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Dragos's Acquisition of Phosphorus Signals a Fundamental Rethink of Industrial Cybersecurity

For many years, operational technology (OT) security programs have been designed around the concept of a discrete, identifiable set of industrial control systems. Technologies traditionally relied upon, like Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), Distributed Control Systems…

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Zscaler’s Symmetry Deal Targets AI’s Growing Access-Control Problem

Zscaler has announced plans to acquire Symmetry Systems, a move aimed at giving enterprises better visibility into how AI agents, service accounts, and other non-human identities access applications and data. The proposed acquisition would add…

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Torq's Acquisition of Jit and the Rise of Context-Driven SecOps

Since the inception of AI security operations center (SOC) platforms, they have operated around and struggled against fragmented, context-free data. Architectures that center around security alerts treat each of these events in isolation, stripping out…

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Cyera’s $50M Genie Deal Signals the Rush for AI Security Startups

Cyera has acquired Genie Security, a five-person Israeli cybersecurity startup founded only months ago, in a deal reportedly worth about $50 million, underscoring how quickly larger security companies are moving to buy young teams building…

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Akamai's LayerX Acquisition Redraws the AI Governance Perimeter

In the ongoing AI boom, the adoption and implementation of AI tools and agents is rapidly outpacing the rate at which governance instrumentation is being built to contain and manage them. Previously existing controls like…

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Why Cisco Paid $400M to Secure the Identities No One Is Watching

The broad digital landscape in recent years has seen a massive increase in non-human identities (NHIs), including API and access keys, service accounts, OAuth tokens, and AI agents. These identities now outnumber human users by…

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Suzu Labs Acquires Emulated Criminals to Make the Case That Cybersecurity's Most Critical Decisions Can't Be Automated

Enterprise security programs have largely been built around periodic assessments and checkbox frameworks, designed to ensure bare-minimum compliance with regulations to avoid penalties. The annual or quarterly testing cycles accompanying this approach create dangerous blind…

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Why Palo Alto's $400M Koi Acquisition Signals a New Security Imperative

Traditional endpoint security measures and tools were built around the assumption of human actors, rendering them ineffective in modern environments. Organizations often extend implicit trust to developer tooling and third-party software rather than dedicating resources…

CyberEdge 2026 Cyberthreat Defense Report

CyberEdge’s 2026 Cyberthreat Defense Report Signals AI-Driven Upheaval for Security Teams

The newly released 2026 Cyberthreat Defense Report from CyberEdge Group paints a clear picture: artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool in cybersecurity—it’s a disruptive force reshaping both the threat landscape and the workforce…

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Cisco's Acquisition of Galileo and the Rise of Agentic Observability

The AI boom continues to bring new developments and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. Agentic AI systems are now embedded in software development, content creation, and customer support workflows in an effort to…

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How Fortra's Acquisition of Zero-Point Security Is Redefining Offensive Security Education

The dangerous gap between tool sophistication and operator readiness continues to widen, creating security risks that compound over time. Red team platforms like Cobalt Strike have outpaced available education, making it difficult to adequately conduct…

AppViewX Eos

AppViewX Acquires Eos to Secure the AI Agent Identity Frontier

The rapid proliferation of AI agents inside enterprise environments has been a major development in recent years of the AI boom. Their autonomous, privileged nature makes them fundamentally different from any identity category that came…

OpenAI Promptfoo

OpenAI Bets on AI Security With Promptfoo Acquisition

The AI explosion of the past several years, marked by the booming popularity of generative AI for personal and professional functions, has been largely focused on ensuring performance and quality of these tools. Agentic AI…

Booz Allen Defy Security

Booz Allen’s Cybersecurity Pivot Signals a New Battle for the Enterprise Security Market

Booz Allen Hamilton is a company with over 100 years of history, today known primarily for specialization in digital transformation and artificial intelligence services. The company has a legacy in government consulting and national security,…

Arctic Wolf Sevco

Arctic Wolf Expands Beyond MDR with Sevco Deal to Tackle the Exposure Management Gap

Cybersecurity vendor Arctic Wolf has a foundation in managed detection and response (MDR), offering solutions, expertise, and resources for security coverage at scale. In recent years, there has been a mounting market pressure to move…

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Proofpoint Bets on the Agentic Future with Acuvity Acquisition

On February 12, 2026, cybersecurity and compliance leader Proofpoint announced the acquisition of AI security and governance firm Acuvity. This deal is a significant step in securing the agentic workspace, an increasingly common enterprise environment…

Zscaler SquareX zero-trust

Zscaler’s SquareX Acquisition Signals a New Era in Zero Trust Cybersecurity

February 20, 2026

In the traditional castle-and-moat model of security, legacy Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) act as “digital drawbridges,” a measure that is no longer effective in protecting a castle without walls like the modern distributed enterprise. As…

LevelBlue Fortra Alert Logic MDR

LevelBlue Bets Big on MDR as MSSPs Consolidate for Scale

February 10, 2026

Managed detection and response (MDR), once an optional add-on service to comprehensively handle threat hunting and mitigation, has evolved into a core operating layer for managed security service providers (MSSPs). With advanced threats and sprawling…

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