News for today:
- [AvePoint] Kinetic Classification launched. AvePoint introduced a new dynamic approach to analyzing files for sensitive data, replacing earlier static, point-in-time approaches; the approach works across cloud services and SaaS apps. Kinetic Classification combines AI-driven and automated classification and labeling across both sensitivity and retention, then continuously refines that classification over time as new signals emerge, access policies change, agents interact with content, and labels expire. Kinetic Classification makes it possible for security teams to gain a more current view of sensitive data across the business, with classification that adapts as data evolves. AvePoint
- [Tenable] Open-source exchange for AI agents. Tenable (along with SentinelOne and Recorded Future) launched an open-source exchange for security practitioners to discover, share, and build AI components. The CyberAgents Exchange eliminates these development silos and empowers industry collaboration with a truly open, free-to-use exchange. Built for trust and transparency, the Exchange provides code-level visibility into who built each AI component, when it was created and its peer-supported status. This transparency enables members to deploy AI components tailored to their specific organizational needs confidently. Additionally, the Exchange is a career asset for practitioners to build verifiable expertise in an emerging discipline and develop a catalog of peer-supported AI components. The exchange already has more than 50 AI components available. Tenable
- [Proofpoint] New OEM program. Proofpoint launched the Proofpoint OEM Program, so others can integrate Proofpoint’s security solutions into their own offerings. The Proofpoint OEM Program gives partners a faster path to embed trusted security solutions into their own products and services, enabling richer detection, prioritization, investigation, and automation experiences across a broad range of security use cases. The program supports embedded product scenarios spanning network security, firewalls, vulnerability and exposure management, SIEM, XDR, SOAR, managed detection and response, threat intelligence platforms, AI security solutions, and other customer-facing security workflows. As the program evolves, additional OEM offerings will be introduced as individual capabilities reach launch readiness. Proofpoint
- [Absolute Security] $19 million per hour. Absolute Security’s new research says the average cost of endpoint downtime is $19 million per hour. Among the top findings was that when endpoint devices become inoperable, downtime costs reach $19 million per hour on average. This level of loss is especially alarming when considering that 88% reported that autonomous recovery capabilities would enable a measurable reduction in the cost of downtime incidents, while only 4% described their organizations as “broadly autonomous.” Absolute Security
- [Horizon3] $20 million for partner-led growth. Horizon3 is investing in its next round of partner-led growth – and has budgeted $20 million for doing so. The company says it’s a continuation and expansion of what it’s always done. When partners bring NodeZero into their accounts, they are not simply reselling software. They are bundling remediation, incident response, vCISO advisory, and other high-value services that create recurring revenue and measurable outcomes. Horizon3 deliberately leaves that high-margin services layer for partners because their success is the most efficient path to scale. That model is already delivering results. Demand for the NodeZero Proactive Security Platform has driven 120% year-over-year ARR growth, supported by more than 310,000 production-safe autonomous security tests across more than 7,000 customer environments. Today, 90% of Horizon3’s business flows through partners. Horizon3
- [Darktrace] Risk signals into Microsoft Agent 365. Darktrace announced a new integration with Microsoft Agent 365, whereby the behavioral risk signals for a given organization can be incorporated into the operation of Agent 365 – for understanding what’s happening, what permissions exist, and whether all that makes sense. Microsoft Agent 365 provides a centralized way to manage and secure AI agents. Through the integration, Darktrace / SECURE AI will bring organization-specific, behavior-based agent risk signals into Agent 365 that reflect how each organization’s agents normally operate and where their behavior deviates from expectations. Customers will be able to view Darktrace-reported risk signals alongside Microsoft signals in a single interface. Darktrace
- [Bitsight] Cymulate integration. Bitsight and Cymulate announced an integration – with Bitsight bringing the threat intelligence and Cymulate the continuous exposure validation. The integration will bring Cymulate’s validation capabilities and Bitsight’s threat intelligence together in one continuous workflow. Bitsight helps customers identify the threats most relevant to their organization, and Cymulate tests whether their defenses can stop them. Those results will then flow back into Bitsight, giving customers a more complete view of where risk is real and where action is needed. Bitsight
- [Cloudflare] Visibility into the use of AI at work. Cloudflare unveiled a visibility play, for insight into where employees and agents are using AI, what they’re doing, and what that’s costing the business. With AI Gateway, companies can see exactly which employee or agent sent a request to an AI model, set individual or team-level spending limits, and automatically flag risky content—all without building new systems or disrupting how people work. A companion feature, User Insights, goes further by learning what normal AI usage looks like for every person and automated system on a network and alerting teams the moment something breaks that pattern. Cloudflare
- [Proofpoint] Invited to join a Google program. Proofpoint announced that it has been invited to join an invitation-only security program run by Google. The Google Unified Security Recommended program recognizes security providers that meet Google’s high standards for technical integration, customer support, and joint innovation, helping customers confidently deploy trusted, interoperable security solutions across their environments …. As a Google Unified Security Recommended partner, Proofpoint meets the program’s high standards for technical integration, collaborative customer support, and ongoing joint innovation, helping customers deploy trusted security solutions with greater confidence. Proofpoint