AI can improve anomaly detection in power systems by combining model precision with human expertise. But Yaniv Harel of the cyber center at Tel Aviv University warns that attackers exploit can AI's rapid evolution and target unsecured training data, creating new risks for critical infrastructure.
A statute underpinning corporate cybersecurity information sharing may come back into effect along with funding to reopen the U.S. federal government after six weeks of being shutdown. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 expired the same day Washington shut down on Oct. 1.
Organizations struggle to identify "problems that matter" amid all the cybersecurity noise, said Snehal Antani, CEO and co-founder of Horizon3.ai. Teams should focus on exploitable attack surfaces, misconfigurations and meaningful metrics that track progress over time.
With a $75 million Series C raise, Shift5 plans to scale its operational intelligence platform across military and commercial transportation. Its focus includes enhanced threat detection, predictive maintenance and data-driven safety measures amid rising cyberthreats to infrastructure.
Jamf will execute its second round of layoffs in two years, cutting 6.4% of its workforce to reduce operating costs and improve operating margins. The Minneapolis-based Apple management and security vendor on Tuesday announced plans to reduce its staff by an estimated 166 employees.
Next-generation SIEM vendors struggle to gain market traction because they focus on technological superiority rather than solving the fundamental challenge of migrating existing security infrastructure and operations, said Hugh Njemanze, founder and president of Anomali.
"Automation is a strategic imperative," says Greg Notch, chief security officer at Expel. Automation is not just driven by sophisticated adversaries, but by economic necessity as organizations can't scale human resources cost-effectively or fast enough, he said.
Guardz has secured $56 million to deepen AI-powered threat detection and enhance automation for MSPs. The Series B funding will support platform engineering, channel marketing and operational scaling as Miami-based Guardz targets a simplified and consolidated cybersecurity future.
Tenable is acquiring Israeli startup Apex Security to extend AI security features that go beyond asset discovery. With user-level controls and risk mitigation for AI usage, Tenable aims to accelerate its exposure management roadmap by integrating Apex into Tenable One later this year.
Check Point will fold Israeli firm Veriti into its Quantum suite following an acquisition aimed at streamlining automated security response across endpoints, firewalls and cloud environments. Veriti’s patented technology is seen as critical to reducing misconfigurations without business disruption.
As organizations and cybersecurity threats have both moved to cloud, what role will the traditional firewall continue to play? A significant and evolving one, says Rich Campagna of Palo Alto Networks. He talks about this role and how AI is being employed in new solutions.
With code increasingly generated by AI and attackers using AI for exploits, OX Security raised $60 million to scale R&D and help developers prioritize critical vulnerabilities. The company aims to close detection gaps and reduce time-to-remediation in application security.
With cyber risk ranked as one of the top threats to business continuity, cybersecurity has now become a core component to business survival. Liran Grinberg, co-founder and managing partner at Team8, said the CISO's role has transformed into one of the most critical positions in any enterprise.
OpenText is embedding threat detection, identity protection and generative AI across its cloud and on-premises platforms. EVP Muhi Majzoub says the threat detection and response system will integrate with Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike and others to identify anomalies and stop attacks in real time.
Dataminr received $85 million in convertible pre-IPO funding from Dave DeWalt's NightDragon and HSBC. The investment will support the rollout of context agents and pre-generative AI capabilities, and enable the company to scale internationally ahead of its planned initial public offering.
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