THE UK government is pushing the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill through Parliament to modernise our national defences. This legislation replaces older rules that didn’t quite keep up with how fast digital threats move. It’s a response to the growing number of high-profile attacks on public services and private companies that provide essential infrastructure....Read More
COMPANY NEWS: Miercom’s 2026 Hybrid Mesh Network Security Assessment Shows Check Point achieving the highest overall security effectiveness score of 99.8%, highlighting its industry-leading threat prevention Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, today announced that it ranked #1 in Miercom’s 2026 Hybrid Mesh Network Security Benchmark...Read More
Good morning. We find ourselves today at a profound technological crossroads in cyber and AI. And to navigate it, we need a spirit of fearless innovation. So it is fitting that we are gathered here in Glasgow, a city that has long served as the engine of human progress and resilience. We stand in the...Read More
Lauren Contreras, 40, works from her laptop at Foxtail Coffee Co., in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Monday, April 20, 2026. Cheyanne Mumphrey/AP Lauren Contreras, 40, works from her laptop at Foxtail Coffee Co., in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Monday, April 20, 2026. Cheyanne Mumphrey/AP Zoe Lloyd, a 21-year-old student at Northern Arizona University, works from her laptop...Read More
New managed security and AI concierge services mark the latest milestone in $1billion strategic partnership. Today Vodafone Business and Google Cloud announced an expansion of their strategic partnership with two new solutions to equip small-and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with advanced cybersecurity and agentic AI. Next-generation managed detection and response (MDR) Vodafone Business is launching...Read More
This is the online edition of The Wiretap newsletter, your weekly digest of cybersecurity, internet privacy and surveillance news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. NurPhoto via Getty Images In March, developers at Ohio-based cybersecurity company TrustedSec were regularly using Anthropic’s premium Claude Opus model to speed up app development and generate attacks...Read More
Jason Oehley, regional lead at cyber security firm Arctic Wolf. (Image: Supplied) An agentic security operations centre (SOC) model balances human and artificial intelligence to leverage trustworthy data, train reliable agents, manage automation effectively and counter the high failure rate of AI initiatives, according to Arctic Wolf. Jason Oehley, regional lead at the cyber security...Read More
[Photo: Shutterstock] Techzine reported on April 22 that Google Cloud and security company Wiz confirmed at the annual Cloud Next 2026 event a direction to position Wiz as a core player in the multi-cloud security arena. The most notable announcement at the event was an expansion of the Wiz Security Graph. Through it, Wiz added...Read More
Claroty has appointed John Ryan as Vice President of Worldwide Partner Ecosystem, placing a senior channel executive in charge of its global partner programme. Ryan joins the cyber security company with more than a decade of experience in channel and alliance roles across several security vendors. He will lead Claroty’s xCelerate Partner Program, which covers...Read More
COMPANY NEWS: Award highlights joint leadership in modernising and extending identity controls into real-time AI-driven environments Ping Identity, a leader in securing digital identities for the world’s largest enterprises, announced today that it has received the 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year Award for Identity & Access Management. Ping Identity is being recognised...Read More
