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Global cyber risk consultancy S-RM has reported a sharp increase in ransomware incidents exploiting SonicWall firewall devices with SSL VPN enabled. The activity, tied to the Akira ransomware strain, is impacting organisations worldwide and has knock-on effects for everyday users. The warning comes amid heightened national debate around the UK Government’s Online Safety Act and the security implications of VPN usage. S-RM says the latest attacks are a timely reminder that while VPNs can b...

A solid defence is essential in baseball and cyberspace. The University of Nevada, Reno Cybersecurity Center and Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity company Viakoo are supporting cybersecurity awareness during the Reno Aces 2025 season. Viakoo will donate to the Cybersecurity Center every time the Aces make a defensive play that prevents the opposing team from stealing base, and light up the stadium with “A Salute to Cyber Defenders” across all signage. As part of this promoti...

Nutanix, a pioneer in hybrid multicloud computing, announced it has been recognised as a Challenger in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Container Management. This marks Nutanix’s recognition for the first time in this Magic Quadrant following the launch of its Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) solution last year. Cloud native applications Nutanix gives clients the ability to run modern and formal applications on the same platform anywhere Nutanix launched NKP following the inte...

Absolute Security, a pioneer in enterprise cyber resilience, announced new innovations available on the Absolute Resilience Platform. An advanced GenAI assistant enables natural-language queries that instantly answer vital questions about the security and compliance status of endpoint devices. Foundation of AI-powered resilience Enhanced application control helps ensure critical endpoint and network security defences are present across every device and operating with maximum effectiveness and...

Abnormal AI, the pioneer in AI-native human behaviour security, announced its updated Security Posture Management product, bringing AI-driven protection, automated prioritisation, and remediation guidance to customers’ Microsoft 365 environments.  As Microsoft 365 environments become more complex, accidental misconfigurations are now a major cause of cloud email vulnerabilities. The growing number of applications, layered settings, and fragmented ownership create blind spots and acci...

DigiCert, a global pioneer in digital trust, announced the open-source release of its TrustCore SDK, a production-proven cryptographic library for embedded and IoT devices.  Now available under the AGPL v3 licence on GitHub, TrustCore SDK gives developers the tools to design security into their products from the start by enabling them to evaluate, integrate, and customise trusted cryptographic capabilities with full transparency. By offering both an open-source option and a commercially-...

Semperis, a pioneer in AI-powered identity security and cyber resilience, announced Service Account Protection Essential, a new edition of Directory Services Protector (DSP) that provides unmatched visibility, monitoring, and alerting for Active Directory service accounts, a prime target for cyber attackers. "Service accounts are pernicious and nearly ungovernable by nature, so organisations struggle to adequately address them in security planning," said Ran Harel, Semperis AVP of Security Prod...

Claroty, the cyber-physical systems (CPS) protection company, announced a new strategic collaboration with Google Security Operations that brings greater threat detection and response capabilities to organisations looking to bridge the gap between IT and operational technology (OT) in order to secure mission-critical infrastructure. This integration will enhance security by feeding high-fidelity, context-rich alerts and vulnerability data from SaaS-powered Claroty xDome or on-premise Claroty C...

Nutanix, a pioneer in hybrid multicloud computing, announced it has been positioned as a pioneer in The Forrester Wave: Multicloud Container Platforms, Q3 2025. This is Nutanix’s first appearance in the report following last year’s unveiling of the Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) at Nutanix’s NEXT conference. The launch of NKP followed Nutanix’s acquisition of D2iQ, Inc.’s Kubernetes Platform, enabling the company to provide customers with a comprehensive so...

NAKIVO Inc., a fast-growing software company specialising in protecting virtual, physical, cloud, and SaaS environments, announced strong results for Q2 2025. The company reported growth in financial performance, customer acquisition, partner expansion, and cloud channel adoption, with revenue in the Americas up 40% compared to the same period in 2024.  Revenue growth The Americas led all regions with a 40% year-over-year revenue increase followed by EMEA In Q2 2025, the company recorde...

Rapid7, Inc., a pioneer in threat detection and exposure management, announced the launch of Incident Command, a powerful new next-gen SIEM extending the capabilities of its Command Platform, purpose-built to transform how security teams detect, investigate, and respond to threats. Incident Command unifies preventative attack and exposure management together with threat detection and response, all powered by Agentic AI workflows trained on playbooks designed by Rapid7’s own SOC experts,...

Commvault, a major provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, announced its intent to acquire Satori Cyber Ltd (Satori), a data and AI security company. Enterprises are facing a perfect storm of AI adoption, data growth and sprawl, and regulatory pressures globally. The need to manage these challenges across hybrid and multi-cloud environments is paramount for security, IT, and business pioneers, as well as boards. Control access to sensitive data By...

New research from Dell Technologies and Intel reveals that 71% of U.K. IT Decision Makers (ITDMs) view the move to Microsoft Windows 11 as an opportunity to upgrade their PC fleets with AI-capable systems.  The ‘Windows 11 and AI PC Readiness Report’ also found that U.K. businesses see upgrading to AI PCs when they transition to Windows 11 to transform operations, with 64% saying being able to run AI applications effectively is critical or extremely critical for their organisat...

Group-IB, a pioneering creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, announced the launch of Fraud Matrix 2.0 - a state-of-the-art analytics tool designed to help organisations detect, respond to, and prevent fraud with greater accuracy and agility. Evolution in fraud protection Inspired by the MITRE ATT&CK® framework, Fraud Matrix is a unique comprehensive framework developed by Group-IB, designed to describe the actions and behaviours employe...

Commvault, a pioneering provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, announced the general availability of Clumio Backtrack for Amazon DynamoDB, an advanced offering that transforms how organisations recover data from one of the most widely used cloud-native NoSQL databases in the world.  Amazon DynamoDB has become a foundational technology for cloud-first development teams, especially those building high-scale, latency-sensitive applications such as rea...

Cequence Security, a pioneer in application security, unveiled the Cequence AI Gateway, a powerful new solution enabling enterprises to take full advantage of the productivity gains promised by agentic AI. Bridging the gap between AI agents and enterprise applications, the AI Gateway enables instant connectivity with the guardrails enterprises need to stay in control.         Power of artificial intelligence Enterprises, eager to embrace the power of a...

Eviden, the Atos Group product brand pioneering in advanced computing, cybersecurity products, mission-critical systems and vision AI, announces that it has been selected by the European Commission to provide the technical platform to host and integrate the applications developed by the nine selected organisations constituting the AtLaS consortium for the HLTP Challenge. This project, one of the four selected projects, is launched and financed by the European Defence Fund. Eviden will also...

Entrust, a pioneer in providing identity-centric security solutions, announced the appointment of Tony Ball as its incoming Chief Executive Officer. Ball will replace Todd Wilkinson, who plans to retire on March 31, 2026, after 17 years leading the company. “I’m honoured to work with pioneers like Todd, Tony, and the entire senior leadership team,” said Bobby Mehta, Chair of the Entrust Board of Directors, adding “I’m pleased to see Tony step in to lead the or...

Cybersecurity teams are taking a cautious approach to artificial intelligence (AI), despite industry hype and pressure from business pioneers to accelerate adoption, according to a new survey from ISC2. While AI is widely promoted as a game-changer for security operations, only a small proportion of practitioners have integrated these tools into their daily workflows, with many remaining hesitant due to concerns over privacy, oversight, and unintended risks. Advanced in industrial se...

Zero Networks, a pioneer in zero trust security solutions, announced the appointment of Tony Hadzima as Vice President of Sales for EMEA and LATAM. This strategic hire supports the company’s global expansion goals and rising demand for its innovative microsegmentation and zero-trust offerings. Prior roles of Hadzima Hadzima brings nearly 30 years of international sales and business leadership experience Hadzima brings nearly 30 years of international sales and business leadership...

AMG Systems of the United Kingdom and the USA introduces the AMG Secure-Net SFP carrier, an SFP-based IP-level device that offers 128-bit encryption for traffic over any IP network. This device operates as an SFP carrier and can host most standard MSA-compliant 100Mb or 1Gb SFP modules. The Secure-Net SFP carrier transparently envelopes a wide variety of SFPs, enabling full reuse of existing equipment and easy deployment across various infrastructure types, including both fibre and copper...

Exein, the embedded IoT cybersecurity company at the forefront of defending Europe’s critical infrastructure, has raised €70m in a Series C round. The round was led by Balderton and joined by Supernova and Lakestar, with 33N, United Ventures and Partech following on from the previous round. The fresh capital will drive Exein’s ambitious global expansion plans across the US, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, as well as to strengthen its establish...

VIPRE Security Group, a pioneer and award-winning cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection company, announced the launch of its new VIPRE Integrated Email Security (IES) Solution. This Integrated Cloud Email Security (ICES) application is a cloud-based email security solution that supplements the native security of cloud email providers (such as Microsoft 365) using advanced detection techniques to identify malicious emails and suspicious activity. Comprehensive security solutions ICE...

Enveil, the pioneering Privacy Enhancing Technology company protecting Data in Use, announced the release of ZeroReveal® Search 6.0, the latest iteration of its flagship, award-winning software.  Powered by Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs), the enhanced offering delivers accelerated scalability, improvements in cloud hardware configuration, and advanced server integrations to optimise performance for Edge deployments.  Fraud prevention to secure mission Enveil’s marke...

DigiCert, a global provider of digital trust, announced open registration for its annual World Quantum Readiness Day virtual event, which takes place on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. The company is also accepting submissions for its Quantum Readiness Awards. Both initiatives spotlight the critical need for current security infrastructures to adapt to the imminent reality of quantum computing.  Adopt PQC standards World Quantum Readiness Day is a catalyst for action, urging enterprises a...

Cubbit, the first geo-distributed cloud storage enabler, and Rai Way S.p.A., an integrated digital infrastructure operator and service provider for media content distribution, announced a Business Alliance Partnership as part of the launch of Rai Way’s new service offering. Through this agreement, Rai Way integrates cloud storage services into its portfolio by adopting Cubbit’s DS3 Composer technology, enabling a fully Italian edge-to-cloud solution. Innovative cloud storage soluti...

artius.iD announces a strategic partnership with Pod Foods Co (Pod), the pioneer in innovative consumer brand distribution, giving it access to the firm's team of world-class AI and cybersecurity specialists alongside its proprietary decentralised digital identification technology. The move is part of Pod's commitment to safeguard sensitive customer information at every stage and strengthen its digital-first infrastructure. The announcement follows a series of major cyberattacks acros...

Bird Home Automation GmbH has successfully been certified by TÜV Saarland according to the internationally recognised DIN EN ISO/IEC 27001:2024 standard. By completing this comprehensive audit, the company demonstrates that it meets the highest standards in information security and has established an effective Information Security Management System (ISMS). ISO/IEC 27001 is the leading global standard for information security management. It sets the framework for identifying, assessing, and...

In 2017, 123 police CCTV surveillance cameras in Washington, D.C., were hacked and taken offline — right before a high-profile public event. The issue wasn’t the camera. It was a failure of cybersecurity compliance (Source: BBC). Imagine a scenario where a major supplier loses a multi-crore government contract in India because their CCTV cameras lacked a mandatory RDSO certification for use on moving coaches. Why are certifications necessary In both cases, the cameras worked. But...

Commvault, a pioneering provider of cyber resilience and data protection solutions for the hybrid cloud, has announced a strategic partnership with Bytes, a pioneering provider of IT solutions across the UK and Ireland. This partnership will focus on providing the joint customer base with the tools and services needed to advance their cyber resilience in the UKI.  Service-led sales motion Commvault is doubling down on its ambition in the UKI, with the aim of expanding market share The s...