Information Security

ThreatLocker announced a new offering Tuesday that aims to make enabling secure AI adoption a bigger opportunity for MSPs, with new capabilities that bring a zero-trust approach to controlling what AI agents can access, according to ThreatLocker Co-founder and CEO Danny Jenkins.

ConnectWise CTO David Raissipour says the company has made “significant progress” in its bid to restore ConnectWise Cloud Backup access for Microsoft 365 to more than several thousand MSPs.

Amid the surging demand for businesses to deploy AI agents for boosting workplace productivity, AI security startup JetStream Security is looking to build up an enduring platform with the help of channel partners, JetStream founders told CRN.

As AI agents begin to work across a variety of browsers and IT systems, a massive challenge is arising for businesses whose identity security controls were designed around humans, 1Password CTO Nancy Wang says during the latest episode of CRN’s Security or Else! podcast.

Amid the surging adoption of AI agents, Proofpoint’s “market-changing” deal to acquire Varonis is aimed squarely at helping partners and customers to protect the data those agents can access, Proofpoint CEO Sumit Dhawan tells CRN.

Proofpoint announced Thursday it has reached an agreement to acquire Varonis in a $6.3 billion deal that aims to turn the vendor into an even bigger force in the red-hot data and AI security market.

GuidePoint Security announced Thursday it has promoted vendor partnerships leader Mark Thornberry to serve as chief business officer, as the cybersecurity powerhouse aims to accelerate its work with top AI platforms and hyperscalers, the solution provider tells CRN exclusively.

Torq launches REV (Revenue Enablement Velocity) program for partners to work with the company’s agentic SOC platform.

The need to prepare for the quantum paradigm shift—and the first steps that are most necessary to take to get ready for the adoption of new forms of data encryption—are coming clearly into focus, solution provider and vendor executives tell CRN.

Among the top browser security vendors making AI and agent security moves in 2026 include CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler, along with Microsoft, Google and Cyera.