Cyber hygiene sounds simple. Patch your systems, remove old accounts, update your software. But for large organizations, this gets messy fast. Systems number in the thousands. Teams are scattered. Some machines haven’t been rebooted in months. Automation can help. But…
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Sumo Logic unveils innovations across AI, automation, and threat intelligence
Sumo Logic announced a number of new security capabilities that help organizations build and operate intelligent security operations to reduce risks, accelerate threat containment, and ensure stronger security postures. “With the rise of AI-powered attacks, dynamically scaling cloud environments, and…
DDoS attacks jump 358% compared to last year
Cloudflare says it mitigated 20.5 million DDoS attacks in the first quarter of 2025. This is a 358% increase compared to the same time last year. Their Q1 2025 DDoS report highlights a rise in the number and size of…
Want faster products and stronger trust? Build security in, not bolt it on
In this Help Net Security interview, Christopher Kennedy, CISO at Group 1001, discusses how cybersecurity initiatives are reshaping enterprise cybersecurity strategy. He explains why security must be embedded across IT, business lines, and product development, how automation and risk discovery…
Cybersecurity jobs available right now: April 29, 2025
Analyst IV – Cybersecurity Carpenter Technology | USA | On-site – View job details As an Analyst IV – Cybersecurity, you will guide IT teams on IAM tasks, including account provisioning, password vaulting, access reviews, and encryption key management. You…
Hopper Security emerges from stealth to fix open-source security problems
Modern software relies on open-source. As open-source software (OSS) scaled, accelerated by AI, legacy security tools failed to keep pace, introducing undesired cost, complexity, and drag on developer productivity. Gartner cites false positives, alert fatigue, and the lack of exploitability…
Investing in security? It’s not helping you fix what matters faster
Automation and structured collaboration have a strong, positive influence on the efficiency of vulnerability management, according to Seemplicity. However, manual processes, unstructured workflows, and excessive noise from vulnerability scanning tools continue to slow remediation efforts, leading to delays and security…
AuditBoard AI governance solution mitigates risks associated with AI systems
AuditBoard announced a new AI governance solution, enableing customers to fast-track their AI risk management programs and drive responsible AI innovation and adoption at scale. AuditBoard’s new AI governance solution will help customers meet AI best practices outlined in frameworks…
Palo Alto Networks Prisma AIRS safeguards the enterprise AI ecosystem
Palo Alto Networks announced Prisma AIRS, an AI security platform that serves as the cornerstone for AI protection, designed to protect the entire enterprise AI ecosystem – AI apps, agents, models, and data – at every step. Building upon the…
ArmorCode Anya accelerates critical security decisions
ArmorCode launched Anya, an agentic AI champion purpose-built for AppSec and product security teams. Following a successful early access program, Anya is now available to all ArmorCode enterprise customers, delivering intelligent, conversation-driven security insights that close the expertise gap and…
Censys enables security teams to be more proactive in their threat hunting
Censys is launching a new solution specifically designed to enable threat hunting teams to track adversary infrastructure. The Censys’ Threat Hunting solution is part of Censys’ recently released Internet Intelligence platform, which provides security teams across the enterprise with the…
Trend Micro helps organizations secure AI-driven workloads
Trend Micro announced new AI-powered threat detection capabilities designed specifically for enterprises embracing AI at scale. This effort brings together Trend’s security expertise with NVIDIA accelerated computing and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, leveraging AWS infrastructure to support scalable, enterprise-ready deployment.…
Netskope One enhancements cover a broad range of AI security use cases
Netskope announced expansion of the Netskope One platform to cover more AI security use cases, including enhanced protections for private applications and data security posture management (DSPM) attributes. While other vendors focus on enabling safe user access to AI applications,…
Sentra Data Security for AI Agents protects AI-powered assistants
Sentra launched Data Security for AI Agents solution, specifically designed to address the emerging challenges associated with proliferating AI assistants and empower large enterprises to embrace AI innovation securely and responsibly. With the solution, Sentra also announced platform support for…
Abnormal AI improves security awareness training with AI agents
Abnormal AI introduces autonomous AI agents that improve how organizations train employees and report on risk while also evolving its email security capabilities. In a year defined by the explosive use of malicious AI for cybercrime, Abnormal is doubling down…
Anetac Human Link Pro secures both human and non-human identities
Anetac announced the global rollout of Human Link Pro. This new capability unifies the management of human and non-human identity vulnerabilities within the Anetac Identity Vulnerability Management Platform. Already in use by organizations in financial services, retail, healthcare and critical…
Flashpoint Ignite enhancements improve threat intelligence
Flashpoint announced new capabilities to its flagship platform, Flashpoint Ignite. These innovations are designed to deliver insights that align with customers’ threat intelligence needs, enabling organizations to make informed decisions and protect their most critical assets. “Too often, high-value threat…
Avocado OS: Open-source Linux platform for embedded systems
Peridio, a platform for building and maintaining advanced embedded products, has launched Avocado OS, an open-source embedded Linux distribution made to simplify the way developers build complex embedded systems. Avocado OS focuses on delivering a smooth developer experience while offering…
RSA defends organizations against AI-powered identity attacks
RSA announced cybersecurity innovations that defend organizations against the next wave of AI powered identity attacks, including IT Help Desk bypasses, malware, social engineering, and other threats. These advancements are especially critical for organizations implementing passwordless strategies and further solidify…
Wallarm Agentic AI Protection blocks attacks against AI agents
Wallarm unveiled Agentic AI Protection, a capability designed to secure AI agents from emerging attack vectors, such as prompt injection, jailbreaks, system prompt retrieval, and agent logic abuse. The new feature extends Wallarm’s API Security Platform to actively monitor, analyze,…