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Kong Extends Governance and Observability Abilities of AI Connectivity Platform
Kong Inc. has extended the scope of its connectivity platform to include cost management and observability capabilities for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Additionally, Kong has expanded the reach of its Kong AI gateway to AI models and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, in addition to adding an ability to authorize access via the Kong Identity platform.
Ten Great Cybersecurity Job Opportunities
Security Boulevard is now providing a weekly cybersecurity jobs report through which opportunities for cybersecurity professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for cybersecurity professionals to advance their careers.
Ten Great DevOps Job Opportunities
DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is still relatively constrained, so when one DevOps professional takes on a new role, it tends to create opportunities for others.
Red Hat Preps Two Secure RHEL Updates for the AI Era
Red Hat today at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 conference announced it will make available a pair of updates to its distribution of Linux that promise to make it simpler to securely deploy workloads in a way that can also be managed by artificial intelligence (AI) agents.
Red Hat Unfurls OpenShift Platform for the Agentic AI Era
Red Hat today at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026 conference revealed it has extended its OpenShift platform to add multiple artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, including a built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Additionally, Red Hat has extended the Lightspeed AI tools it provides to include an AI agent through which IT teams can invoke multiple AI models to automate workflows using version 5.0 of the platform.
Broadcom Contributes API for Virtual Machines to CNCF
VMs aren’t going anywhere. Broadcom’s CNCF contribution aims to make virtual machines first-class Kubernetes workloads, eliminating some of the friction between traditional IT and cloud-native infrastructure. Portability needs proof, not promises. A new workload conformance initiative aims to establish objective standards so organizations can determine whether their Kubernetes workloads really are portable. AI is making infrastructure consolidation a financial imperative.
Top 10 Breaches of the Week
Security Boulevard’s weekly after-action roundup returns with the incidents from the past seven days that security teams should study closely. Trusted intermediaries were the story this week: a bank’s service provider, a hosting security tool’s update channel, a certificate authority’s internal portal and the developer platforms that hold AI access tokens. Two actively targeted flaws in widely deployed developer tooling round out the list, labeled separately from confirmed breaches.
5 IT Funding Deals to Watch
This week’s funding spans public-market capital, private-company equity rounds and a data center growth facility, with cloud infrastructure accounting for the largest deals. Across inference services, satellite connectivity and data security, the operational question is consistent: whether new capital produces capacity and controls that customers can depend on.
AI Coding Hits the Context Window Wall
Writing a correct function is not the same as understanding the application it changes. An AI coding tool may produce convincing work in one file while missing consequences elsewhere in a large codebase. Feeding it more source material sounds like a straightforward answer, but a model’s context window limits how much information it can use at once. The challenge is giving the tool the right system knowledge without overwhelming the space available for the task.
MSPs will need to revisit client contracts in the agentic AI era
An advisory from the law firm Mayer Brown suggests that as managed service providers (MSPs) add artificial intelligence (AI) agents to their workflows, they will, to one degree or another, need to revisit the terms and conditions of their existing contracts. MSPs, for example, may be required to disclose the amount of training an AI agent has received and the level of human oversight provided, including how much time might pass before an issue is escalated to a human administrator.
Cyberhaven Extends Data Security Reach to AI Agents
Cyberhaven extends data protection to AI agents. Its Agentic Data Security module enables teams to discover AI tools, monitor data access and enforce policies through the Cyberhaven Flow platform. Visibility connects agent activity to its source. Security teams can inspect prompts, tool calls, file reads and responses, and identify the person or system behind agent activity. AI agents introduce new insider risks.
CrowdStrike Extends Scope and Reach of AI Portfolio
CrowdStrike announced Agent Insider Threat Detection for Falcon Next-Gen SIEM to identify abnormal AI agent behavior, even when no policy is violated. Human approval gates and agent interruption controls help security teams oversee sensitive actions and stop running agents. Agentic Adversary Emulation uses CrowdStrike’s SafeMind technology to simulate attacks, uncover exploitable weaknesses and verify that fixes close attack paths.
Buoyant Unveils Open Source Control Plane for AI Workloads Running on Kubernetes
Buoyant Brings AI Inference Under Control: Open-source Kinference adds a Kubernetes control plane for managing distributed vLLM workloads, giving IT teams greater control over performance, costs and compliance. Stop Wasting Expensive GPUs: Kinference uses GPU cache data, queueing information and intelligent workload management to improve resource utilization and reduce AI infrastructure costs.
OpenAI Sees Rise of Agentic Coding Spurring Adoption of Platform Engineering
TL;DR — Key Takeaways Agentic coding could accelerate platform engineering adoption. OpenAI’s Aidan Cunniffe says lower development costs make it more practical to turn libraries, tests and other components into reusable services and AI skills. Shared capabilities could speed development and patching. Platform teams can manage resources that AI agents invoke across development teams, reducing repeated work. Oversight remains essential.
Ten Great Cybersecurity Job Opportunities
Security Boulevard is now providing a weekly cybersecurity jobs report through which opportunities for cybersecurity professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for cybersecurity professionals to advance their careers.
Ten Great DevOps Job Opportunities
DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is still relatively constrained, so when one DevOps professional takes on a new role, it tends to create opportunities for others.
Ten Great IT Job Opportunities
Techstrong.it is now providing a weekly IT jobs report through which opportunities for IT professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for IT professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available IT talent is still relatively constrained, so when one IT professional takes on a new role, it tends to create opportunities for others.
Ten Great Platform Engineering Job Opportunities
PlatformEngineering.com is now providing a weekly platform engineering jobs report through which opportunities for platform engineering professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for platform engineering professionals to advance their careers.
Ten Great AI Job Opportunities
Techstrong.ai is now providing a weekly AI jobs report through which opportunities for AI professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for AI professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available AI talent is still relatively constrained, so when one AI professional takes on a new role, it tends to create opportunities for others.
CrowdStrike Adds AI Agent Kill Switch to Expanded Portfolio
CrowdStrike introduced an AI kill switch in Falcon Guardian that lets security teams block AI agents’ access to models through connected gateways. Planned endpoint controls would expand containment by stopping agents where they run and preventing them from relaunching. CrowdStrike agreed to acquire Fiddler AI and Dreadnode to expand AI agent observability and security testing.
Novee Extends AI Penetration Testing to Unknown Assets
Novee takes AI pentesting beyond known assets. Its new External Surface Testing capability discovers internet-facing systems and automatically tests them for exploitable vulnerabilities. Annual penetration tests can’t keep pace with AI-powered attackers. Continuous, automated testing helps security teams identify weaknesses before adversaries exploit them. Real-world exploitability matters more than vulnerability scores alone.
CrowdStrike Extends Project QuiltWorks Initiative to Europe
CrowdStrike is expanding Project QuiltWorks across Europe, adding partners to help organizations assess risks, prioritize vulnerabilities and accelerate remediation. Falcon IQ automates assessment and remediation workflows, combining AI models with CrowdStrike threat intelligence and security data. The expansion adds local expertise and delivery capacity as cybersecurity teams face growing pressure to address AI-driven threats.
IBM Extends Ability to Ochestrate and Secure AI Agents
IBM this week extended its portfolio to make it simpler to safely deploy and orchestrate artificial intelligence (AI) agents accessing data via multiple backend data platforms. Announced at the IBM TechXchange conference, a watsonx Orchestrate AI Gateway has been added to watsonx Orchestrate, a control plane that IBM developed for managing AI agents. The gateway adds an ability to discover and manage third-party agents, AI models and Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
Should MSPs make cybersecurity services mandatory?
In the wake of several high-profile cybersecurity breaches involving artificial intelligence (AI) agents, many managed services providers (MSPs) may need to rethink their approach to cybersecurity. Some, such as Managed IT Services Santa Clarita (MITSSC), are going even further. The MSP now requires cybersecurity services for clients that use any of its IT services.
Cisco Plans to Extend eBPF to Improve Application Security
Cisco plans to extend its eBPF-based security capabilities to Linux applications early next year, allowing security teams to mitigate vulnerabilities without immediately applying patches. Cisco’s Shield technology provides temporary protections that give organizations more time to develop, test and deploy permanent fixes as AI accelerates vulnerability discovery.
Mirantis Adds Service to Facilitate Migrations Off VMware Platforms
Mirantis has introduced a migration service that provides IT teams with expert assistance moving VMware workloads to its Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes (MOSK) platform. The service includes a free assessment and aims to migrate workloads without requiring additional infrastructure, with migrations taking approximately five weeks on average.
AI cybersecurity threats: Microsoft Digital Defense Report highlights rising risks for defenders
Faster exploits and a growing AI attack surface leave cybersecurity teams racing to keep up. AI cybersecurity threats are creating new challenges for defenders, from faster vulnerability exploitation to attacks targeting AI workloads and agents.
Vicarius Revamps AI Platform to Unify Cybersecurity Workflows
Vicarius vRx 2.0 unifies vulnerability discovery, prioritization, patching and remediation in a single AI-powered workflow. Enhanced vRadar and vComply capabilities extend asset visibility and simplify compliance mapping across major security frameworks. Natural-language asset grouping and AI-generated remediation scripts help security teams reduce manual work and accelerate response.
SAP Extends AI Reach Deeper Into Enterprise Workflows
SAP this week added a bevy of extensions to its portfolio that collectively embed artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities deeper into workflows. Announced at its TechEd event, organizations can now use Joule Studio and Joule Work to invoke more than 70 AI models via an SAP Knowledge Graph that has been extended to third-party data sources.
Ten Great AI Job Opportunities
Techstrong.ai is now providing a weekly AI jobs report through which opportunities for AI professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for AI professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available AI talent is still relatively constrained, so when one AI professional takes on a new role, it tends to create opportunities for others.
Ten Great Platform Engineering Job Opportunities
PlatformEngineering.com is now providing a weekly platform engineering jobs report through which opportunities for platform engineering professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for platform engineering professionals to advance their careers.
Ten Great IT Job Opportunities
Techstrong.it is now providing a weekly IT jobs report through which opportunities for IT professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for IT professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available IT talent is still relatively constrained, so when one IT professional takes on a new role, it tends to create opportunities for others.
Akamai Adds Pair of Managed AI Services to Securely Access Custom Models
Akamai today added a managed sandbox service for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) agents, along with an additional managed inference service to provide access to open-weight and custom AI models that are both available now in beta. Initially, the Akamai Inference service provides access to 12 open-weight models ranging from 8 billion to 2.8 trillion parameters that are accessed via an OpenAI-compatible application programming interface (API).
Cato Networks Extends Reach to Secure AI Clients
Shadow AI gets harder to hide. Cato AI Endpoint helps security teams discover and control AI activity across browsers, desktop applications and locally running agents. AI security moves beyond the browser. Inline inspection of prompts, responses and agent activity helps enforce policies and reduce sensitive data exposure. The agentic AI threat is growing.
Cisco Extends AI Support Tools to IT Services Provider Partners
TL;DR — Key Takeaways – Cisco is expanding partner access to Cisco IQ to help IT service providers automate support, troubleshoot problems and prioritize remediation. – New AI assistant capabilities and playbooks aim to help partners identify outage risks, plan upgrades and address security vulnerabilities. – Cisco says more than 16,000 customers already have access to Cisco IQ, with more than 19 million devices onboarded since April 2026.
Survey: Cost Concerns Top List of Issues Driving Shifts in AI Strategy
A global survey of 1,500 IT leaders and decision-makers published today finds that 89% of respondents have limited or redesigned use cases involving artificial intelligence (AI) because of cost issues stemming from rising token consumption.
Ten Great DevOps Job Opportunities
DevOps.com is now providing a weekly DevOps jobs report through which opportunities for DevOps professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for DevOps professionals to advance their careers. Of course, the pool of available DevOps talent is still relatively constrained, so when one DevOps professional takes on a new role, it tends to create opportunities for others.
Ten Great Cybersecurity Job Opportunities
Security Boulevard is now providing a weekly cybersecurity jobs report through which opportunities for cybersecurity professionals will be highlighted as part of an effort to better serve our audience. Our goal in these challenging economic times is to make it just that much easier for cybersecurity professionals to advance their careers.
ProjectDiscovery Adds Free Tool to Validate Vulnerabilities
Proof, not just another alert. ProjectDiscovery’s free Neo Triage tool reproduces vulnerabilities in isolated sandboxes, giving security teams evidence of which findings represent genuine risks. Less noise, faster fixes. Automated validation, severity assessment and retesting could dramatically reduce manual triage work and help developers focus on vulnerabilities that matter. AI demands smarter security workflows.
Aviatrix Adds Ability to Restrict Outbound and Lateral Access to Cloud Workloads
Aviatrix introduces default-deny containment: Clearance restricts unauthorized outbound and lateral workload connections to help prevent attackers from spreading across cloud environments. Shadow policies reduce disruption risks: Security teams can monitor traffic flows and evaluate the impact of blocking connections before enforcing restrictions.
Top 10 Breaches of the Week
Security Boulevard’s weekly after-action roundup is back with the incidents from the past seven days that deserve a closer look from defenders. Supply chain abuse dominated this week. Attackers turned a cloud backup service, a maritime IT provider, an open source AI gateway and a developer platform into ways to reach thousands of downstream organizations. Large consumer breaches in Japan and disruptive attacks on a U.S. hospital and a state capital round out the list.
5 IT Funding Deals to Watch
AI infrastructure investment is addressing two different needs: adding compute capacity and making existing systems more productive. This week’s five deals span cloud financing, processor development, GPU software, traffic security and continuous integration, with a common question for enterprise teams: how much of the new capital will translate into usable capacity and dependable operations?
Descope Adds Governance Capability to Identity Management Platform for AI Agents
– Descope adds AI agent governance: Agentic Identity Hub 3.0 introduces onboarding and approval workflows that establish each agent’s purpose, ownership and access permissions. – Expanded identity capabilities: New MCP gateway integrations, single sign-on support and workload identity federation help manage agents across enterprise environments.
Sweet Security Adds Virtual Patching to Platform for Securing Runtime Environments
Virtual patching closes the security gap: Sweet Security enables teams to block cloud exploits with runtime-enforced policies before permanent vulnerability fixes become available. One-click protection across workloads: Security teams can deploy virtual patches across affected cloud nodes using Sweet Security’s policy catalog and existing runtime sensors.
Mondoo Extends AI Reach of Exposure Management Platform to Close Remediation Loop
Mondoo is expanding automated remediation: New capabilities include source code inspection, external attack surface scanning and enhanced CIS Benchmark remediations. Existing tools can deliver fixes: Integrations with Microsoft Intune and CrowdStrike Falcon let teams deploy endpoint fixes through platforms they already use. Teams control AI autonomy: Organizations can automate routine fixes while requiring human approval for sensitive systems or higher-risk changes.
Cyware Adds AI Agents to Analyze Threat Intelligence for Specific IT Environments
Cyware introduced three Last Mile Agents to help cybersecurity teams turn threat intelligence into priorities relevant to their organizations. The agents match advisories to organizational requirements, rank vulnerabilities and generate threat briefings. Cyware plans to extend these capabilities into automated remediation workflows as AI accelerates vulnerability exploitation.
Why many MSPs aren’t seeing returns from AI
A survey of 153 decision-makers at managed service providers (MSPs) that manage Microsoft 365 and Azure cloud services found that 32 percent use AI internally. However, only 12 percent reported measurable productivity gains. The survey, conducted by market research firm Thirdside on behalf of Nerdio, also found that only 14 percent currently manage an AI service that generates revenue. Just 17 percent said customers are asking about Microsoft Copilot or other AI tools.
ActiveState Allies with Docker to Harden Software Artifacts
ActiveState and Docker are partnering to secure enterprise containers. The companies will resell each other’s offerings, combining Docker’s hardened base images with ActiveState’s remediated open source libraries. Container security requires protection across every layer. Hardened base images help reduce risk, but application dependencies also need ongoing monitoring, patching and verification. Adoption still trails security priorities.
Analysis Surfaces Spike in First-Part Fraud in the AI Era
An analysis of transactions shared today by Socure finds there has been an uptick in first-party fraud, with Gen Z males disproportionately represented among those using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create fake evidence of, for example, a crushed package or broken item after it has been delivered.
Everpure CEO Calls for Data Management Change for the AI Era
TL;DR — Key Takeaways Data silos complicate agentic AI: Everpure CEO Charles Giancarlo warns that duplicate and conflicting data can undermine the accuracy of AI agents’ outputs. Data management needs to change: Giancarlo advocates a shared data plane that makes enterprise data accessible across applications and AI agents.
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