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AI agents are changing where cybersecurity seed funding lands
Founders pitching a cybersecurity seed round this summer are joining a line that keeps getting longer. Product Hunt launches hit their highest level since late 2023 last …
Cloud operations become the next big role for agentic AI
Companies are using agentic AI to manage growing application environments, automate routine tasks, and support decisions. Business and IT leaders increasingly see the …
The AI oversight paradox: Is the investment worth the cost of watching it?
Unlike in 2025, when AI adoption and testing drove business strategies, organizations in 2026 want proven ROI before committing budgets, according to a report by Globalization …
KDE gets over €1 million investment to strengthen security and core infrastructure
European governments and public institutions have been shifting away from proprietary software for years, and the financial infrastructure supporting open-source alternatives …
IT spending to hit $6.31 trillion record, thanks to AI
Global spending on IT is expected to reach $6.31 trillion in 2026, according to the latest quarterly forecast from Gartner, marking a 13.5% increase from the previous year. …
Cyber valuations climb as capital concentrates, AI security expands
Venture funding in cybersecurity continued to concentrate in large private rounds at the end of 2025, driving valuations higher across stages. Data from DataTribe shows total …
Cyber risk is becoming a hold-period problem for private equity firms
Private equity firms have spent years treating cybersecurity as an IT hygiene issue inside portfolio companies. That approach is getting harder to sustain as ransomware, data …
British Army to spend £279 million on permanent cyber regiment base
The British Army has announced a new permanent base for its cyber regiment, backed by £279 million in government spending. The plan centres on 13 Signal Regiment, the unit …
Cybersecurity spending keeps rising, so why is business impact still hard to explain?
Cybersecurity budgets keep climbing, but many security leaders still struggle to explain what that spending delivers to the business. A new study by Expel examines that …
To get funding, CISOs are mastering the language of money
In this Help Net Security interview, Chris Wheeler, CISO at Resilience, talks about how CISOs are managing changing cybersecurity budgets. While overall spending is up, many …
Security validation: The key to maximizing ROI from security investments
Every sizable organization invests heavily in firewalls, SIEMs, EDRs, and countless other technologies that form the backbone of a modern enterprise’s cyber defenses. …
AI hype hits a wall when the data doesn’t deliver
Companies are pouring money into AI for IT operations, but most projects are still far from maturity. A global survey of 1,200 business leaders, IT leaders, and technical …
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