News for February 11:
- Reco Series B at $30 million. Reco announced Series B funding of $30 million, with participation from all existing investors and several new ones. The round follows another year of exceptional growth for Reco. After growing 500% year-over-year in 2024, the company scaled an additional 400% in 2025 on a significantly larger base, driven by a sharp increase in enterprise AI adoption and the rapid rise of shadow AI, where 71% of knowledge workers now use AI tools without IT approval and 20% of enterprises have already experienced data leaks tied to shadow AI usage. Why a Series B raise? The new funding will be used to support Reco’s continued expansion, including significant hiring across engineering, product, and go-to-market teams, with a focus on discovering and securing AI apps and agents at scale. Reco
- Sophos acquired Arco Cyber. Sophos announced the acquisition of Arco Cyber, a cybersecurity assurance company based in the UK, in alignment with its CISO-as-capabilities versus CISO-as-human vision. Arco Cyber accelerates this vision by adding capabilities that help organizations continuously validate whether security controls are effective, map controls to risk and compliance frameworks, and present clear, executive-ready insight that supports better decision-making. Sophos
- Bitsight Dark Web Intelligence for Supply Chains. Bitsight announced a new service – Dark Web Intelligence for Supply Chains – for helping organizations with supply chain and third-party risks across their vendor ecosystem. Bitsight’s Dark Web Intelligence for Supply Chains brings together real-time threat intelligence from the deep, dark, and open web and maps it directly to an organization’s third-party ecosystem. By correlating live threat activity with vendor-specific exposures, security and risk teams gain clear visibility into which suppliers are being discussed, targeted, or compromised — and which weaknesses matter most to the business right now. Bitsight
- NinjaOne adds IT Asset Management. NinjaOne announced NinjaOne IT Asset Management, for visibility and control across endpoints for IT teams. NinjaOne ITAM simplifies asset management and amplifies the power of endpoint management within a single platform. NinjaOne ITAM provides a single inventory that continuously syncs asset data in real time, allowing IT teams to make faster, smarter decisions while simplifying day-to-day operations and employees’ experiences. For IT environments at scale, the addition of ITAM streamlines integration with IT Service Management (ITSM) workflows, promoting faster decision making across all IT operations. NinjaOne
- Portnox extends to enterprise console-based applications. Portnox announced that its Zero Trust Network Access solution added enterprise console-based applications for credential-free access – extending from current support for web and on-premises apps. Organizations can now eliminate passwords and credentials from administrative access via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), Secure Shell (SSH), Virtual Network Computing (VNC), and Teletype Network (Telnet). This removes the attack vector responsible for 80% of data breaches while maintaining the frictionless user experience that has defined Portnox ZTNA. Portnox