News for today:
- [Astrix Security] Off to Cisco. Astrix Security is to be acquired by Cisco, to scale its NHI and agentic identity security platform. Joining Cisco means Astrix now has the scale, the reach, and the platform to bring agentic and NHI security to organizations worldwide. Astrix’s capabilities will be integrated across the Cisco Security platform — including Cisco Identity Intelligence, Secure Access, Duo, and Splunk — to deliver end-to-end discovery, governance, and threat detection for every agentic and non-human identity and AI agent. Cisco’s unmatched visibility across identity, network, application, and infrastructure layers — combined with Astrix’s deep NHI and agentic security capabilities — creates an opportunity to protect enterprises at a level that simply wasn’t possible before. Astrix Security
- [Anomali] Launch of ThreatStream Next-Gen. Anomali released a new threat intelligence / threat actioning service – called ThreatStream Next-Gen – for security operations processes. Where others treat intelligence as a feed to be consumed, Anomali has spent years making it structural — the connective tissue between raw security data, analyst judgment, and response action. ThreatStream Next-Gen is the culmination of that work: an intelligence layer that doesn’t just inform decisions, but drives them, with context on attackers and campaigns, AI-generated prioritization, and recommended next actions delivered when they’re needed. Anomali built the answer before anyone knew how urgent the question would become. Initial capabilities are available today; more to come later this year and into 2027. Anomali
- [Ping Identity] Passwordless identity for US clinical healthcare workforce. Ping Identity is partnering with OLOID to strengthen identity processes and protections for US healthcare organizations. The joint solution introduces a passwordless, Verified Trust model for healthcare, where identity is continuously verified through credentials and adaptive assurance rather than static passwords. This approach extends beyond login to support trusted onboarding, seamless Tap-and-Login access across multiple low-friction authentication options, and secure account recovery. Clinician-held credentials can also be presented through mobile wallet experiences, including Apple Wallet and Google Wallet, where available. Ping Identity
- [Tanium] Here be Atlas. Tanium introduced Atlas, a new autonomous operating system for security operations and IT safeguarding their endpoint deployment. Unlike traditional consoles built around fixed modules and linear workflows, Tanium Atlas is built around the individual — not a persona or a role, but the specific user in front of the screen. The Tanium Atlas autonomous operating system dynamically generates pages that surface the most relevant data, visualizations and actions in the moment, while ambient agents operating at the system level observe the environment and surface what matters before the user has to ask. Tanium
- [Genetec] AI is accelerating cyber risk; act accordingly. Genetec urged organizations – especially those with cyber-physical networks – to strengthen their identity and credential governance strategies / solutions, given the amplification of cyber risk due to the acceleration of AI tools. Organizations should eliminate default and shared credentials, enforce strong authentication such as passkeys, and adopt multi-factor authentication (MFA) to reduce common attack entry points. This must extend to devices as well—replacing static passwords with certificate-based authentication when possible, and ensuring centralized management and regular rotation of credentials. Genetec
- [Infoblox] Axur is ours. Infoblox announced that its acquisition of Axur is done, and Axur’s AI-powered external threat discovery and digital risk protection capabilities are ready for service across multiple Infoblox products. With the close of the acquisition, Infoblox expands its preemptive security capabilities to address a growing class of digital threats and risks across the external attack surface that are outside customers’ direct control so organizations can identify and stop them sooner. Infoblox
- [Semperis] Expanding down under. Semperis has a new distribution partnership with Sektor, for the Australia and New Zealand. Under the agreement, Sektor will deliver Semperis’ identity-driven cyber resilience and crisis management solutions to local markets through its partner network, enabling organisations to better protect and recover their Active Directory and hybrid identity environments. Semperis
- [BeyondTrust] Identity security for Australia and India customers. BeyondTrust expanded its Identity Security Insights solution (discovery, Autonomous Defense, and agentic AI security) with local hosting options in Australia and India. The expansion enables organisations to align to specific, evolving regulatory standards that demand robust security safeguards for all identity types, e.g., In Australia, this includes The Security of Critical Infrastructure (SOCI) Act of 2018, which requires critical sectors including energy, finance, telecom and more, to enforce least privilege access and enable risk management programs for cyber threats. BeyondTrust