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The news that Palo Alto Networks is acquiring Chronosphere for roughly $3.35 billion feels like one of those strategic inflection points in the cybersecurity and cloud-infrastructure landscape. You don’t pay more than twenty times ARR unless you’re betting not just on a product, but on a shift — and Palo Alto clearly sees observability, telemetry, and AI-driven monitoring as … [Read more...] about Palo Alto Networks Acquires Chronosphere for $3.35B: A Signal of Where Cybersecurity Is Headed Next

It’s unsettling how quiet some of these operations run — you blink, and suddenly the most routine part of computing, software updates, becomes the attack vector. That’s essentially what ESET researchers uncovered when they began tracing activity tied to PlushDaemon, a China-aligned threat actor that’s been operating under the radar for several years. Their latest discovery … [Read more...] about PlushDaemon’s DNS-Hijacking Espionage Campaign Exposed

Sophos just rolled out full integration of its Sophos Intelix threat intelligence platform into Microsoft Security Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot, unveiling it during Microsoft Ignite in San Francisco. What sounds like just “another integration” actually changes how teams — from small IT departments to massive global SOCs — can investigate, understand, and respond to threats … [Read more...] about Sophos + Microsoft Copilot: Making Cyber Intelligence Feel Instant

Check Point Software Technologies and Microsoft are partnering to bring integrated AI security controls into Microsoft Copilot Studio, ensuring enterprises can safely build, deploy, and operate AI agents at scale. With this collaboration, Check Point’s AI Guardrails, threat prevention, and data loss prevention capabilities become part of Copilot Studio’s workflow, giving … [Read more...] about Check Point and Microsoft Partner to Secure AI Agents Built in Copilot Studio

For years, AI in enterprise tools felt experimental—almost decorative. A feature here, a sidebar assistant there, nothing that could touch real infrastructure without setting off alarm bells for compliance, governance, or just common sense. Today felt different. Devolutions’ announcement at Microsoft Ignite finally landed as one of those moments where AI moves from novelty to … [Read more...] about Devolutions Unveils Secure AI Model Context Protocol Server at Microsoft Ignite 2025

Moving to Microsoft 365 or Entra ID used to be considered “modernization.” Today, it’s table stakes. Now the real competition is around who can secure identities, accelerate cloud transformation, and make all of that usable in an AI-driven world without breaking everything along the way. Quest Software just planted its flag with a very clear answer: identity modernization is … [Read more...] about Quest Software Levels Up: AI, Identity, and the Real Battle for Microsoft-Centric Security

Some announcements land like breaking news — others slip in calmly but change the competitive landscape in ways that only security teams and CIOs fully notice at first. This one feels like the latter. Netskope and Microsoft have been integrating for years, but the newly general-available stack of integrations — Purview, Entra Global Secure Access, and Copilot security controls … [Read more...] about Microsoft + Netskope: A Quiet but Significant Shift in Enterprise AI Security Strategy

There’s something quietly significant about a cybersecurity deal in the financial sector — especially when it involves trading infrastructure, regulatory pressure, and a need for airtight visibility across cloud and on-prem systems. The announcement from AccuKnox feels like one of those steady but meaningful steps shaping how regulated digital environments in India evolve. The … [Read more...] about AccuKnox and Alice Blue India Partner to Advance Zero Trust Security

There’s a certain energy that comes through when a security vendor finally lands in the quadrant where it always believed it belonged, and XM Cyber’s latest recognition in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Exposure Assessment Platforms (EAP) carries exactly that tone — a kind of we told you this was coming confidence. Their placement in the Challengers Quadrant is more than … [Read more...] about XM Cyber Positioned as Challenger in Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for Exposure Assessment Platforms