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New infosec products of the week: October 16, 2026
Here's a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from NinjaOne, Qualys, Scytale, and SolarWinds. NinjaOne has announced Katana AI, an agentic AI technician that supports and elevates IT workers, and the NinjaOne…
Lyft starts a business travel brand, escalating its Uber rivalry
Lyft is creating a new brand to target the business travel market. The division, called Alcove, will combine new corporate travel offerings with UK-based TBR Global Chauffeuring, which Lyft acquired last year for the equivalent of $110 million.
Microsoft AI chief says the company beat OpenAI at its own game, using a quarter of the computing power
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman told employees an in-house model was better than a similar offering from OpenAI, one of the software giant's biggest customers and partners. 'We now have a stronger pre-trained base model than the model that…
This startup just raised $21 million to expose companies' messes of AI agents
AI agents are starting to outnumber humans in many high-tech workplaces, and they can be far trickier to monitor. Opsin, an AI security and governance startup, announced Thursday it raised $21 million to meet the moment. As employees across the…
FTC subpoenas Anthropic and OpenAI over artificial intelligence safety concerns
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued civil subpoenas to AI developers Anthropic and OpenAI seeking records on safety incidents, Axios reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The probe comes amid mounting concerns over AI safety…
Gartner: The quantum threat is already behind schedule
For years, quantum computing lived in a strange place in the cybersecurity conversation: important enough to worry about, but sufficiently distant to leave for another day. When we asked CISO what's keeping them up at night, quantum computing…
Inspira Names Kelly Bissell Chief Strategy Advisor for Cybersecurity
Inspira Enterprise, Inc. said Oct. 15 that Kelly Bissell would work with it as Chief Strategy Advisor, citing his experience as the cybersecurity firm pursues growth in the United States and other markets. The company said Bissell would advise on…
Korean banks plan security spending increases after data breaches
Shinhan, Woori cut this year's budgets by double digits as lenders review defenses South Korea's biggest banks are preparing to boost security spending following a wave of data breaches, with Shinhan Bank and Woori Bank reversing course after…
Trump DOJ Now Targeting Ballots, Not Just Voter Rolls
A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. For transparency reasons, I like peeling back the curtain on any changes we make to Morning Memo — but doing so always runs the risk of creating some…
FTC Subpoenas OpenAI and Anthropic Over AI Safety Concerns
The feds want some answers from OpenAI and Anthropic about their AI models going rogue. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent civil subpoenas to both AI companies on Wednesday, seeking documents related to recent safety incidents involving their…
Close to zero': 4 AI chiefs say no companies have truly changed in response to AI - blame 'politics projects'
Few large organizations have rebuilt their core operations around artificial intelligence, according to the technology chief of one of the world's largest consulting firms. He also said companies shouldn't yet spend much energy on assigning blame…
Brain Drain Is a Bigger Threat to National Cybersecurity Than AI
Whether we'd admit it or not, most of us by now have offloaded some cognitive effort onto AI. Chatbots and agents have become so commonplace that it's often tricky to avoid them. The stakes of this use are usually pretty low; we may compromise some…
New Bermuda cybersecurity council launched
3de97118-910b-4823-b5a6-52bf50491d53 Created: Oct 15, 2026 03:47 PM (Updated: Oct 15, 2026 03:48 PM) Rafal Baran, co-chairman, Cybersecurity Executives of Bermuda (File photograph) A new council for Bermuda's senior cybersecurity and technology…
HITRUST Innovations Validate Trust in the AI Era
New capabilities across AI security certification, AI-powered questionnaire response and verified report sharing help prove trust as fast as AI FRISCO, Texas, Oct. 15, 2026 /CNW/ -- HITRUST, the leader in validated cybersecurity assurance, today…
DOJ sues California over alleged non-citizens on voter rolls
The Justice Department filed suit against California Thursday accusing the state of failing to review a list of alleged non-citizens that President Donald Trump's administration claims were sent mail-in ballots for next month's midterm election…
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