Risk Management stories

Apricorn names Jeanclaude Toma Chief Executive Officer to drive expansion into government, defence, healthcare and financial services markets.

Industrial manufacturing heads Digitain's cyber risk index, with healthcare and information technology close behind as attacks, breaches and ransomware mount.

Cequence Security adds AI Gateway controls to curb autonomous agents' access to enterprise apps and data with persona-based permissions.

Fortinet report says cyber shortages are now a business risk as most firms grapple with breaches, AI pressures and rising hiring costs.

Leak-site posts surge 22% to 2,638 in Q1 2026 as ReliaQuest flags The Gentlemen's rise, fake claims and shifting extortion tactics.

GitProtect says outages on major DevOps platforms jumped 21% in 2025, with longer disruptions hitting GitLab, Jira and GitHub hardest.

Anthropic's Agent Harness tests how much businesses should trust AI agents, as experts warn automation could amplify failures and cyber risk.

Banks are hitting old systems, poor data and regulatory hurdles as AI pilots stall, with most projects still stuck in test mode.

Gartner says CFOs that back AI strategically could lift margins 10 points by 2029, as finance budgets rise and cloud ERP gains traction.

Backbase wins Forrester Leader status and customer favourite as its AI-native Banking OS gains traction with more than 120 banks worldwide.

Telecoms risk misfiring on AI if they focus on rapid deployment over redesigning workflows, governance and data readiness, survey finds.

Jazz and Aptech call for stronger IP safeguards as AI and video-first content increase exposure risks and reshape digital creation.

Check Point and Flashpoint warn AI is speeding up exploit development, shrinking patch windows and forcing defenders to rethink first-line protections.

Bitget's Gracy AI and GetAgent have drawn more than 460,000 users as the exchange expands its four-layer AI trading stack.

Agiloft launches Astra with free AI contract analysis, promising legal, procurement, sales and finance teams data protection and usage-based access.

Ping Identity-backed research says enterprises need stronger runtime controls as autonomous AI agents expose gaps in authorisation and oversight.

SAS marks 50 years by sharpening its push into trusted AI, as Jim Goodnight says the software group's focus remains on governance and accountability.

SAS has unveiled AI Navigator, a governance service that gives organisations a single view of AI models and agents as scrutiny intensifies.

SAS expands Viya with AI assistants and agentic tools, including Copilot, MCP Server and an accelerator to bring governed AI into workflows.

SAS updates its data management portfolio with cloud-native tools to improve governance, cut data movement and support analytics and AI.