Security Posture stories
Broader Claude access should help MIND sharpen data discovery and loss prevention for customers, after it joined Anthropic's cyber scheme.
Security teams can now assess network, web and AI weaknesses together as Terra Security broadens continuous validation to infrastructure.
Independent security checks are gaining urgency as fast-growing AI and software firms face rising scrutiny from customers, partners and regulators.
Fresh funding is prompting Bedrock Data to strengthen its leadership team as enterprises rush for better controls over sensitive information in AI systems.
Most enterprise access still sits outside formal controls, leaving AI agents and unmanaged accounts to widen security and compliance risks.
Businesses will gain tighter control over AI agents and data flows as Zscaler folds Symmetry Systems' identity-mapping tools into its platform.
Security teams can now automate exposure fixes and reporting as Tenable makes Hexa AI generally available to Tenable One customers.
Attackers still exploit basic gaps for months, with 88% of SMB breaches in 2025 involving ransomware, the report says.
Patch teams are falling behind as exploited flaws pile up, with 47 million instances still open after a year, Qualys data shows.
Businesses using AI agents may gain tighter controls as Zscaler adds new governance tools and deepens a decade-old partnership with Alstom.
SMBs in Australia and New Zealand could cut the cost and complexity of cyber certification through a new channel-led package.
Enterprises are testing only about 32% of their attack surface, leaving many assets outside regular security checks as threats grow faster.
Security teams may cut backlogs as validated HackerOne flaws are mapped into Wiz, linking exploit evidence to cloud assets for faster prioritisation.
Threat alerts have fallen by 98% for Europe's largest cinema operator after it overhauled security across eight countries.
A widening gap is emerging as firms struggle to meet tighter data rules, with only 29% prioritising sovereign AI in the near term.
UpGuard says exposed credentials and supplier risk leave Australia's biggest listed firms vulnerable, despite a modest rise in security scores.
Rising attack volumes are exposing under-resourced SMEs to downtime, lost contracts and regulatory risk unless security is built in now.
Businesses can now buy senior cyber security leadership on a flexible basis, easing compliance pressure without the cost of a full-time executive.
New compliance reporting rules from April 2026 mean New Zealand agencies and firms must prove cyber controls are planned, repeatable and effective.
Autodesk is among early users as the new controls aim to give security teams runtime visibility into unapproved AI agents and their actions.