News

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

There’s a certain energy in the air when a young company starts punching far above its weight, and Descope seems to be leaning into that moment with the kind of confidence you only get when the market finally sees what you’ve been building all along. Their latest recognition — being named a Leader in the 2025 Frost Radar™ for Non-Human Identity (NHI) Solutions — feels like one … [Read more...] about Descope Named Leader in 2025 Frost Radar for NHI Solutions

There’s something almost reassuring about seeing a company hit its stride two years in a row, especially in a field as notoriously messy and unforgiving as data privacy. This latest recognition of DataGrail as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Data Privacy Compliance Software 2025 feels like one of those moments where the market collectively nods and says, “Yes, this … [Read more...] about DataGrail Earns Leader Status Again: IDC MarketScape 2025 and the Quiet Maturity of Privacy Tech

There’s something quietly seismic about seeing QLAD slide into the Department of Defense’s Platform One Solutions Marketplace with that little badge that matters more than most press releases let on: “Awardable.” It might sound bureaucratic, but in P1-speak it means the government can start buying, piloting, and deploying your technology with minimal friction. And when the … [Read more...] about QLAD Joins DoD’s Fast-Track Club: Why “Awardable” Status Signals a Shift Toward Workload-Level Security

There’s something quietly powerful about a federal contractor announcing that it has paid off a relatively small debt. On the surface, Castellum’s move to eliminate its $2 million obligation to Robert Eisiminger feels like a routine financial update. But once you read between the lines, it becomes clear this is one of those moments where a company shifts from survival mode to … [Read more...] about Castellum, Inc.: A Clean Balance Sheet and a Quietly Bold Signal to the GovCyber Market

There’s a certain inevitability about F5 and CrowdStrike finally teaming up. The two have long been at opposite ends of the cybersecurity spectrum—F5 guarding the network front doors with its BIG-IP application delivery platform, and CrowdStrike watching over the endpoints where intrusions usually begin. Now, the lines blur: F5’s devices become active participants in … [Read more...] about F5 and CrowdStrike Forge Alliance to Bring AI-Native Threat Hunting to the Network Edge

HAProxy Technologies just pulled off one of its most meaningful open-source moves in years. At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025, where the company is a Diamond sponsor, it unveiled the HAProxy Unified Gateway—a free, open-source gateway designed to unify Kubernetes traffic management under one roof, bridging both the old Ingress standard and the emerging Gateway API. … [Read more...] about HAProxy Unified Gateway Debuts at KubeCon North America 2025