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Catherine Knowles
News Editor
Catherine has a keen interest in all areas of technology and storytelling in our digital age. Having worked with a number of businesses and people across media, education, publishing and communications, Catherine has a definite respect for common sense, great content and turning ideas into reality.

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Vorlon launches tools for AI agent security response

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Vorlon unveils AI Agent Flight Recorder and Action Centre to help security teams trace activity across SaaS apps and coordinate responses.
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Smartsheet launches AI server for work management data

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Smartsheet unveils an AI server that plugs tools like Claude into live project data, with thousands of early users driving real-time updates.
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ControlMonkey adds observability recovery for cloud tools

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ControlMonkey broadens disaster recovery to Datadog, New Relic and other observability tools, giving teams versioned snapshots of dashboards and alerts.
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Ledger Wallet 4.0 boosts crypto app with trading tools

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Ledger launches Wallet 4.0, overhauling its crypto app with new trading tools, rewards insights and a redesigned, device-linked interface.
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Meliora buys Backchat Media to expand into New Zealand

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Meliora acquires Auckland-based Backchat Media, gaining a New Zealand foothold and bolstering its APAC digital strategy and content offering.
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Miro acquires Reforge to boost AI product strategy

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Miro is acquiring Reforge to fuse its visual workspace with training tools, sharpening AI-era product decisions as well as delivery.
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RSA expands Microsoft tie-up with passwordless access

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RSA deepens its Microsoft 365 E7 alliance to secure human and AI identities, rolling out wider passwordless access across complex estates.
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Meta AI agent exposes sensitive data in internal leak

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Meta says an internal AI agent's bad guidance exposed sensitive staff and user data to workers company-wide for hours, sparking security alarm.
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NeuReality launches NR-NEXUS for AI inference scale

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NeuReality unveils NR-NEXUS, an AI inference operating system to unify fragmented “token factory” infrastructure across mixed hardware.
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AI agents blur human access lines in enterprise systems

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Most organisations cannot distinguish AI agents from human staff, exposing widening identity and access risks as autonomous tools spread.
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LevelBlue & SentinelOne expand security partnership

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LevelBlue becomes SentinelOne's preferred global partner for AI-powered managed detection, response and incident handling across hybrid estates.
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EkkoSense adds early anomaly alerts for hybrid cooling

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EkkoSense has added automated anomaly alerts to its EkkoSoft Critical platform, flagging hybrid data centre cooling issues before outages.
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Expel launches managed SIEM service for Sentinel & Splunk

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Expel unveils managed SIEM for Microsoft Sentinel and Splunk, embedding its engineers to tune detections and cut operational overheads.
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AlphaSense adds custom AI agents for finance research

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AlphaSense unveils custom AI agents and expert call tools to automate research workflows for financial and corporate intelligence teams.
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NSS Labs backs AI guardrail tests amid security fears

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NSS Labs warns many enterprise AI guardrails fail basic security tests, urging independent, real-world validation of protections.
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Transcelestial ranks among Fast Company's top innovators

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Laser network pioneer Transcelestial lands in Fast Company's 2026 Asia-Pacific top four, joining the World's Most Innovative list.
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Databricks launches Lakewatch to counter AI attacks

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Databricks unveils Lakewatch, an AI-driven security platform aiming to replace legacy SIEM tools and counter automated cyber attacks.
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BloodHound expands identity attack path mapping reach

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SpecterOps broadens BloodHound Enterprise to map identity attack paths across Okta, GitHub and Jamf-managed Macs in hybrid environments.
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Versa unveils AI edge, secure browser & inbound SSE push

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Versa teams with Intel on AI at the edge, debuts a secure enterprise browser and launches inbound SSE to protect internet-facing apps.
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OpenID Foundation unveils new independent testing plan

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OpenID Foundation names four partners to deliver new independent conformance testing for fast-growing digital identity schemes from 2026.