Security

Agent

KnowBe4 research says personalized phishing emails using the company name dominate

October 31, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on KnowBe4 research says personalized phishing emails using the company name dominate
The Q3 2025 phishing simulation roundup indicates that people interacted most with emails that impersonated colleagues or referenced internal systems or topics, indicating not so much that the phishing was aimed at tricking dopey users as it is about the understanding of human behavior.

Distribution

Anti-ransomware fighter Halcyon signs North American distribution deal with Climb Channel Solutions

October 30, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Anti-ransomware fighter Halcyon signs North American distribution deal with Climb Channel Solutions
While Halcyon has worked with Carahsoft in the public sector, and has had distribution relationships in EMEA and APJ, this deal with Climb is their first in North American that handles the enterprise, commercial or SMB areas in North America.

Email

Organizations that take more than nine hours to deal with email breaches 79% more likely to be hit by ransomware

October 30, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Organizations that take more than nine hours to deal with email breaches 79% more likely to be hit by ransomware
New research from Barracuda also finds that 78% of respondents experienced an email security breach in the previous 12 months, that smaller companies have the heaviest recovery costs and that the average cost of recovering from a single email security breach exceeds $200,000.

Artificial Intelligence

NinjaOne places automated endpoint management platform in Microsoft Azure Marketplace

October 29, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on NinjaOne places automated endpoint management platform in Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Microsoft Azure customers worldwide now gain access to NinjaOne’s automated endpoint management platform to take advantage of the scalability, reliability, and agility of Azure to drive application development and shape business strategies.

Artificial Intelligence

Recovery Point Systems enhances their Ransomware Recovery as a Service (RRaaS) with AI-powered backup validation

October 28, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Recovery Point Systems enhances their Ransomware Recovery as a Service (RRaaS) with AI-powered backup validation
Recovery Point Systems, which makes cyber resiliency and business continuity solutions, has announced a major enhancement to its Ransomware Recovery as a Service (RRaaS) solution with the addition of AI-powered Backup Validation. This new capability enables organizations to verify the integrity of their backup images before initiating recovery, which provides a higher level of assurance that restoration will be clean, secure, and operational following a cyberattack.

Agent

Rubik, Cognizant launch cyber resilience-based partnership

October 28, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Rubik, Cognizant launch cyber resilience-based partnership
Cognizant and Rubrik’s partnership advances outcome-based cyber resilience, combining AI-driven security and global scale to move from reactive recovery to proactive resilience.

APIs

Cequence Security strengthens channel first model to drive profitability across the application, API, AI and AI ecosystems

October 27, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cequence Security strengthens channel first model to drive profitability across the application, API, AI and AI ecosystems
Cequence enhances their channel program with structured tiers, enhanced enablement, and profitability incentives as the company strengthens its channel-first positioning.

Agent

Illumio Insights strengthens threat detection and containment with new Insights Agent

October 24, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Illumio Insights strengthens threat detection and containment with new Insights Agent
Illumio launches Insights Agent to provide fast, radically simplified threat detection and containment

Agent

Cyware, Microsoft launch strategic partnership integrating Microsoft Sentinel, Defender  and Cyware Intel Exchange

October 24, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cyware, Microsoft launch strategic partnership integrating Microsoft Sentinel, Defender  and Cyware Intel Exchange
This new partnership combines Microsoft Commercial Marketplace momentum with deep integrations across Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender and Cyware Intel Exchange to accelerate threat intelligence-driven detection, sharing and response.

Artificial Intelligence

IBM and Toronto’s Groq partner to give IBM clients immediate access to agentic AI through Groq technology

October 23, 2025 Mark Cox Comments Off on IBM and Toronto’s Groq partner to give IBM clients immediate access to agentic AI through Groq technology
The partnership aims to deliver faster agentic AI capabilities through the integration of IBM watsonx Orchestrate and Groq technology, enabling enterprise clients to take immediate action on complex workflows.