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Global CISO Council launched to steer AI governance

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EC-Council launches the Global CISO Council to unify AI governance, tech risk oversight and regulatory response for senior security leaders.

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AI agents drive surge in cyber threats & extortion

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AI agents are fuelling a new wave of cyber risk, as criminals weaponise automation to speed up ransomware and sharpen extortion tactics.

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Midmarket firms overconfident as cyber tools fall short

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Midmarket security chiefs brim with confidence yet lack the tools, staff and speed to keep pace with fast-moving cyber threats, survey finds.

Tenable appoints Dino DiMarino to drive AI security growth

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Tenable appoints veteran cybersecurity sales leader Dino DiMarino as chief revenue officer to drive global growth in exposure and AI risk.

Big firms detect cyberattacks but fail to contain them

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Big businesses can spot cyber intrusions but struggle to contain them fast, leaving cloud-era networks exposed to deeper, costlier breaches.

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Iran-linked wiper cyber attack cripples Stryker plants

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Iran-linked wiper cyber attack cripples Stryker plants, disrupting implant production and locking thousands of staff out of global networks.

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Vicarius unveils vIntelligence for continuous validation

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Vicarius launches vIntelligence to continuously validate real-world exploitability and close the loop between detection, remediation and proof.

Cyber fears stall UK SMEs' digital plans & AI uptake

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Cyber fears and skills gaps leave UK SMEs torn between bold 2026 digital ambitions and hesitation over AI adoption and data security.

Quorum Cyber names Joe Strathmann Chief Operating Officer

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Quorum Cyber has hired veteran security executive Joe Strathmann as chief operating officer to scale its Microsoft-focused cyber services.

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KnowBe4 debuts AI agent for tailored cyber training

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KnowBe4 unveils AI-powered Custom SAPA agent to tailor cyber awareness tests to each organisation's policies, tools and real-world risks.

Cynomi targets MSPs with new third-party risk push

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Cynomi is urging MSPs to tap booming demand for third-party risk services as supply chain attacks surge and compliance rules tighten.

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IBM warns AI & quantum threats will reshape cybercrime

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IBM warns shadow AI, deepfakes and quantum threats will reshape cyber risk by 2026, as autonomous agents speed breaches and ransomware.

Ping Identity names Graeme Ventris to lead EMEA Channel

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Ping Identity has hired Graeme Ventris as EMEA Channel and Alliances Chief, tasking him with driving partner-led growth in digital identity.

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Cohesity & Cyera integrate DSPM to boost data security

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Cohesity deepens its Cyera tie-up, embedding DSPM into its data cloud to sharpen discovery, classification and cyber recovery at scale.

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Cyber attacks stay near record high as GenAI risks grow

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Global cyber attacks hover near record highs as unchecked workplace GenAI use exposes sensitive data in one in 31 corporate prompts.

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Ransomware dominates UK cyber incidents, data loss surges

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Ransomware drives over half of UK cyber incidents as data loss surges, with healthcare, retail and complex supply chains hardest hit.

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Tufin unveils AI assistants & executive security hub

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Tufin rolls out four AI assistants and a customisable executive hub to speed network security rule searches, access changes and risk insight.

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Terra Security gains first AWS nod for AI threat tests

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Terra Security becomes first AWS partner validated for Autonomous Security Validation, as AI-driven continuous threat testing gains pace.

Droplet warns UK that identity-based cyber defences fail

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Droplet warns UK that identity-based cyber defences are failing against state-backed attackers, urging multi-layered, 'never trust' security.

A resilient security culture is built in the flow of work, not the classroom

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Rising UK cyber attacks show training alone is failing; firms must embed behavioural security cues into daily work to cut human risk.