Cybersecurity

Pindrop Launches BotStopper To Detect AI Voice Agents In Real Time

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

Pindrop, a cybersecurity company specializing in deepfake detection and identity verification, has launched Pindrop BotStopper, a standalone technology designed to detect AI voice agents and automated callers in real time as enterprises face a rapidly growing volume of machine-generated interactions.

U.S. Investigates Cyberattacks On America-Bound Energy Tankers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2026

The U.S. Coast Guard and Federal Bureau of Investigation are examining cyberattacks involving energy tankers headed toward American ports, according to CBS.

Thrive Expands NextGen Platform With Elastic MDR And Cato Networks Zero Trust Integrations

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Thrive, a global technology outsourcing provider specializing in AI, cybersecurity, cloud and managed IT services, has expanded its NextGen managed services platform with new security architecture powered by Elastic and Cato Networks. The investments are designed to strengthen Thrive's Managed Detection and Response capabilities, improve threat visibility and introduce a more modern Zero Trust approach to secure access for mid-market organizations.

Radiant Logic And SailPoint Expand Identity Security Partnership With Certified Integration To Cut Application Onboarding To Two Days

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Radiant Logic and SailPoint have expanded their partnership with a new SailPoint-Certified Technology Integration designed to accelerate identity security deployments by unifying identity data across human, non-human and agentic identities.

Exein Raises $270 Million At $1.7 Billion Valuation To Expand Physical AI Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 15, 2026

Exein has raised $270 million in new funding at a $1.7 billion valuation as the cybersecurity company expands its platform for protecting robots, drones, autonomous vehicles and other intelligent machines operating in the physical world. The significantly oversubscribed round was led by Headline, with participation from Sofina, Goldman Sachs, the European Investment Bank Group through ETCI, KfW Capital and T.Capital.

SolarWinds: Interview With Interim CEO Cullen Childress About AI And The Strategic Role Of IT

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

SolarWinds develops technology designed to simplify complex hybrid IT environments, reduce manual observability work, and provide actionable intelligence to IT professionals. Pulse 2.0 interviewed SolarWinds interim CEO Cullen Childress to learn more.

PlexTrac: Interview With Founder Dan DeCloss About Exposure Management And Security Verification

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2026

PlexTrac is a cybersecurity platform originally built around penetration testing reporting and workflow management that expanded to help organizations track remediation and verify that identified security issues have actually been resolved. Following its acquisition by Brinqa, the combined platform brings exposure prioritization, offensive security testing, remediation tracking, and verification into a more unified system. Pulse 2.0 interviewed PlexTrac Founder Dan DeCloss to learn more.

Upwind Security Reportedly Raising $300 Million At $3.8 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 4, 2026

Upwind Security is raising $300 million in new financing at a $3.8 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg, as investors continue directing significant capital toward cybersecurity companies protecting cloud infrastructure and artificial intelligence applications.

Tusker Acquires Fortress SRM To Expand Cybersecurity Services

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Tusker has acquired Fortress SRM, a Cleveland-based cybersecurity services company, expanding its security capabilities and establishing its sixth regional hub. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Keeper Security Appoints Jessica Krowel And Bill Grabner To Lead North America Private And Public Sector Sales

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Keeper Security has appointed Jessica Krowel as Senior Vice President of North America Sales, Private Sector, and Bill Grabner as Senior Vice President, Public Sector, strengthening its go-to-market leadership as the identity security company continues to expand.

Palo Alto Networks Acquires Console To Expand Agentic Security Capabilities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 3, 2026

Palo Alto Networks has acquired Console, an AI-native platform for building agentic workflows across enterprise operations. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Dell Technologies: Q2 Revenue Hits Record $47 Billion As AI Server Backlog Reaches $95 Billion And FY27 Outlook Rises To $192 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Dell Technologies reported record fiscal second-quarter 2027 results, driven by accelerating demand for AI infrastructure and broad-based growth across its server, storage, and client businesses.

Palo Alto Networks: Q4 Revenue Rises 34% To $3.41 Billion As Next-Generation Security ARR Jumps 63% To $9.1 Billion

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 1, 2026

Palo Alto Networks reported strong fiscal fourth-quarter 2026 results, with accelerating adoption of its next-generation cybersecurity platforms driving substantial growth in revenue, recurring revenue and cash generation.

Scantist: Interview With Co-Founder And COO Charles Huang About Autonomous Offensive Security And AI Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 30, 2026

Scantist is a Singapore-based cybersecurity company focused on application security, software supply chain risk, DevSecOps, autonomous offensive security, and AI security. Its portfolio includes AppDefender for defensive application and software supply chain security, PAIStrike for autonomous agentic penetration testing, and AIDefender for AI runtime security. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Scantist Co-Founder and COO Charles Huang to learn more.

CrowdStrike: Falcon Flex ARR Doubles To $2.29 Billion As Net New ARR Jumps 51%

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 28, 2026

CrowdStrike delivered record fiscal second-quarter 2027 recurring-revenue growth as adoption of its Falcon Flex consumption model accelerated, cash generation reached new highs, and management substantially increased its full-year growth outlook.

HackerOne Names Naveen Bhateja Chief People Officer As AI-Native Security Platform Expands Leadership Team

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 26, 2026

HackerOne has appointed Naveen Bhateja as Chief People Officer, adding a veteran technology executive to lead the company's people strategy, leadership development and organizational culture.

Alice Raises $140 Million As AI Security Business Approaches $100 Million ARR And Grows 500%+

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 25, 2026

Alice (formerly known as ActiveFence) has raised $140 million in a funding round led by Apax Digital as the AI trust, safety and security company approaches $100 million in annual recurring revenue and expands its work with major frontier model developers. Samsung, SentinelOne, Maj Invest, MoreTech and Phoenix Insurance participated in the round alongside existing investors Resolute Ventures, Grove Ventures, CRV, Highland Europe, Vintage Investments, Norwest, NFX and Claltech. The financing brings Alice's total funding to $280 million. Apax Digital will also join Alice's board.

Datavault AI To Acquire CyberCatch For $94.5 Million To Add AI-Powered Cybersecurity To Quantum-Secured Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2026

Corma Raises $60 Million Seed To Build Defensive Cybersecurity Foundation Model As AI Attackers Hit 88% Success Rate

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2026

Corma has raised $60 million in seed funding to build a foundation model specifically for defensive cybersecurity, targeting a widening gap between rapidly advancing AI-powered attacks and the ability of existing security systems to detect and stop them. Sequoia Capital led the financing, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Coatue.

Citizens Adds Doug Brockway To Lead Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Software Investment Banking After 125+ Deals

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 16, 2026

Citizens Capital Markets & Advisory has added Doug Brockway as a managing director in its Technology Investment Banking group, strengthening the firm's coverage of cybersecurity and infrastructure software. Brockway will lead Citizens' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Software practice and will be based in Boston.

White House Creates Program Allowing Vetted U.S. Companies To Conduct Cyber Operations Against Foreign Criminal Groups

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2026

The White House has directed the federal government to establish a new program that can authorize vetted U.S. private companies to conduct cyber surveillance and cyber effects operations against foreign cyber-enabled transnational criminal organizations under federal control and oversight.

Rapid7 Cuts 12% Of Workforce As It Shifts Resources Toward AI-First Cybersecurity Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 11, 2026

Rapid7 is reducing its workforce by approximately 12% as the cybersecurity company restructures around its core platform and increases investment in AI-powered security operations.

OLIGO Security Raises $60 Million, Bringing Total Funding To $140 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2026

OLIGO Security has raised $60 million in additional funding, bringing the runtime cybersecurity company’s total funding to $140 million. Participants included Ballistic Ventures, Canon Capital, Greenfield Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Red Dot Capital Partners and TLV Partners. The round also included angel investors such as Mellanox Technologies (acquired by NVIDIA for $6.9 billion) co-founder Eyal Waldman.

Obsidian Security Raises $85 Million Series D At $1.1 Billion Valuation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 4, 2026

Obsidian Security has raised $85 million in Series D funding at a valuation of $1.1 billion. The round was led by Crescent Cove Advisors, with participation from all existing investors, including Greylock Partners and Menlo Ventures.

Inforcer Raises $50 Million Series C Led By Insight Partners

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Inforcer has raised $50 million in Series C financing to expand its Microsoft security and AI management platform for managed service providers. Insight Partners led the round and acquired a minority stake alongside existing investors Meritech Capital and Dawn Capital.

Zenity Raises $125 Million Series C To Expand AI Agent Security Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 3, 2026

Zenity has raised $125 million in a Series C financing round led by Norwest to expand its artificial intelligence agent security and governance platform. New investors Qumra Capital, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Hitachi Ventures and LG Technology Ventures joined the round. Existing investors Vertex Ventures, Third Point Ventures, DTCP and Intel Capital also participated.

Tonic Security CEO Sharon Isaaci On Moving Cybersecurity From Detection To Remediation

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Tonic Security is an Agentic Exposure Management Platform that helps security teams transform fragmented exposure data into actionable risk decisions and coordinated remediation campaigns. The platform combines contextual risk prioritization, automation, and orchestration to help organizations reduce cyber risk rather than simply detect it. Pulse 2.0 interviewed Tonic Security Co-Founder and CEO Sharon Isaaci to learn more.

Okta To Acquire Permiso Security

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 31, 2026

Okta has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Permiso Security, a cloud-native identity security platform that detects and mitigates threats across human, non-human, and agentic identities in multi-cloud environments. The addition will give the Okta Platform comprehensive identity threat detection and response capabilities.

Hush Security Raises $30 Million Series A To Govern Enterprise AI Agent Identities

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

Hush Security has raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand its identity security platform for AI agents and other non-human users of enterprise systems. Akamai Technologies joined the round as a strategic investor alongside existing investors Battery Ventures and YL Ventures.

Huntress Surpasses $250 Million In ARR, Now Protects More Than 270,000 Businesses

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2026

Huntress announced it has surpassed $250 million in annual recurring revenue, with 65% year-over-year growth. The company said it has increased the number of identities and endpoints under protection by more than 400% since reaching unicorn status in 2024.