Global stories

VITG buys Security Centric to boost cyber security

VITG broadens ANZ cyber offering with Security Centric deal and names founder Sash Vasilevski Chief Security Officer in combined group.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • This month

DevOps

NeuBird AI launches ops agent, raises USD $19.3 million

NeuBird AI expands beyond incident response with a production ops agent and Falcon engine as it secures USD $19.3 million in new funding.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

DevOps

NeuBird AI study finds gap on incident management AI

NeuBird AI study finds execs and engineers sharply split on AI for incident management as alert fatigue fuels outages and burnout.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Firewalls

Permiso launches sandbox for AI agent skill security

Permiso launches SandyClaw sandbox to detonate AI agent skills and expose hidden runtime risks before they reach enterprise systems.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

Acronis launches global MDR service for MSPs world

Acronis rolls out globally available managed detection and response for MSPs, bundling 24/7 monitoring, incident response and recovery tools.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • This month

Data Protection

Exabeam expands AI agent analytics to ChatGPT, Copilot

Exabeam widens AI agent monitoring to ChatGPT and Copilot, as chief AI and product officer Steve Wilson says digital workers need closer oversight.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

N-able adds Zensec & Atomatik to alliance programme

N-able widens Technology Alliance Program with Zensec and Atomatik, adding incident response services and workflow automation for managed service providers.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • This month

Data Protection

Rubrik launches Google Workspace protection for enterprises

Rubrik unveils Google Workspace backup service for enterprises, promising faster recovery from cyber incidents with immutable Gmail and Drive protection.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • This month

Data Protection

Genetec urges stronger governance as cloud use grows

Genetec says enterprise physical security needs tighter oversight as hybrid cloud deployments grow, with resilience and compliance now driving buying decisions.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • This month

Digital Transformation

Freshworks boosts Freshservice with live asset mapping

Freshworks adds live asset discovery to Freshservice, aiming to give IT teams clearer hybrid estate visibility and faster incident response.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Firewalls

ChatGPT flaw let hackers steal data via DNS queries

ChatGPT flaw may have let attackers siphon sensitive user data via DNS queries, prompting OpenAI to issue a fix after researchers exposed the bug.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

Kyndryl launches agentic AI service management toolkit

Kyndryl unveils a governance toolkit to help firms supervise autonomous AI agents across IT operations, as enterprises move beyond pilot projects.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • This month

Malware

Malware surge in open source software alarms firms

Open source malware advisories jumped in 2025 as Endor Labs warned that firms are under-prepared and budgets lag the threat.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • This month

Malware

Zscaler flags Xloader malware's tougher obfuscation

Zscaler says Xloader malware has added layered encryption, decoy servers and new obfuscation tricks to hinder analysts.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • This month

Firewalls

Gigamon leads deep observability market as AI traffic surges

Gigamon takes 51% of deep observability market as AI traffic drives 18% growth and pushes the segment towards USD $2.1 billion by 2030.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • This month

Data Protection

Secure.com guide says AI helps CISOs, but judgements matter

Secure.com urges Chief Information Security Officers to use AI for alert triage and threat detection, but keep human judgement in the loop.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • This month

Disaster Recovery

IT teams still rely on MDT as cloud shift accelerates

Survey finds IT teams still depend on Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and Windows Deployment Services, even as Intune adoption surges and cloud management expands.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • This month

Stories from other regions

Storage

UK firms back AI workloads but doubt cyber recovery

UK organisations back up AI workloads widely, yet only 39% say they are fully confident they could restore cloud data after a cyberattack.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • This month

Malware

OT downtime costs firms up to GBP £5 million, survey finds

Survey finds most OT outages in industry and critical infrastructure cost up to GBP £5 million, as firms fear nation-state attacks and long delays to detection.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • This month

Data Protection

World Backup Day 2026: In the age of AI, what are you really backing up?

World Backup Day prompts organisations to rethink recovery as AI systems, prompts and training data become as vital to resilience as files and databases.

By Robert Falzon • 5 min read • This month