Flipkart, Axis Bank and PayU Introduce Biometric Authentication for Card Payments
Flipkart in collaboration with Axis Bank and PayU, announced the launch of biometric authentication for card payments. Three trusted organizations have joined forces for this initiative, building on their shared history of a consumer first approach, and reinstating their collective commitment to the consumers of India. The initiative allows users to authenticate transactions using their…
VikingCloud Selected for 2026 Cloud Security Awards Best Security Compliance in Enterprise Category
VikingCloud, a cybersecurity and compliance protection company, announced that its Asgard Platform with Compliance & Risk Services has been shortlisted for the 2026 Cloud Security Awards in the Best Security Compliance in Enterprise category. The Asgard Platform with Compliance & Risk Services unifies technology and human expertise in a single environment, pairing AI-powered intelligence with…
Tech Mahindra Partners with Fortinet to Launch Managed SASE Solutions for Secured Digital Transformation
Tech Mahindra has announced a partnership with Fortinet to deliver a Managed Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solution, aimed at enabling enterprises worldwide achieve secure and scalable digital transformation. The collaboration merges Tech Mahindra’s advisory, transformation, and managed services in networking and security with Fortinet’s Unified SASE solution. This integrated offering modernizes networks for hybrid…
Polycab India Appoints Pradipta Patro as CISO & VP – Data Privacy
Polycab India Ltd., has appointed Pradipta Patro as its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President – Data Privacy. The move underscores the company’s continued focus on enhancing its cybersecurity framework and ensuring robust data protection practices amid an increasingly complex digital landscape. In his new role, Patro will be responsible for driving Polycab’s…
Palo Alto Networks Announced the Completion of its Acquisition of Koi
Palo Alto Networks has completed its acquisition of Koi, introducing Agentic Endpoint Security (AES) to protect against expanding AI-driven risks on enterprise endpoints. Announced by Palo Alto Networks, the deal integrates Koi’s technology with Prisma AIRS and Cortex XDR to provide visibility and control over agentic AI tools like Claude Code and OpenClaw. Koi’s solution…
HID’s 2026 State of Security and Identity Report: Identity Convergence Drives New Focus on Trust, Protection and User Choice
New research highlights seven trends shaping identity, access and trust, alongside rising ethical and privacy concerns HIDreleased its 2026 State of Security and Identity Report, revealing how organisations worldwide are fundamentally reshaping their approach to identity management. Based on insights from more than 1,500 security and IT professionals, end users and industry partners, the research…
CrowdStrike and HCLTech Strengthen Partnership with AI-Driven Cyber Threat Exposure Management Services
CrowdStrike and HCLTech have announced an expanded partnership to deliver next-generation Cyber Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) services powered by AI. The collaboration will help enterprises enhance their security posture through real-time visibility, proactive risk mitigation, and faster response to evolving threats. Building on their existing alliance, HCLTech will integrate the CrowdStrike Falcon platform into its…
NetApp and Elastio Announce Partnership to Deliver Defense-in-Depth Ransomware Resilience
Robust cyber resilience requires both perimeter defenses and built-in security at the storage layer NetApp and Elastio are helping enterprises enhance their cyber resilience with a layered defense that extends from production storage into recovery data. Security teams must be ready to address threats at every layer of their technology stack, including ransomware that moved…
Accenture and Anthropic Team to Help Organizations Secure, Scale AI-Driven Cybersecurity Operations
Accenture has launched Cyber.AI, a new solution powered by Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, that enables organizations to transform their security operations, moving from human-speed response to continuous AI-driven cyber capabilities. By combining Accenture’s extensive library of proprietary agents with Claude, Cyber.AI builds on more than two decades of Accenture cybersecurity delivery expertise. Together, Cyber.AI and…
Cisco Reimagines Security for the Agentic Workforce
With end-to-end security across AI actions, Cisco is helping organizations confidently deploy AI agents at scale Cisco announced significant security innovations designed for the agentic AI ecosystem, where software no longer just answers questions—it acts. At RSA Conference 2026, Cisco is introducing solutions to address AI security issues and remove a top barrier to agent…
