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Give to gain: How sponsoring women strengthens national security

Sponsoring women into senior cyber roles is emerging as a strategic lever to plug talent gaps and bolster New Zealand's national security.

By Misti Landtroop • 4 min read • Fri, 6th Mar 2026

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Akamai appoints Fiona Zhang to lead APJ channel sales

Most new customers in Asia Pacific and Japan already arrive via partners, underscoring Akamai’s shift to indirect sales as Fiona Zhang takes over the channel role.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 8th Apr 2026

Firewalls

Anthropic launches Project Glasswing for cyber defence

Access to advanced AI security tools will be limited to vetted groups as Anthropic backs open-source defenders with USD $100 million in credits.

By Mark Tarre • 6 min read • Wed, 8th Apr 2026

Firewalls

WatchGuard expands NDR portfolio for SMEs and MSPs

Smaller firms could cut security costs as embedded detection and automated response reduce the need for extra hardware or specialist staff.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2026

Firewalls

Databricks launches Lakewatch to counter AI attacks

Databricks unveils Lakewatch, an AI-driven security platform aiming to replace legacy SIEM tools and counter automated cyber attacks.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Mar 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Red Access unveils firewall-native, agentless SSE layer

Red Access launches firewall-native, agentless SSE layer, promising hours-long rollout and reduced complexity for securing web, SaaS and GenAI use.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 13th Mar 2026

Firewalls

Equinix unveils vendor-neutral hub for distributed AI

Equinix launches a vendor-neutral Distributed AI Hub, linking 280 data centres to simplify multi-cloud, edge and AI security operations.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 12th Mar 2026

Virtualisation

Red Hat, Nvidia, Palo Alto forge AI-native telco stack

Red Hat, Nvidia and Palo Alto launch unified AI-native telco stack to merge network functions, accelerated compute and security at core and edge.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Mar 2026

Virtualisation

Red Hat, NVIDIA & Palo Alto unveil AI-native telco stack

Red Hat, NVIDIA and Palo Alto launch an AI-native telco stack uniting cloud, edge compute and zero trust security for next-gen networks.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Wed, 4th Mar 2026

Firewalls

Consolidation Wave Hits Infosec, Sparing CISOs From Tool Sprawl

Overwhelmed CISOs are driving a consolidation wave in cybersecurity, slashing tool sprawl to close security gaps and cut mounting costs.

By Donovan Jackson • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd Mar 2026

Firewalls

Chaotic marketing teams see burnout & stalled deals

Chaotic UK and US marketing teams face burnout, longer sales cycles and missed deals as AI-era complexity fragments strategy and execution.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026

Firewalls

AI-fuelled cyber attacks now steal data in 72 minutes

AI-driven hackers can now steal data in just 72 minutes, as faster, multi-surface attacks overwhelm complex, over-trusting enterprises.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Fri, 27th Feb 2026

Firewalls

Zero Networks adopts channel-first model to grow UK partners

Zero Networks shifts to a 100% channel-first model and revamps its Zero to Sixty programme to accelerate UK partner growth in cybersecurity.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Thu, 26th Feb 2026

Robotics

Distributors gain clout in shaping cloud & AI sales

Global distributors, steering USD $180 billion in tech sales, are recasting how cloud and AI reach customers via platforms and new partners.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026

Unified Communications

Aeris & Palo Alto link SASE to secure global IoT fleets

Aeris links its IoT Watchtower with Palo Alto Networks' Prisma SASE 5G to unify zero-trust security and connectivity for global IoT fleets.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Fri, 20th Feb 2026

Firewalls

DryRun Security adds Andrew Peterson to drive AI shift

DryRun Security appoints Signal Sciences Co-founder Andrew Peterson to its board to steer its AI-native code security push.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 3 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026

Software-as-a-Service

Palo Alto warns on earnings as guidance disappoints

Palo Alto Networks beat quarterly estimates but flagged weaker next-quarter earnings, unsettling investors despite stronger revenue and contract growth.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 4 min read • Wed, 18th Feb 2026