Google joined Amazon and Microsoft in backing an open package format for portable AI-agent skills and MCP servers.
Snyk found agentic architectures in one-third of surveyed enterprise accounts as AI systems expanded beyond models.
New offerings target cloud runtime defense, AI-agent identity, data control, exposure management and autonomous testing.
The Leader field changes little, but Gartner emphasizes AI-ready runtimes, governance, cost discipline and platform consolidation.
Official studies released around Black Hat document faster exploitation, identity abuse, cloud compromise, supply-chain risk and AI-assisted criminal operations.
The 2026 Threat Hunting Report traces a multiyear shift from conventional intrusions toward attacks that exploit trusted identities, cloud services, AI systems and software dependencies.
Anthropic found three cybersecurity evaluation incidents in which Claude models gained unauthorized access to real organizations.
The July 29 releases expand Azure and identity protection, hypervisor coverage, enterprise application backup and long-term storage options.
Dell Private Cloud now provides a validated Nutanix AHV deployment on PowerStore with automated lifecycle management and independent scaling.
NVIDIA and 36 other partners are combining open technologies for workload identity, agent controls, vulnerability scanning and software supply-chain security.
A bipartisan House proposal actually introduced just before the widely popularized Hugging Face breach by an OpenAI AI system would require major AI developers to retain shutdown controls as lawmakers point to recent loss-of-control concerns.
A Cloud Security Alliance report urges organizations to inventory, govern and continuously monitor machine and agent identities.
Druva introduced four capability sets for protecting AI-created work, accessing resilience data and improving backup reliability.
Linux creator rejects calls to make kernel development an anti-AI zone, arguing that useful tools should be judged on technical merit.
LiteRT.js runs machine learning models locally with CPU, GPU and emerging NPU acceleration, potentially reducing server infrastructure, inference charges and data movement.
Enterprises are rapidly deploying AI agents, but fragmented data, legacy systems and immature access controls are limiting their ability to put those agents to work, says report sponsored by Box.
Gartner's 2026 Backup and Data Protection Platforms report highlights GenAI, agentic AI, identity recovery and cyber resilience as changing forces in the market.
While Anthropic is dealing with a government-ordered suspension of its newest Fable and Mythos models, Microsoft is emphasizing a more enterprise-ready Claude path through Microsoft Foundry.
Gartner's SSCS report frames the market around third-party software risk, AI components, SBOM life cycle management and auditable delivery pipelines.
CSA's AICM v1.1 expands the AI security framework into a bundled control, assessment, audit and standards-mapping package.