an AI Security company focused on securing AI agents and their interactions, today announced a partnership...Read More
The first quarter of 2026 has been a wake-up call for the AI industry. In just two weeks in March, a series of high-profile incidents exposed critical vulnerabilities in the AI supply chain and highlighted the growing risks of single-vendor dependency. Image: https://www.abnewswire.com/upload/2026/04/90e36212a7cb531d70d69f2bf8c904db.jpg On March 19-31, attackers compromised multiple open-source projects in a coordinated supply...Read More
Meta has paused all its work with the data contracting firm Mercor while it investigates a major security breach that impacted the startup, two sources confirmed to WIRED. The pause is indefinite, the sources said. Other major AI labs are also reevaluating their work with Mercor as they assess the scope of the incident, according...Read More
Alcatraz, a Cupertino-based AI-powered physical access control company, announced it has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total capital raised to more than $100 million. The round was led by BlackPeak Capital, Cogito Capital, and Taiwania Capital, with participation from Almaz Capital, EBRD, Ray Stata, and others. Founded by a...Read More
Microsoft today announced their newest open-source (MIT-licensed) software project.. the Agent Governance Toolkit. Microsoft is trying their hand at coming up with runtime security governance for autonomous AI agents. Microsoft proclaims their new open-source project is the first toolkit that addresses all ten agentic AI risks identified last year by the OWASP. These risks include...Read More
The Buzz ■ Hackers are distributing weaponized versions of leaked Claude AI source code embedded with malware, according to Wired ■ FBI confirms its wiretap surveillance tools were breached, creating what officials describe as a national security threat ■ Cisco source code stolen in ongoing supply chain attack targeting enterprise infrastructure ■ Security experts warn...Read More
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jozu, the AI assurance company behind KitOps, a CNCF project with more than 240,000 downloads, today announced the launch of Jozu Agent Guard, a zero-trust AI runtime that executes agents, models, and MCP servers inside secured environments with built-in policy enforcement and guardrails that agents cannot disable. Jozu Agent Guard is available today....Read More
eSecurity Planet content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More Cyberwarfare has entered a new phase — and it’s moving faster than many organizations can defend against. The 2026 State of Cyberwarfare report from Armis warns that AI-driven attacks, geopolitical tensions, and...Read More
As I’ve written in previous articles on IT careers, 2026 holds a lot of promise for IT professionals, and cybersecurity is no different. According to Matthew Baden, managing director of tech recruitment at recruiting firm The Search ExperienceOpens a new window , hiring demand is expected to grow 10% to 15% year-on-year in cybersecurity roles,...Read More
