Enterprise security stories
As AI agents spread across workplaces, static credentials are proving too risky for sensitive tasks and customer-facing systems.
AI tools are creating hidden east-west traffic that security teams struggle to monitor, raising the risk of data leakage and compromise.
The recognition could help New Zealand businesses seeking simpler hybrid-work security, after Nextro completed several Fortinet SASE deployments.
It aims to replace fragmented feeds by combining risk scoring and context on millions of IPs and domains for security teams.
Pressure is growing on AI vendors and software suppliers to improve vulnerability disclosure as experts warn basic CVE details are no longer enough.
Banks and security firms will test how advanced AI cyber tools can aid defence without widening the risk of offensive misuse.
Managed service providers could cut manual effort and false compliance alerts as the update tightens asset links across security tools.
Better network performance and stronger security are helping South African businesses justify firewall refreshes as Atomgate replaces ageing SonicWall kit.
Rising partner demand across Asia-Pacific is pushing SentinelOne to deepen its indirect sales reach as it adds a new regional channel lead.
Businesses risk disruption if they hand security decisions to AI, as experts argue human oversight is needed to keep responses in context.
Businesses handling sensitive data may gain tighter controls as NTT Research turns two-decade-old cryptography into a commercial security suite.
Joint customers can now see which cloud alerts threaten regulated or business-critical data, helping them prioritise remediation and cut alert fatigue.
Fraud teams can now feed mobile threat histories into server-side checks as Appdome expands IDAnchor with risk APIs and persistent identifiers.
New extortion-only gangs are reshaping a ransomware market that remained at about 150 to 200 victim posts a week in the first quarter.
Large organisations are facing faster, more autonomous cyberattacks as IBM adds AI tools to spot weak points and speed up response.
Cheap, newly released web addresses are likely to give phishing gangs fresh cover as ICANN’s 2026 expansion rolls out over the coming months.
Only a third of Australian organisations have tested cyber recovery plans, leaving many exposed despite high confidence in detection and response.
AI cuts hunt times from about an hour to under 20 minutes by automating evidence gathering and turning plain language into queries.
Indian organisations get a local administrative data option as the Mumbai deployment keeps policies, logs and metadata inside the country.
Ransomware pressure on US firms is intensifying debate over whether broader AI hacking tools will help defenders or aid criminals.