The latest 2025 Cybersecurity Survey released by Hedge Fund Association in partnership with SeaGlass Technology reads less like a routine industry pulse check and more like a snapshot of a sector bracing itself for a permanently hostile digital environment. Drawing on responses from more than 400 hedge fund managers, institutional investors, and service providers, the findings … [Read more...] about Hedge Funds Quietly Rewrite Their Risk Playbook as Cybersecurity Becomes Non-Negotiable
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Torq Raises $140M Series D, Reaches $1.2B Valuation as Agentic AI Redefines the SOC
Torq has just crossed a symbolic and very real threshold, announcing a $140 million Series D that lifts the company to unicorn status with a $1.2 billion valuation and total funding of $332 million. Led by Merlin Ventures, with participation from existing backers Evolution Equity Partners, Notable Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Partners, and Greenfield Partners, … [Read more...] about Torq Raises $140M Series D, Reaches $1.2B Valuation as Agentic AI Redefines the SOC
CrowdStrike–SGNL Deal Signals Identity’s Promotion to the Center of Cyber Defense
CrowdStrike’s decision to acquire SGNL for roughly $740 million is less about adding another feature to the Falcon platform and more about formalizing a strategic pivot the cybersecurity industry has been circling for years. Endpoint security, once the undisputed frontline, is increasingly secondary to identity, because attackers no longer need to break systems when they can … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike–SGNL Deal Signals Identity’s Promotion to the Center of Cyber Defense
CrowdStrike Backs the Next Wave of AI-Native Cybersecurity Startups
CrowdStrike is leaning hard into the idea that the next real breakthroughs in cybersecurity won’t come from incremental updates to legacy platforms, but from smaller, faster teams building cloud-native and AI-first defenses from day one. The company just announced the 35 startups selected for the third edition of its Cybersecurity Startup Accelerator, run in close partnership … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Backs the Next Wave of AI-Native Cybersecurity Startups
Afero and Texas Instruments Redefine Cybersecurity at the IoT Edge
Afero has teamed up with Texas Instruments, and while partnerships get announced all the time, this one actually feels like it matters. The goal isn’t just another smart-home stack or yet another “secure” IoT promise. The idea is to make connected devices genuinely easier to build, harder to break, and more dependable, starting from the chip itself. Texas Instruments’ first … [Read more...] about Afero and Texas Instruments Redefine Cybersecurity at the IoT Edge
Stellar Cyber Climbs to #2 in MSSP Alert 2025 Rankings, Signaling Deepening Trust Across the Global SecOps Ecosystem
Momentum in the managed security world tends to show up quietly at first, then all at once, and this year it shows up clearly in the latest MSSP Alert rankings. Stellar Cyber, the AI-native, open and unified SecOps platform provider, has been named the number two vendor overall in the MSSP Alert 2025 Top 250 MSSPs report, a position determined directly by votes from the global … [Read more...] about Stellar Cyber Climbs to #2 in MSSP Alert 2025 Rankings, Signaling Deepening Trust Across the Global SecOps Ecosystem
Ascend 2026, May–October 2026, Global Event Series
Risk management in ecommerce is entering one of those moments where the ground shifts a little under everyone’s feet, and Riskified seems determined to make sure the industry is at least talking about it together. The company has confirmed that Ascend, its flagship global summit, will return in 2026 as a true multi-region series, moving deliberately across North America in May, … [Read more...] about Ascend 2026, May–October 2026, Global Event Series
Black Hat Europe 2025, December 9–12, London, United Kingdom
Black Hat has always had a particular gravity to it, the kind you feel the moment you step into a hall full of people who spend their days thinking adversarially for a living, and Black Hat Europe 2025, held at ExCeL London, leaned into that atmosphere fully. With more than 4,500 security professionals on site, the in-person component felt less like a routine industry gathering … [Read more...] about Black Hat Europe 2025, December 9–12, London, United Kingdom
C1 and Texas Southern University Launch Cybersecurity Lab, Houston, Texas
In partnership with C1, the Texas Southern University has launched a state-of-the-art Cybersecurity Lab designed from the ground up to mirror real-world environments. This isn’t a symbolic ribbon-cutting space or a future promise; it’s a working lab, co-designed and built by C1 experts alongside TSU students themselves, where theory immediately collides with practice in a way … [Read more...] about C1 and Texas Southern University Launch Cybersecurity Lab, Houston, Texas
GDIT Wins $285M Cybersecurity Contract to Fortify Virginia’s Digital Backbone
A sizable and consequential move unfolded this week as General Dynamics Information Technology, the IT services arm of General Dynamics, secured a $285 million contract from the Commonwealth of Virginia to reinforce the state’s cybersecurity infrastructure. Awarded in October, the agreement stretches well beyond a simple services deal: a one-year transition period sets the … [Read more...] about GDIT Wins $285M Cybersecurity Contract to Fortify Virginia’s Digital Backbone