SANS and siberX Introduce NOW // AI to Help Leaders Manage AI Risk, Strengthen Security Controls, and Defend Enterprise Value
SANS Institute and cybersecurity firm siberX have launched NOW // AI, an immersive simulation program built on the SANS AI Blueprint. The curriculum targets executives and security teams, focusing on three pillars—Protect AI, Utilize AI, and Govern AI—to tighten risk management and security controls around large‑language models and AI‑driven tools. Participants engage in realistic risk‑evaluation exercises, incident coordination drills, and response planning, earning a joint SANS × siberX badge upon completion. The initiative aims to align secure AI adoption with measurable business outcomes and board‑level scrutiny.
When I Selected, 'Rather Not Say', Gemini Said, 'I'll Decide for You'. In Case It's Not Obvious, Here's Why that...
Enterprise AI is being deployed as core infrastructure that routinely infers personal identity attributes such as gender, voice, and facial characteristics. In Google Gemini Meet Notes, a non‑binary user who selected "Rather not say" was mis‑gendered as "she," illustrating how...
Retool’s 2026 Build Vs. Buy Report Reveals 35% of Enterprises Have Already Replaced SaaS With Custom Software
Retool’s 2026 “Build vs. Buy” report shows 35% of enterprises have already replaced at least one SaaS application with a custom‑built solution. The survey of 817 professionals found 78% plan to increase internal tool development in 2026, with workflow automation...
Drata Opens San Francisco Headquarters
Drata, the leading agentic trust management platform, announced the opening of its new San Francisco headquarters, marking a strategic commitment to the tech hub after a five‑year anniversary. The company reported 190% year‑over‑year enterprise customer growth, 60% revenue growth, and...
Microsoft Defender Update Lets SOC Teams Manage, Vet Response Tools
Microsoft Defender now includes a Library Management feature that lets security operations centers (SOCs) organize, preview, and control the scripts and tools used in live response. Analysts can upload PowerShell, batch, and other response files ahead of investigations, making them...
TopQuadrant Launches Enterprise Context Platform to Build Trusted AI
TopQuadrant unveiled TQ Data Foundation, an enterprise context platform designed to close the AI "context gap" that keeps many large firms in pilot mode. The solution layers knowledge‑graph technology over existing data assets, delivering unified models, reference terms, metadata, and...
The New Paradigm for Raising up Secure Software Engineers
AI‑assisted coding is set to dominate enterprise development, with Gartner projecting 90% of engineers using AI assistants by 2028. As AI automates line‑level vulnerability detection, security teams face a surge in code volume and reduced review windows. This forces a...
Routes Healthcare Unifies a Complex SaaS and ERP Landscape with BPA Platform to Strengthen Operations and Continuity
Routes Healthcare, a leading health and social care provider in northern England, adopted the BPA Platform to integrate its Sage 200 ERP with a wide range of SaaS applications. The low‑code integration layer unified data, automated workforce communication, recruitment, and...
Bolt Data Announces Bolt Data Connect, Developed on the Servicenow AI Platform to Unify Equipment Data and Operational Workflows Across...
Bolt Data unveiled Bolt Data Connect, a solution built on the ServiceNow AI Platform that streams live IoT data from industrial equipment into enterprise workflows. The offering automates field service actions, predicts maintenance needs, and provides real‑time visibility across asset...
CX for Industries Heats up - SAP's Balaji Balasubramanian on Why Retailers Must Balance Experience, Operations, and, Yes - AI
SAP’s Customer Experience unit is pushing industry‑specific AI, tying CX tightly to ERP and supply‑chain data to deliver truly intelligent retail interactions. At NRF 2026 the company announced embedded AI for planning, fulfillment and commerce, and a partnership with N4XT for...
Sumner Explains Benefits of Microsoft’s Pegasus Program for i-Genie.ai
i-Genie.ai has been accepted into Microsoft’s invite‑only Pegasus Program, unlocking Azure AI credits, dedicated success managers, and marketplace listing. The partnership grants co‑selling rights, early access to Microsoft product updates, and high‑visibility promotion at events like NRF and MWC. Leveraging...
Elastic MES Platforms Shift Focus to Adaptive Manufacturing Architecture
MES platforms are moving to elastic, modular architectures, breaking the monolithic deployment model. Rockwell Automation’s elastic MES framework combines modular components, hybrid edge‑to‑cloud infrastructure, and industry‑specific templates, letting manufacturers add capabilities incrementally. The global MES market is projected to triple...
Everyone Uses Open Source, but Patching Still Moves Too Slowly
Enterprise security teams now rely on open source for core infrastructure, development pipelines, and production applications, yet patching cycles remain sluggish. TuxCare’s 2026 Open Source Landscape Report shows that 60% of recent incidents involved known vulnerabilities that were not patched...
What Is Workato?
Workato is an enterprise‑grade integration and automation platform that connects apps through visual “recipes” and targets large organizations with complex ERP, legacy, and data‑warehouse systems. It emphasizes centralized IT governance, role‑based access, and custom connector development, resulting in longer implementation...
Global Shop Solutions AI Tools Streamline Manufacturing Processes
Global Shop Solutions launched two AI‑driven modules—AI Accounts Payable Automation and AI Sales Order Entry—integrated into its ERP platform. The AP tool scans invoices, extracts key data and matches them to purchase orders, eliminating manual entry and reducing errors. The...
Orq.ai Makes Routing a First-Class Layer in Enterprise AI
Amsterdam‑based Orq.ai has launched its AI Router as a standalone product, turning the previously hidden routing layer into a strategic control point for enterprise AI. The move addresses growing complexity as firms run multiple large language models to balance cost,...
Singapore & Its 4 Major Telcos Fend Off Chinese Hackers
Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency and the nation’s four major telcos (M1, Simba Telecom, Singtel, StarHub) launched the "Cyber Guardian" operation, expelling the China‑linked threat actor UNC3886 after an 11‑month campaign. The attackers breached critical network segments but did not steal...
SAS Viya Platform with Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA)
Red Hat and SAS have released a reference architecture for deploying the SAS Viya analytics platform on Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA). The guide details a workload‑placement strategy using dedicated machine pools, integration with AWS services such as RDS for PostgreSQL,...
Simplify Red Hat Enterprise Linux Provisioning in Image Builder with New Red Hat Lightspeed Security and Management Integrations
Red Hat has rebranded its Insights service as Red Hat Lightspeed, keeping core advisor, vulnerability and compliance capabilities while emphasizing AI‑driven speed. New Image Builder integrations now auto‑register RHEL images to Red Hat Satellite and Ansible Automation Platform, and allow compliance profiles...
GitLab Backs 99.9% Availability with Service Credits for Ultimate Customers
GitLab announced a 99.9% availability service‑level agreement for Ultimate customers on GitLab.com and GitLab Dedicated, backed by service credits when monthly uptime falls short. The SLA covers core DevSecOps experiences such as issues, merge requests, Git operations, Container and Package...
Cognizant: Failure for AI to Pass the Pilot Stage Rarely a Tech Issue
Australian firms are pouring money into AI, yet many projects stall in pilot mode, not because of the technology but due to weak experience design, unclear ownership, and poor integration into customer journeys. Cognizant’s AI‑native agency, Cognizant Moment, was launched...
Temporal
Temporal announced a Series D financing round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, bringing new capital to the open‑source durable execution platform. The round includes Lightspeed partners Anoushka Vaswani, Ravi Mhatre, Bucky Moore and Justin Shen. Temporal’s technology underpins mission‑critical services at...
Using A2A to Achieve Your Business Goals: Part One
Camunda’s blog outlines how the open‑source Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol can be embedded in BPMN‑based processes to enable reliable, auditable communication between heterogeneous AI agents. It explains Camunda’s three A2A connectors—client, polling and webhook—and when each fits a deterministic service task...
CompTIA Launches SecAI+ Certification
CompTIA unveiled SecAI+, its first Expansion Series certification, aimed at securing AI systems and leveraging AI tools within cybersecurity operations. The credential builds on foundational certifications such as Security+, CySA+ and PenTest+, requiring three to four years of IT experience...
Dicker Data Broadens Telco and UC Portfolio
Dicker Data has expanded its telco business unit to include a broader unified communications (UC) portfolio, targeting both Microsoft Teams Calling and multi‑vendor voice solutions. The new offering adds Switch Connect, Symbio, GoTo and IPscape, while InTele delivers end‑user training...
What Is an AI Factory? Enterprise & Cloud Guide
An AI factory is an operational model that industrializes artificial‑intelligence development by linking high‑performance compute, data pipelines, orchestration, governance and deployment into a continuous production system. The concept, popularized by NVIDIA, moves AI from isolated experiments to repeatable, scalable outputs....
CVE-2026-25903 Impacts Apache NiFi Users
A new vulnerability, CVE‑2026‑25903, affects Apache NiFi versions 1.1.0 through 2.7.2 and was patched in 2.8.0. The flaw allows users with limited privileges to modify the configuration of already‑deployed restricted components, bypassing the platform’s authorization checks. While it does not...
What Is Amazon EKS? EKS & EKS Anywhere Explained | Rafay
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) dominates the managed Kubernetes market with roughly 50% share, offering a fully managed control plane, deep AWS integration, and serverless compute via Fargate. EKS Anywhere, launched in 2020, extends the same open‑source distro to on‑premise...
KDDI Selects Oracle Cloud Scale Charging and Billing for Telecom Billing Modernization
Japanese telecom KDDI selects Oracle Cloud Scale Charging and Billing to replace its legacy billing system. The cloud‑native platform on OCI will handle real‑time charging for mobile, broadband and digital services, aiming to cut costs and boost agility. KDDI expects...
HCP Packer Adds SBOM Vulnerability Scanning
HashiCorp announced that HCP Packer now offers SBOM vulnerability scanning in public beta, while its package‑visibility feature has moved to general availability. The new scanning capability cross‑references each artifact’s software bill of materials against the MITRE CVE database and flags...
Microsoft Brings Two Data Halls Online in São Paulo, Brazil
Microsoft has brought two new data halls online in São Paulo, marking the first operational facilities under its $2.7 bn AI and cloud commitment to Brazil through 2027. The launch was announced at the Microsoft AI Tour by country president Priscyla Laham,...
Quest Trusted Data Management Platform Makes It Easier for Organizations to Create Reusable Data Products
Quest Software unveiled the Trusted Data Management Platform, a unified suite that combines data modeling, cataloging, governance, quality, and a marketplace to deliver AI‑ready data across enterprises. The solution promises up to 54% faster data‑product delivery, up to 40% cost...
Bluefin and Basis Theory Offer Unified Token Strategy Across Digital and In-Person Payments
Bluefin and Basis Theory have formed a strategic partnership to deliver a unified token strategy that bridges digital and in‑person payment channels. By integrating Bluefin’s PointConex platform with Basis Theory’s API‑driven tokenization and vaulting, merchants can capture, tokenize, and reuse...
Azure Reliability, Resiliency, and Recoverability: Build Continuity by Design
Microsoft Azure’s latest blog delineates three core continuity concepts—reliability, resiliency and recoverability—explaining how each fits into the Cloud Adoption Framework and the Azure Well‑Architected Framework. It describes reliability as the ultimate service‑level goal, resiliency as the ability to stay operational...
Dynatrace Announces Accelerated Growth and Innovation with AWS
Dynatrace announced accelerated growth by surpassing $1 billion in AWS Marketplace sales and earning the AWS Financial Services Competency. The company reported sustained triple‑digit growth over three years, driven by cloud‑native procurement demand. It also secured the AWS Agentic AI Specialization,...
SS&C Blue Prism: On the Journey From RPA to Agentic Automation
SS&C Blue Prism is guiding customers from traditional robotic process automation (RPA) toward agentic AI automation. The firm highlights the limitations of rule‑based RPA for handling unstructured, context‑driven data and showcases its emerging platform that embeds large‑language‑model agents into workflows....
MindBridge Announces Global Partnership with Genpact to Elevate Audit Analytics and Risk Consulting
MindBridge, an AI‑powered financial intelligence firm, announced a global partnership with Genpact to embed its analytics platform into Genpact’s Enterprise Risk Consulting engagements. The collaboration will allow Genpact to deliver full‑population risk scoring, anomaly detection, and continuous controls monitoring for...
AI-Powered Worksite Safety Startup Fyld Raises £32m Series B
London‑based AI startup Fyld has closed a £32 million Series B round, led by Energy Impact Partners with participation from Partech’s Growth Impact Fund. The funding will fuel the expansion of its real‑time safety and compliance platform for frontline workers into the...
What 5 Million Apps Revealed About Secrets in JavaScript
Intruder scanned five million JavaScript bundles and uncovered more than 42,000 exposed secrets, including active GitHub, GitLab, and SaaS API tokens. The research revealed 688 repository tokens that granted full access to private code and CI/CD pipelines. Traditional static and...
Palo Alto Networks To Acquire ‘Agentic Endpoint’ Security Startup Koi
Palo Alto Networks announced it will acquire AI‑agent security startup Koi, a move aimed at strengthening visibility and protection for AI‑driven workloads on endpoint devices. While the purchase price was not disclosed, a prior report suggested a $400 million valuation. Koi’s...
SpendRule Launches AI-Powered Contract Intelligence Platform with OSF HealthCare and MemorialCare
SpendRule has launched an AI‑driven contract intelligence platform that adds a fourth validation layer—contract terms—to traditional three‑way matching in hospital accounts payable. The solution targets the $323 billion purchased‑services spend category, where industry analysts estimate $32 billion in preventable overpayments each year....
Over-Privileged AI Drives 4.5 Times Higher Incident Rates
Teleport’s 2026 State of AI in Enterprise Infrastructure Security report reveals that AI workloads with excessive access rights suffer a 4.5‑times higher incident rate than those governed by least‑privilege controls. Seventy percent of surveyed security leaders say AI systems enjoy...
Will AI Eat Your Revtech Stack?
The episode examines how AI is reshaping revenue technology (revtech) stacks, contrasting two dominant narratives: AI as a replacement that could shrink seat‑based pricing, and AI as an augmentor that boosts productivity without major headcount cuts. It highlights that AI’s...
IT Execs Seek to Tame Application Sprawl Without Stifling Innovation Through Shared Governance
In a healthsystemCIO webinar, senior IT leaders from RWJBarnabas Health, Ardent Health Services, and the University of Maryland Medical System discussed how to manage the flood of application requests while fostering innovation. They emphasized establishing a single, standardized intake point,...
LSEG Partners with Bank of America to Unlock Next Generation Data, Analytics and AI Ready Content for Clients
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Bank of America have entered a multi‑year partnership to embed LSEG’s data, analytics and workflow solutions across BofA’s platforms. The deal gives BofA clients governed, rights‑cleared data and AI‑ready content, powered by LSEG Workspace,...
Cloud On Demand & StorVault Announce Partnership to Strengthen Local Data Protection
Cloud On Demand and South African backup specialist StorVault have announced a partnership that combines scalable cloud delivery with locally‑grounded, immutable data protection. The joint offering targets ransomware, hardware failures and endpoint vulnerabilities that threaten hybrid workforces, while delivering point‑in‑time...
3 Threat Groups Started Targeting ICS/OT in 2025: Dragos
Dragos’ 2026 Year in Review OT/ICS report adds three new adversaries—Sylvanite, Azurite and Pyroxene—targeting industrial control systems in 2025. Sylvanite acts as a rapid‑exploitation broker, weaponising n‑day flaws within 48 hours and handing access to the Voltzite group across power, oil,...
5 Ways to Achieve Rapid IT Incident Resolution
Rapid IT incident resolution is essential for digital availability, as downtime erodes revenue, brand trust, security posture, and compliance. The article outlines five strategic practices—unified dashboards, automation, clear escalation procedures, robust documentation, and business‑driven incident prioritization—each tied to measurable KPIs....
Mondrian Picks FundGuard to Update Investment Ledger
Mondrian, a European asset manager, has selected FundGuard’s cloud‑based investment ledger to replace its legacy accounting system. The new platform will provide real‑time transaction processing, automated regulatory reporting, and seamless integration with tokenisation workflows. Migration includes historic data transfer and...
The Copilot Problem: Why Internal AI Assistants Are Becoming Accidental Data Breach Engines
Internal AI copilots are being deployed across enterprises as search and decision‑aid layers, inheriting every permission granted to users. Their ability to index, retrieve, and combine data from email, file shares, and SaaS tools exposes vast amounts of previously hidden...