News for today:
- [Salt Security] Salt’s 100 milestone. Salt Security announced that its policy hub now has 100 pre-built policies for governing AI agents. Rather than forcing organizations to build that governance framework from scratch, the Salt Policy Hub provides a library of enterprise-ready policies that can be activated immediately and customized to suit each organization’s environment. Much like an app store provides trusted applications, the Policy Hub gives security teams access to proven governance policies covering the technologies that power modern AI agents, helping organizations adopt autonomous AI with confidence while maintaining security and compliance. Available immediately. Salt Security
- [Recast] New product bundle for rapid patching. Recast bundled several of its existing products to enable organizations to accelerate patching and close update gaps as the number of vulnerabilities increases rapidly, and could do so even faster with new frontier AI models. The new Recast bundle connects endpoint actions, third-party patching, and hardware lifecycle visibility in a single offering designed to help teams work faster and with more control. Recast
- [Fasoo AI] Beyond the model. Fasoo AI expanded its AI Security Posture Management solution to the enterprise data used by AI; previously the solution focused just on AI models and applications. AI-SPM helps organizations discover AI assets, monitor deployments, and reduce AI-related security risks …. Fasoo AI [1] discovers and classifies sensitive enterprise data, providing organizations visibility into what AI can access before it reaches prompts and retrieval systems; [2] applies AI-aware protection policies and automated privacy controls, including personally identifiable information (PII) protection and de-identification, to prevent confidential data exposure; and [3] persistent access controls ensure AI respects existing data permissions, so unauthorized information never appears in AI-generated responses. Fasoo AI
- [Commvault] The critical identity gap. New research sponsored by Commvault finds that identity management is the critical gap in agentic AI deployments; most aren’t ready for non-human identities. 90% of respondents believe they need to improve identity-management capabilities to address risks introduced by agentic AI systems …. Nearly two-thirds of respondents (58.7%) say significant improvements or a complete overhaul of their identity-management approach is required. A readiness assessment is coming, too. Commvault
- [Semperis] Midnight in the War Room. Semperis is gearing up for the world premiere of its new movie – Midnight in the War Room – at 6.30pm on Wednesday August 5 at Black Hat. There are meet-and-greet the cast sessions in advance (and afterwards, too). The movie is a groundbreaking cyber war documentary featuring the world’s leading defenders. The film features top voices in cybersecurity and national security … [and] 20 other CISOs, cyber journalists, and reformed hackers. Semperis