Google LLC made a range of cybersecurity-related product announcements at its Google Cloud Next conference today, focusing on protecting people, data and critical assets. The new releases span artificial intelligence-driven security operations enhancements, advanced threat intelligence tools, cloud risk management solutions and data and network security capabilities. In Google’s words, “We are announcing innovations across ...

Compliance management platform startup Sprinto Technology Pte. Ltd. today announced that it has raised $20 million in new funding to expand into new markets and increase its research and development with a focus on intelligent automation and artificial intelligence. Founded in 2020, Sprinto offers a compliance management platform tailored to software-as-a-service companies. The company’s software ...

Machine learning cybersecurity firm Darktrace PLC today announced a new security platform designed to eliminate alert fatigue and illuminate security gaps to help security teams improve cyber resilience. Called the Darktrace ActiveAI Security Platform, the platform includes Darktrace’s existing security products supplemented by a set of new innovations and features. The platform uses artificial intelligence ...

Some three months after suing OpenAI for alleged copyright infringement, the New York Times Co. claims in a new report Saturday that OpenAI, Google LLC and Meta Platform may have acted dubiously in training their artificial intelligence models. The report opens by targeting OpenAI, claiming that the company used a speech recognition tool called Whisper to transcribe ...

Business planning platform startup Pigment SAS announced today that it has raised $145 million in new funding to fuel the adoption of its planning platform. Founded in 2019, Pigment offers a cloud-based real-time business forecasting platform that handles business strategy. It provides what the company says is an intuitive, full-spectrum view of a company that allows users to ...

Cybersecurity company Trellix today announced a zero-trust solution that provides native monitoring, protection and threat detection. Called the Trellix Zero Trust Strategy Solution, the solution leverages Trellix’s artificial intelligence-powered XDR Platform to enable organizations to establish security hygiene and strengthen cyber resilience through faster adoption of a zero-trust framework. Trellix says ZTS provides the most comprehensive coverage ...

Identity security solutions startup Zilla Security Inc. today launched Zilla PO Box, a new security solution that extends identity governance to hybrid and on-premises systems. Designed to protect applications and systems that organizations use every day, Zilla PO Box is deployed as a container and extends into customer environments to support on-prem databases, directories and ...

Microsoft Corp. today announced the public preview of its new unified security operations platform, which offers cloud-native security information and event management, extended detection and response, and generative artificial intelligence tailored for cybersecurity. Announced in November, the platform integrates diverse security capabilities to offer a unified, streamlined analyst experience across the board. The integrated suite of ...

Fresh from having scrapped its electric car project in February, Apple Inc. is reportedly now working on personal robotics, including a mobile robot that can follow people around their homes. The claim comes from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter who claim that robotics has the potential to become one of ...

A new report out today from security ratings firm SecurityScorecard Inc. today on security at S&P 500 companies finds that 21% experienced a data breach in 2023, as new regulations heighten the urgency of cybersecurity. The targeting of S&P 500 companies is said to be due to attackers chasing money, with ransomware operators viewing top companies as ...