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Zscaler has launched Agentic SOC, a security operations product designed to detect, investigate and contain AI-driven threats. The system combines Zscaler's telemetry with AI models from Anthropic and OpenAI. The launch reflects growing pressure on security operations teams as attackers use artificial intelligence to increase the speed and scale of intrusions.

Coder has launched Coder Agent Relay, with SpaceXAI as the launch partner for the self-hosted execution environment. The product lets Cursor's cloud agents run on a customer's own infrastructure rather than vendor-managed systems. Cursor continues to handle the agent loop, including inference and planning, while tool calls run inside Coder workspaces on the customer's network. As a result, source code, secrets and access to internal services remain on machines controlled by the customer.

TENEX.AI has expanded its EMEA leadership team and appointed Infinigate as its first distributor in the UK and Ireland, part of the cyber security company's broader European growth push. It has made four senior hires for the region, while the agreement with Infinigate gives it a route to market through the UK and Irish channel. The move follows TENEX.AI's USD $250 million Series B funding round earlier this year.

Shufti has been named an Honorable Mention in Gartner's 2026 Magic Quadrant for Identity Verification. The recognition relates to its document coverage across global identity systems. The London-based identity verification provider said the mention reflects its work in processing a wide range of identity documents used in different markets, including passports, national identity cards and proof-of-address records. At the centre of that effort is a document processing stack built in-house.

Zscaler has launched Zscaler Agentic SOC, now available globally. The offering is aimed at security operations teams facing AI-driven attacks. It combines Zscaler's telemetry, threat intelligence and automated remediation with integrations into third-party security tools. Built with an AI-first design, the system uses models from Anthropic and OpenAI alongside Zscaler's own data.

SentinelOne has expanded its Wayfinder Frontier AI Services with OpenAI Daybreak models, adding OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber to its existing lineup. The expansion also introduces two new service areas: AI-Powered Code Risk Analysis and AI-Enabled Compromise Assessment. The additions are intended to bring frontier AI models into security workflows that examine software code, suspicious files and signs of intrusion across customer environments.

Women in AI has announced the winners of its 2026 awards for women working in artificial intelligence across the Asia-Pacific region, with Grace Chung named Grand Winner. Chung, Engineering Director and Head of Google Research APAC, also won the Foundational AI category. Associate Professor Dr Sharifah Sakinah Syed Ahmad was named First Runner-up, and Rita Arrigo, Founder of AI Native Futures, was named Second Runner-up.

Google has warned that cyber attackers are moving from simple AI prompting to more autonomous, agent-based operations, according to research from Google Threat Intelligence Group. Advanced adversaries are starting to incorporate agentic AI and AI-enabled automation into cyber operations, moving beyond the earlier use of large language models for reconnaissance, coding and social engineering. That shift could reduce the time defenders have to detect and respond to attacks.

Australian enterprises looking to scale artificial intelligence need to focus less on the capabilities of AI models and more on whether the data feeding those systems can be trusted, according to Confluent, an IBM Company. The data streaming company says trust is emerging as a major barrier to enterprise AI adoption as organisations move beyond experimentation and begin putting generative and agentic AI applications into production.

AXA has formed a strategic partnership with Publicis Sapient to expand its Global AI Hub, which is already in use across five AXA entities. The agreement focuses on further developing the hub as AXA rolls out artificial intelligence agents across its operations. The platform provides shared, standardised foundations for AI projects, allowing local businesses to focus on specific use cases rather than building common infrastructure separately.