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Security Services stories

Optus launches free cyber readiness programme for SMEs

Survey data showing 35% of small firms hit by cyberattacks has prompted a free Optus scheme to help businesses prepare and respond.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Fri, 8th May 2026

Ransomware

Why your cybersecurity firm's Google rankings are a security risk in disguise

Enterprise buyers may never reach the sales call if a security firm is absent from search results, because digital authority now shapes trust and deal flow.

By Dominic Vivarini • 6 min read • Fri, 8th May 2026

Data Protection

UQ study urges leaders to share cyber risk oversight

Boards and executives are being urged to treat cyber risk as a shared business issue, with human factors shaping breach readiness.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 28th Apr 2026

Global Stories

Security Services stories

Ransomware

Huntress adds four distributors to broaden channel reach

New distribution deals will bring the cybersecurity vendor into more schools, councils and mid-sized firms across the UK, US and EMEA.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Mon, 11th May 2026

Data Protection

WatchGuard buys Perimeters.io in cloud security push

MSPs will gain a single platform for cloud threat detection as the deal widens WatchGuard's reach into identity and SaaS security.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Mon, 11th May 2026

Firewalls

Infoblox completes Axur buy to boost digital risk protection

Security teams gain wider visibility as Infoblox folds Axur into a new service that scans 40 million URLs a day for phishing and impersonation.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Fri, 8th May 2026

Data Protection

Cognizant launches Secure AI Services for enterprises

Enterprises adopting AI in regulated sectors face fresh risks from model tampering and agent misuse, which Cognizant aims to address.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 8th May 2026

Software-as-a-Service

One Identity appoints Randy Menon as product chief

Customers will see a stronger push toward SaaS-delivered identity security as the company reshapes its product portfolio around non-human identities.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Fri, 8th May 2026

Firewalls

World Password Day shifts focus to AI identity risks

Attackers are exploiting passkeys, stolen sessions and AI-generated scams, exposing gaps in identity security beyond the login screen.

By Mark Tarre • 7 min read • Thu, 7th May 2026

Firewalls

WatchGuard launches Rai AI workforce for MSP security

Managed service providers could cut alert backlogs as WatchGuard’s new AI agent takes on threat detection and response across client networks.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 7th May 2026

Endpoint Protection

CrowdStrike widens QuiltWorks & launches Defender hunting

Enterprises using Microsoft Defender will get round-the-clock human-led threat hunting, as CrowdStrike also broadens its AI risk coalition across partners.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 6th May 2026