Information Security

Amid the rise of AI-powered cyberattacks, many security decisions may need to be automated in a way that many organizations have thus far been uncomfortable with, experts tell CRN.

Arctic Wolf announced Monday that it has acquired a startup focused on exposure management, Sevco Security, in a move to expand the security operations platform vendor’s capabilities around proactive cyber defense.

Hackers use AI, GenAI and LLMs to breach Fortinet FortiGate firewalls as cybersecurity and threat actors leverage AI for cyber-attacks, AWS report finds.

Secure AI platform Liminal is expanding beyond the enterprise in a bid to help MSPs enable secure adoption of LLM-powered tools among SMB customers—an area that has often proven challenging for MSPs in the past, executives told CRN.

Anthropic announced Friday it is looking to compete with application security vendors by adding vulnerability scanning capabilities into its web-based Claude Code tool.

Palo Alto Networks and CEO Nikesh Arora have not taken their foot off the gas on their bold ’platformization’ strategy, which has reverberated around the industry since it was introduced two years ago.

CRN’s Security 100 list of the coolest web, email and application security companies includes AI-powered vendors protecting email inboxes and web browsers along with providers of modern code security.

CRN’s Security 100 list of the coolest security operations, risk and threat intelligence companies includes providers of agentic SOC tools, SIEM platforms and threat intelligence feeds.

Investor fears that AI poses more of a risk than an opportunity for cybersecurity vendors are unfounded, with LLMs unlikely to become capable of displacing security products in the foreseeable future, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said Tuesday.

From cybersecurity giants to fast-growing startups, CRN has narrowed the field from thousands of cybersecurity vendors to identify the 100 companies leading the way on security innovation and partner opportunity in 2026.