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Check Point Software has announced it is embedding OpenAI's frontier cyber capabilities directly into its customer-facing security products, becoming one of a select group of vendors accepted into OpenAI's Daybreak Cyber Partner Programme. The move represents a significant escalation in the deployment of advanced AI in enterprise security, not as a back-end research tool but as a core component of the defences that more than 100,000 organisations rely on every day. What the Daybreak Programme...

Application security firm Black Duck has been named a Leader in Gartner's first-ever Magic Quadrant for Software Supply Chain Security, the company announced today. The inaugural report assessed 18 vendors against two axes, Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute, and placed Black Duck firmly in the Leaders quadrant. The timing of the report reflects a broader shift in the threat landscape. Software supply chain attacks have surged in recent years, prompting regulators on both...

Bring your own device (BYOD) arrangements can help organisations work with contractors, staff who travel, and employees who prefer their own hardware. The tradeoff is straightforward. Company systems are accessed from machines that IT did not buy, configure, or repair. Some will be patched late. Others may be shared at home or used on networks the organisation cannot see. The risk is not limited to the laptop. Vulnerability exploitation now accounts for 31% of breaches,...

New research released today by KnowBe4, the global leader in digital workforce security, securing both AI agents and humans, has revealed a significant readiness deficit when it comes to modern threat detection and prevention across platforms like Slack, Teams and other collaboration tools. Notably, the research also revealed that half of organisations lack strong confidence in detecting threats across messaging and social platforms, despite 60% saying that threats are already moving beyond email. An in-person survey of 169 cybersecurity professionals at Infosecurity Europe 2026 found that while organisations remain confident in their ability to defend against traditional attacks such as phishing...

For years, the answer from IT teams asked about migrating off Google Workspace has been the same: too risky, too disruptive, too much downtime. Proton is betting that the answer is about to change. The Swiss privacy company has launched Easy Switch for Business, a migration tool designed to move organisations’ email, calendars, contacts, and domains from Google Workspace to Proton, without taking anything offline. The key feature is parallel running: businesses can keep Google...

Check Point Software and Illumio have announced a significant expansion of their strategic partnership, combining perimeter defence with internal breach containment in a bid to help enterprises survive an era of AI-accelerated attacks. The joint announcement follows an initial integration unveiled in 2025 and takes the collaboration further by adding deep alignment between Check Point firewall policy and Illumio Segmentation across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The AI threat that is reshaping the calculus At the...

AI-powered attacks have emerged as the biggest cybersecurity concern among security professionals, according to new research conducted by Filigran during Infosecurity Europe 2026. The survey of 168 cybersecurity professionals across various industry sectors found that 41% identified AI-powered attacks at scale as their biggest security concern, nearly double the number citing supply chain risk (21%) or unknown threats (21%). AI-driven threats and what security professionals are doing about them is also the top concern for nearly one...

KnowBe4, the human-risk management platform, securing both AI agents and humans, today announced the appointment of Alex Callihan as chief technology officer. Callihan has been with the organisation for more than nine years as senior vice president of engineering and in his new role will lead innovation of new products, driving the next generation of KnowBe4’s agentic research and development. Callihan brings over 15 years of experience in software engineering, driving product innovation. Reporting directly...

Security teams are facing a new and accelerating threat: attackers armed with sophisticated AI models that can chain together multiple application vulnerabilities into fully formed exploits within minutes. That is the stark reality underpinning a raft of new capabilities announced today by Black Duck for its Polaris Platform. The company is positioning the enhancements around what it calls 'Mythos readiness,' a reference to advanced AI models now being used by threat actors. The urgency is not...

The FIFA World Cup 2026 gives security teams an easy seasonal hook. A global event creates urgency, distraction and a flood of believable lures: fake tickets, unsafe streams, betting scams, malicious apps, QR-code traps and impersonation attempts. The tournament also frames a broader question for CISOs: how do organisations prepare people before a convincing request arrives under pressure? No serious coach measures a team's readiness by attendance. A national side is not ready for the...