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OT downtime costs firms up to GBP £5 million, survey finds

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Survey finds most OT outages in industry and critical infrastructure cost up to GBP £5 million, as firms fear nation-state attacks and long delays to detection.
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Secure.com guide says AI helps CISOs, but judgements matter

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Secure.com urges Chief Information Security Officers to use AI for alert triage and threat detection, but keep human judgement in the loop.
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Datadog launches AI security analyst for Cloud SIEM

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Datadog rolls out Bits AI Security Analyst in Cloud SIEM, promising to slash alert investigations from hours to around 30 seconds.
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Why a Paranoid Posture promises to revolutionise threat detection and response

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A paranoid posture and heavy automation promise to transform SOCs, cutting dwell times and exposing stealthy attacks at unprecedented scale.
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Mphasis urges CTOs to fix legacy cores for agentic AI

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Mphasis tells CTOs to overhaul legacy cores as agentic AI scales, backing ontology-driven knowledge graphs to curb automated errors.
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Graylog adds explainable AI to speed security response

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Graylog launches explainable AI, automation and chat-style queries to cut alert noise and halve investigation time for lean security teams.
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CISOs cautious as agentic AI adoption in security lags

Wed, 25th Feb 2026
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CISOs slow-roll agentic AI in defence, even as they brace for more advanced, AI-boosted attacks and rising personal liability risks.
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Threat visibility gap hampers AI-driven cyber defence

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Half of security teams suffered a major breach last year as gaps in external visibility undermine AI-powered cyber defence efforts.
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AI-native attacks drive shift to continuous cyber tests

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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AI-native cyber attacks and synthetic IDs are forcing firms to shift from periodic checks to continuous, AI-driven security testing by 2026.
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Cyber leaders tip 2026 shift to resilience over prevention

Tue, 9th Dec 2025
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Cyber chiefs predict 2026 cyber budgets will pivot from prevention and box-ticking to rapid response, recovery and demonstrable resilience.
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Gurucul launches AI-SOC Analyst to transform cybersecurity centres

Fri, 8th Aug 2025
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Gurucul launches AI-SOC Analyst to cut alert triage time by 83%, enhancing cybersecurity centres with AI-powered automation and human-led insight.
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Executives and analysts divided over true impact of AI in cyber

Thu, 24th Apr 2025
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New Exabeam research reveals AI in cybersecurity boosts executive confidence but leaves analysts sceptical amid uneven productivity gains worldwide.
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Media sector leads AI adoption in observability practices

Thu, 27th Mar 2025
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New Relic's latest report reveals that 35% of media and entertainment firms leverage observability to boost AI adoption, aiming for improved content streaming and user engagement.
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Selector AI launches innovations to enhance network operations

Thu, 26th Sep 2024
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Selector AI unveils industry-first innovations, including a Network Language Model, improved digital twins, and programmable synthetics, transforming network operations with AI.
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CrowdStrike launches Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR with AI integration

Thu, 18th Jul 2024
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CrowdStrike unveils Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR, integrating generative AI with the Falcon platform to accelerate cyberattack response.
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CrowdStrike launches Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR system

Tue, 16th Jul 2024
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CrowdStrike has unveiled its Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR system, enhancing cybersecurity with rapid interventions to combat breaches across enterprise networks.
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CYREBRO, Google Cloud join forces for security innovation

Thu, 4th Apr 2024
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CYREBRO partners with Google Cloud to boost cybersecurity, aiming to enhance threat detection and response times using machine learning.
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Cybereason & Observe launch advanced SIEM Detection & Response platform

Tue, 2nd Apr 2024
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Cybereason, in collaboration with Observe, launch a new Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Detection and Response solution, offering a unified platform for improved security and visibility.
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Australia embraces AI to bolster cybersecurity amid skills shortage

Thu, 9th Nov 2023
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Australia turns to AI to enhance cybersecurity as it faces a potentially severe skills shortage by 2026 in the midst of increasingly sophisticated threats.