Recent news that caught out attention today:
- Fortra released defensive AI capabilities. In mid-July, Fortra added new AI capabilities to Cloud Email Protection, its email security offering. Overall intent is to improve the detection of sophisticated social engineering attacks, e.g., looking at the intent of a message via language analysis, detecting malicious tricks in embedded links, and detection of “low-content threats” (which Fortra is using to classify invoice and payment scams). Additional improvements strengthen threat hunting for security teams. Available immediately. Fortra
- Bitsight AI solution for security framework mapping. Bitsight introduced Bitsight Framework Intelligence, which uses AI to automate the extraction and mapping of controls from vendor compliance documents to security frameworks relevant to a given organization. Intent is to automate at scale security attestation and documentation demands for third-party risk teams. The “intelligence” part of the name is partly due to Bitsight’s addition of real-time exposure and threat data to enrich the analysis of a vendor’s actual risk posture. Bitsight
- BeyondTrust adds Secrets Insights. BeyondTrust announced visibility for secrets and non-human identities (NHIs) to its Identity Security Insights solution. These have been added based on risk assessments at customer organizations where secrets and NHIs are poorly secured. Capabilities include discovery, risk scoring and prioritisation, and automated remediation options via integration with BeyondTrust Password Safe. Available later in 2025. BeyondTrust
- Thrive launched NDR services. Thrive launched a new Network Detection and Response (NDR) service to monitor networks for potential cybersecurity incidents. Uses AI for pattern recognition to monitor all traffic and flag suspicious activity that’s reflective of a data breach pattern. The new service works in conjunction with Thrive’s current MDR and EDR services. Available immediately. GlobeNewswire