Cybersecurity

The British Council has selected Daon's TrustX platform to run multi-step biometric identity checks across its global English-language testing programme.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions reports a 180% year-on-year rise in deepfake fraud attacks as digital ID volumes approach 100 billion checks in 2026.

Cribl is buying AI-powered detection engineering startup CardinalOps to strengthen its telemetry platform and challenge legacy SIEM architectures.

ESET Research has identified 11 Microsoft-signed UEFI shim bootloaders that allow Secure Boot bypass on any system trusting the Microsoft UEFI CA 2011 certificate.

Parsons subsidiary SGSS secured a five-year IDIQ contract to develop and sustain software for the US Naval Research Laboratory's Blossom Point Tracking Facility.

The two firms will jointly develop trusted AI infrastructure and secure platforms to advance Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 digital ambitions.

ASUS has listed its new ExpertBook P5 G2 and B5 G2 business laptops in the US, priced from $2,630 with Copilot+-ready NPU silicon.

The public safety AI company reported 200,876 gunshot alerts and completed its SOC 2 Type 2 audit in 2025, marking five years of formal

Splashtop K.K. and Misora Connect are co-selling a SIM-backed remote access product targeting factories, retail stores and edge devices across Japan.

Atlantic International's Circle8 platform has won a one-year, $175m renewal with the Dutch infrastructure agency, lifting its 2026 public sector pipeline past $600m.

Mphasis has joined MISA, deepening its Microsoft Security integration across managed services, threat detection and AI-driven cyber resilience offerings.

Magna AI has unveiled its unified AI software platform at Global AI Show 2026 in Riyadh, targeting enterprise and government production deployments.

The Belgian cybersecurity unicorn will use Root's agentic patching technology to fix open-source vulnerabilities without breaking changes or forced upgrades.

Eviden's Key Management System now integrates with Salesforce Hyperforce, letting European enterprises retain exclusive control over their encryption keys.

Huntress has made its Managed ISPM product generally available, extending its agentic security platform with proactive identity controls for Microsoft 365 environments.

Progress Software has priced its Chef platform's DGX Spark support at $189 per system per year, targeting IT teams managing fleets of desktop AI

Proofpoint says its new solution translates exploit intelligence into network-wide protection in under 18 minutes, ahead of public vulnerability catalogues.

CyberFOX has bought cloud-native SASE vendor Timus Networks, bringing zero-trust network access and adaptive policy controls to its SMB-focused cybersecurity stack.

SailPoint has acquired Tel Aviv-based Entro Security to extend its identity platform to cover non-human and AI agent credentials.

Tenable One Cloud Exposure has secured FedRAMP High and Impact Level 5 authorisation, opening classified and tactical edge deployments to the NASDAQ-listed vendor.