Authentication and user management platform company Descope Inc. today announced the launch of Agentic Identity Hub, a platform that helps organizations solve authentication and authorization challenges for artificial intelligence agents, systems and workflows. The new platform includes the ability to provide apps with an easy way to become agent-ready while requiring user consent. That provides agents a scalable ...

Autonomous endpoint management company Action1 Corp. today announced major upgrades to its AEM platform, with new enhancements to autonomous patching capabilities, advanced analytics and exploit intelligence. The updates deliver new levels of control and scalability tailored for enterprise needs, starting with the launch of Update Rings, a new feature that enhances autonomous patching by supporting structured, phased ...

Cybersecurity and password service provider 1Password LLC today announced significant advancements in its security offerings with the introduction of new agentic artificial intelligence capabilities and enhanced features to its Extended Access Management platform. The new releases are aimed at securing and governing both human and nonhuman access and, in doing so, ensuring protection as AI agents and ...

Cybersecurity company Snyk Ltd. today announced the launch of Snyk API & Web, a new dynamic application security testing or DAST solution designed to meet the growing demands of modern and increasingly artificial intelligence-powered software development. The new service integrates technology from Probley, a Portuguese startup acquired by Snyk in November, into Snyk’s application security platform. The ...

Cloud security startup Sentra Inc. announced today that it has raised $50 million in new funding to expand its platform and fortify its position in the digital security platform space. Founded in 2021, Sentra offers cloud-native data security for the artificial intelligence era, with a mission to empower organizations to securely leverage data in new ways. The ...

Security operations startup Kenzo Security Inc. launched today with an announcement that it has raised $4.5 million in funding to grow its engineering and sales teams and expand its platform’s capabilities. Kenzo was founded in 2024 by Harish Singh and Partha Naidu (pictured above), both cybersecurity veterans. Harish was previously a founder and founding engineer ...

Data protection startup Cy4Data Labs Inc. announced today that it has raised $10 million in new funding to accelerate growth in sales and marketing. Founded in 2024, Cy4Data Labs offers a data security solution called Cy4Secure that ensures that data remains encrypted and protected not only at rest and in transit but also while in ...

Agentic security operations startup Exaforce Inc. today announced that it has raised $75 million in new funding to advance its agentic SOC Platform. Founded in 2023, Exaforce is developing an agentic security operations center platform that combines artificial intelligence agents called “Exabots” with advanced data exploration. The goal is to give enterprises a tenfold reduction ...

A new report out today from IBM Corp. shows that cybercriminals are evolving their tactics, increasingly opting for stealth over spectacle. The finding comes from the annual 2025 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index, based on data from IBM X-Force incident response cases, dark web monitoring, threat intelligence sources and partner collaborations. The report reveals that identity ...

Riding-hailing company Lyft Inc., the largest rival to Uber Technologies Inc. in the U.S. market, is expanding into Europe with an announcement today that it will acquire multi-mobility app FreeNow for $197 million in cash. With its roots tracing back to a service called mytaxi that launched in 2009, FreeNow covers nine European countries and ...