Access Control stories

Sweep lands SailPoint, Wiz, Vanta and Varonis as security vendors seek tighter control and audit-ready visibility over Salesforce sprawl.

Sphera wins five-year sole-source US defence deal to modernise hazardous materials software across military and federal agencies.

ThoughtSpot debuts Spotter Semantics, an AI-native semantic layer to give analytics agents consistent, governed answers to data questions.

Kiteworks and Kasm link governed data exchange with isolated workspaces to tighten control of sensitive information across partners.

CrackArmour flaws in AppArmour could let local Linux users gain root, bypass namespaces and weaken container isolation at scale.

Microsoft's March Patch Tuesday fixes 77 flaws, including a severe SQL Server bug that could grant attackers sysadmin rights remotely.

Thenvoi launches Agentic Mesh, a shared layer that lets disparate AI coding agents collaborate in real time across tools and teams.

Thenvoi debuts a platform to orchestrate distributed AI coding agents, promising shared context, easier collaboration and policy control.

SurePath AI launches real-time MCP policy controls to lock down AI tool access, aiming to secure fast-growing workplace agent workflows.

Cloud identity compromise now drives over 80% of cyber incidents, as attackers increasingly abuse trusted accounts and workplace tools.

monday.com now lets AI agents sign up and work as full platform users, with direct workspace access, shared governance and unified pricing.

Once dubbed obsolete, USB drives are booming again, with the market set to hit USD $13.1 billion by 2030 despite mounting security fears.

Databricks launches Genie Code autonomous data agent and snaps up Quotient AI to boost real-world evaluation of AI agents in production.

Nakivo updates Backup & Replication to v11.2, adding support for VMware vSphere 9, Proxmox VE 9.x and OAuth 2.0 email authentication.

Datarails launches FinanceOS, a unified data layer and MCP link to AI tools, promising governed, real-time finance workflows at scale.

Gallagher will debut its AccessNow cloud platform at ISC West 2026, pitching an integrated vision for future access control design.

Secureframe unveils an AI-led Secureframe Defence platform to speed CMMC Level 2 readiness for thousands of US defence contractors.

Bitwarden adds a one-click login policy that extends SSO-style access to unmanaged web apps, automating vault-based sign-ins via IdP dashboards.

1Kosmos named overall, product and innovation leader in KuppingerCole's 2026 passwordless authentication ranking after review of 26 vendors.

Google has launched Gemini Embedding 2, a multimodal AI model that unifies search and analysis across text, images, video, audio and documents.