Active Directory stories
Large firms are using security consulting to cut risk and costs, with IDC saying Mandiant customers gained USD $4.3 million a year on average.
Legacy desktop software can now be automated without new APIs, as Amazon Web Services opens WorkSpaces applications to AI agents under existing controls.
Banks under regulatory pressure may be able to modernise databases without moving sensitive records to public cloud infrastructure.
The update gives Microsoft customers faster visibility into AI-driven access risks, after Netwrix linked broader identity footprints to higher breach rates.
IT teams can now plan Microsoft 365 tenant moves around identity first, reducing clashes before mailboxes and workloads are migrated.
The alliance aims to help defenders spot and contain identity-based attacks before they disrupt access across hybrid networks.
The deal could help organisations keep staff logging in during an attack, as Rubrik moves to cover identity recovery as well as restoration.
Acquirers could cut months from post-deal IT integration, as the tie-up aims to let staff use applications on day one after closing.
The hire bolsters CoreView's push into Microsoft Cloud defence as large organisations face growing pressure over identity, permissions and tenant risk.
Employers may reach frontline staff faster during outages and evacuations, with 8x8 Resolve logging acknowledgements across multiple channels.
Security teams can now restore Microsoft 365 data from ransomware or deletion within Sophos Central, reducing reliance on separate backup tools.
The new tool can schedule meetings, flag delays and act within existing permissions as Microsoft pushes autonomous software into everyday office apps.
Organisations are being pushed to spot hidden privilege paths in AI and machine accounts as BeyondTrust widens its identity risk assessment.
Excessive access rights across hybrid estates can now be trimmed more safely, as XM Cyber adds usage data to pinpoint permissions that are no longer needed.
Patching alone has left some older SonicWall devices exposed to VPN attacks, with reliaQuest finding the first known in-the-wild use of CVE-2024-12802.
Security teams can now automate exposure fixes and reporting as Tenable makes Hexa AI generally available to Tenable One customers.
Security teams face faster exploit windows as Tenable rolls out AI-driven remediation tools to customers using its Exposure Management Platform.
The ranking underscores growing demand for tools that secure human, machine and AI identities across cloud and hybrid environments.
Customers can now govern AI agents across mixed systems as Okta adds Bedrock support and lets firms keep existing identity providers.
Security teams can now check exposed credentials against Okta as Flare folds threat intelligence, investigation and identity risk tools into one platform.