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F5 & Forcepoint come together to secure enterprise AI

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F5 and Forcepoint have teamed up to link data discovery with runtime controls, aiming to curb AI risks as enterprises move systems into production.
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Open banking is coming: New Zealand's vibe-coded AI problems just got a lot more serious

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New Zealand's open banking rollout is set to expose weakly secured AI tools in financial services, with certification fast becoming a must-have.
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Akamai warns of rising API attacks across APAC as AI spreads

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Akamai says AI adoption is widening a governance gap across APAC, with API misuse and application-layer attacks surging as businesses digitise.
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Boomi named leader in IDC MarketScape API management

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Boomi gains Leader status in IDC MarketScape's API management assessment as enterprises seek tighter governance for AI-driven and hybrid systems.
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Cloud security day warns of human & identity risks

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Australian and New Zealand businesses are being urged to harden cloud defences as experts warn of identity flaws, misconfigurations and AI-fuelled attacks.
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Data governance reshapes backup strategies in AI era

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Organisations are shifting from backup-heavy strategies to data governance as AI growth exposes rising costs, risks, and inefficiencies in data resilience.
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Web attacks in EMEA hit two-year high, Akamai warns

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Akamai says attack volumes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa climbed 36% year on year as APIs and automated DDoS campaigns fuel a sharp surge.
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F5 & Forcepoint join forces on enterprise AI security

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F5 and Forcepoint team up to give enterprises continuous AI security, linking data discovery with runtime controls to reduce risk in production systems.
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Security leaders warn backup gaps as threats evolve

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Security executives say organisations must move beyond simple backups, as Kubernetes, AI and ransomware strain recovery plans ahead of World Backup Day.
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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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Vorlon survey finds SaaS AI security gaps among CISOs

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Vorlon survey reveals nearly all CISOs suffered SaaS and AI security incidents in 2025, despite high confidence in existing controls.
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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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Kong hires Bruce Felt as Finance Chief for growth push

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Kong hires veteran finance chief Bruce Felt, whose record of steering three software groups to IPOs bolsters its expansion in API and AI tools.
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BeyondTrust warns of 467% rise in enterprise AI agents

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BeyondTrust warns a surge of unsupervised AI agents is creating a hidden “shadow workforce” with admin-level access inside enterprises.
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ExtraHop launches AI network visibility & governance tool

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ExtraHop unveils an AI network visibility tool to track agents, expose shadow AI and tighten security and governance across enterprise systems.
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Check Point unveils blueprint for private AI security

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Check Point has launched a multi-layer AI Factory Security Blueprint to harden rapidly expanding private AI data centres from edge to GPU core.
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AI girlfriend apps exposed private chats in security audit

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Security flaws in 17 AI companion apps used by 150m people could expose intimate chats, photos and voice messages to attackers.
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Cobalt adds AI features to boost continuous pentests

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Cobalt weaves AI into its pentesting platform, automating recon and triage while keeping human experts on complex attack paths.
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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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Cobalt unveils service to manage enterprise pentesting

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Cobalt launches Security Program Manager service to run enterprise pentesting, align tests with business goals and speed up remediation.