About Catherine
Catherine Knowles
News Editor
Catherine has a keen interest in all areas of technology and storytelling in our digital age. Having worked with a number of businesses and people across media, education, publishing and communications, Catherine has a definite respect for common sense, great content and turning ideas into reality.
Stories by Catherine - Page 10
Beyond Key opens Sydney office to drive APAC growth
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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cx
Beyond Key has opened a Sydney office to anchor its APAC expansion, targeting digital transformation and cloud projects across the region.
GME unveils next-gen XRS UHF radios with GPS and Bluetooth
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hybrid & remote work
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bluetooth
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gps
GME launches next-gen XRS UHF CB radios in Australia with GPS, Bluetooth audio, noise reduction and rugged design.
Cato unveils Dynamic Prevention engine for SASE security
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firewalls
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Cato launches Dynamic Prevention, a SASE-native engine that auto-detects multi-stage attacks by correlating months of security telemetry.
Siemens boosts circuit protection with circular soft starter
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hyperscale
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blockchain
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iot
Siemens expands SENTRON circuit protection and unveils a refurbished SIRIUS soft starter built for circularity and lower CO2 emissions.
Survey shows pentesters favour PTaaS over bug bounties
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devops
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application security
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devsecops
New research from Cobalt finds 98% of surveyed pentesters prefer PTaaS to bug bounties and show almost no faith in AI-only security scanning.
Brands plan to boost content budgets despite AI friction
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saas
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digital transformation
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partner programmes
Brands plan to lift content budgets and AI use, but fragmented tools are fuelling burnout, wasted spend and slower campaign launches.
Smarsh unveils AI tool to cut compliance alert noise
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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ai
Smarsh launches AI-powered Noise Reduction Agent to suppress low-risk messages, promising 60% fewer false positives for smaller firms.
iManage enhances Insight+ to close the AI governance gap
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data protection
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document management
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digital transformation
iManage upgrades Insight+ to plug the AI governance gap, adding richer metadata, data warehouse links and multi-region, compliant search.
ExpressVPN unveils beta MCP server for AI VPN control
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firewalls
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data protection
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vpns
ExpressVPN launches a beta MCP server that lets AI tools monitor VPN status and switch regions directly from its desktop apps.
CIOs warn AI adoption is racing ahead of governance
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data protection
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data analytics
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digital transformation
CIOs warn AI is being rolled out faster than governance can keep up, with many fearing security gaps and lacking oversight of tools in use.
Ransomware attacks surge 50% as industrial firms hit hardest
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malware
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data protection
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ransomware
Global ransomware attacks jump 50% to 7,874 in 2025, with industrial firms bearing the brunt as criminal groups reshuffle their tactics.
Conifers hires AI leaders to scale CognitiveSOC growth
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advanced persistent threat protection
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socs
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llms
Conifers adds senior AI leaders Doron Bachar and Elad Hoffer to accelerate CognitiveSOC development and scale its agentic AI SOC platform.
IRONSCALES adds AI agents to counter next‑gen phishing
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uc
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data protection
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cloud security
IRONSCALES' Winter 2026 Release debuts three AI agents, outbound encryption and Teams deepfake defences to counter next‑gen phishing.
1Kosmos adds identity checks to ServiceNow AI workflows
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uc
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surveillance
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biometrics
1Kosmos adds embedded identity checks to ServiceNow AI workflows to curb social engineering in high-risk service desk interactions.
Delinea buys StrongDM to tackle AI-driven access risk
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devops
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hybrid cloud
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pam
Delinea acquires StrongDM to fuse privileged access tools with just‑in‑time authorisation, tackling AI‑driven identity and access risks.
MSPs warned as cyber criminals weaponise trusted access
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firewalls
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dr
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ransomware
Cyber criminals are hijacking MSP trust relationships, abusing valid credentials and VPNs as AI turbocharges phishing and ransomware.
LiveRamp unveils AI agents for data-driven marketing
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data protection
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data analytics
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martech
LiveRamp launches partner-built AI agents in its platform, automating audience planning, cross-media measurement and privacy-safe optimisation.
Google AI more negative than ChatGPT for brand reputation
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cx
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martech
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risk & compliance
AI search tools cast brands in starkly different lights, with Google skewing early negative and ChatGPT souring sentiment near purchase.
Endor Labs unveils AURI to secure AI-driven coding
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devops
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application security
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devsecops
Endor Labs has launched AURI, an AI-aware security platform that embeds continuous code checks directly into agent-driven development workflows.
Keeper connects Jira workflows with privileged access
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siem
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digital transformation
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pam
Keeper launches native Jira integrations to tie security incident workflows directly to privileged access approvals while retaining zero-knowledge controls.