News Alert: NTT Research Launches SaltGrain—Advanced Attribute-Based Encryption Security
NTT Research unveiled Scale Academy, an incubator that will commercialize its lab inventions, and launched its first product, SaltGrain, a zero‑trust data‑security suite built on attribute‑based encryption (ABE). The suite binds access policies to ciphertext, enabling granular control over who can see specific data fragments, and incorporates a recent performance breakthrough that makes the ABE core ready for post‑quantum deployment. SaltGrain is aimed at enterprises handling regulated or high‑value data—such as finance, healthcare, and global tech firms—where breaches can cost millions. The announcement was made at the company’s Upgrade 2026 summit in San Jose.
FIRESIDE CHAT: Geopolitical Turmoil, Rising AI Risk Add a New Layer to Enterprise Cyber Defense
At RSAC 2026, enterprise security leaders highlighted a dual crisis: a surge of unsanctioned AI tools and growing geopolitical distrust of U.S.-controlled cloud services. Skyhigh Security’s Sanjay Castelino reported that European firms are reassessing reliance on American cloud infrastructure, demanding...
Fireside Chat: AI Agents Are Reshaping Mobile Attacks — and Exposing Weak API Trust Models
At RSAC 2026, Approov CEO Ted Miracco warned that AI agents are taking over routine mobile‑app actions, fundamentally changing how requests reach backend APIs. Because APIs were built to trust human‑generated patterns, attackers can train AI to imitate those patterns...
GUEST ESSAY: Executives Trust AI Security Even as Security Teams Confront Blind Spots, New Risks
Recent Manifest Cyber research reveals a stark confidence gap: 80% of executives believe their AI systems are well‑secured, while just 40% of application security practitioners share that view. The study also found that 63% of organizations have uncovered “shadow AI”—unaudited...
NEW TECH Q&A: Why Data Bill of Materials (DBOM) Is Surfacing as a Crucial Tool to Secure AI
Enterprises racing to embed AI realized in 2025 they lacked visibility into the data feeding models, prompting a governance shift. Bedrock Security’s research shows most leaders cannot map training or inference datasets, exposing firms to audit failures and regulatory penalties....
News Alert: INE Expands Partnerships to Scale Hands-On Cyber Training Across Middle East, Asia
INE Security announced a strategic expansion across the Middle East and Asia, adding new academy partners in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and other high‑growth markets. The company’s subscription‑based, hands‑on training platform—featuring unlimited virtual labs and the Skill...
SHARED INTEL Q&A: This Is How ‘Edge AI’ Is Forcing a Rethink of Trust, Security and Resilience
Edge AI is moving real‑time inference workloads from centralized clouds to embedded devices, demanding far greater compute, memory, and energy efficiency at the silicon level. Infineon’s Thomas Rosteck explains that this shift forces a redesign of trust models, embedding hardware‑root‑of‑trust...
News Alert: Link11’s Top 5 Cybersecurity Trends Set to Shape European Defense Strategies in 2026
Link11’s European Cyber Report identifies five 2026 cybersecurity trends that will reshape defense strategies across Europe. The report warns that DDoS attacks will increasingly act as diversion tactics, while API‑first architectures expose new misconfiguration and business‑logic abuse risks. It predicts...
News Alert: INE Sees Surge in Q4 Budget Shifts as Enterprises Embrace Hands-On Training for AI Roles
Enterprises are reallocating Q4 learning‑and‑development budgets toward hands‑on, performance‑based training as AI reshapes cybersecurity, cloud, and IT operations. INE reports a surge in demand for immersive labs, simulations, and AI‑adaptive pathways that promise faster competency and measurable ROI. The shift...