AI and Machine Learning

Vanta, the trust management platform, has announced a new set of capabilities that embed AI across core compliance and risk workflows. The expanded capabilities unify policy management with Vanta AI Agent, continuous monitoring for vendors, risk oversight, and deeper integrations, providing security leaders with a single system of record to act on risk before it escalates. Risk management is typically fragmented across siloed tools, teams, and manual processes, the company said in a press release....

As AI agents proliferate across enterprise networks, posing a new wave of intelligent and adaptive cyber threats, SandboxAQ has launched a platform designed to meet the moment. The cybersecurity and quantum tech firm today unveiled AQtive Guard, a new solution built to secure the rapidly expanding ecosystem of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and the cryptographic assets they depend on. With projections estimating more than one billion AI agents in operation within the next few years, security...

SandboxAQ has joined the United Nations International Computing Centre (UNICC) as a founding member of its newly launched AI Hub, a global initiative designed to provide AI-driven solutions and expertise to more than 100 UN entities and international organisations. The UNICC, the UN system’s leading strategic partner for digital solutions and cybersecurity, has launched the AI Hub to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across its network. As part of its initial collaboration, SandboxAQ will...

SURF Security has launched the beta of its neural net-powered deepfake detection tool for customer testing today. The SURF Deepwater deepfake detector tool is built into the SURF Security Enterprise Zero-Trust Browser® and defends enterprises, media organisations, police, and militaries worldwide from AI deepfake threats. It can detect with up to 98% accuracy whether the person you’re interacting with is an actual human or an AI imitation, alerting users to potential deepfake threats within seconds....

Meta1st has launched a new platform dedicated to fortifying the human layer of cybersecurity through the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The company said its AI tools offer an innovative and timely solution to address a critical gap: the need to outpace the threat actors using AI technologies to exploit human vulnerabilities. The enterprise SaaS platform harnesses AI to address the Human Layer, often touted as one of the most critical vulnerabilities in the world...

According to research from Absolute Security, over half (54%) of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) feel their security team is unprepared for evolving AI-powered threats. The findings were uncovered in the  Absolute Security United Kingdom CISO Cyber Resilience Report 2024, which surveyed 250 UK CISOs at enterprise organisations to assess the state of cyber resilience, AI, and the cyber threat landscape in the UK. According to the NCSC, AI will ‘almost certainly’ make cyber attacks...

API security is becoming an increasingly more prominent discussion for security teams. Notably, API security incidents have more than doubled within the past 12 months, according to recent research. The research also found that API usage is rapidly accelerating, with two-thirds now managing over 100 APIs every day. Evidently, organisations continue to struggle to keep pace with the threats associated with expanding API ecosystems, along with trying to accurately comprehend their complex behavioural attributes. With...

Keepit, a global provider of a comprehensive cloud backup and recovery platform, today released a survey conducted by Foundry, as well as a study based on in-depth interviews conducted by Keepit. Both reveal critical gaps in disaster recovery strategies and highlight the pressing need for enhanced data security measures. In an evolving technological landscape, enterprise IT leaders are grappling with unprecedented challenges in data protection and governance, driven by the rapid adoption of cloud applications...

Darktrace, a global leader in cybersecurity AI, has today released its UK State of AI Cybersecurity Report, which surveyed over 200 security leaders and practitioners across a broad array of industries. The research asked security leaders their thoughts on the threats facing their businesses following the widespread adoption of AI, which has increased the speed, sophistication and success of cyber attacks. Almost three quarters (71%) of businesses are already seeing AI-powered cyber threats significantly impact...

The British government published a new collection of research reports on the cyber security of AI pulling on sources from the private and public sectors. It includes a broad set of recommendations for organisations prepared by Mindgard, the report’s only startup contributor. This report, together with the new draft Code of Practice on cyber security governance, was created in response to the Chinese cyberattack on the Ministry of Defence earlier this year, and is aimed...