MS security chief warns of ‘agent sprawl’ crisis as SARB tightens rules

MS security chief warns of ‘agent sprawl’ crisis as SARB tightens rules

Mark Palmer, board director for the Cloud Security Alliance South Africa Chapter and security go-to-market lead for Microsoft SA. The explosive enterprise rush to deploy autonomous AI agents has triggered an identity and governance crisis, rendering traditional corporate defence models “completely insufficient” to handle machine-to-machine risk, according to Mark Palmer, board director for the Cloud Security…

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Boomi Announces Intent to Acquire Lunar.dev to Deliver Governed Agent Connectivity Across the Enterprise

Boomi Announces Intent to Acquire Lunar.dev to Deliver Governed Agent Connectivity Across the Enterprise

Boomi Announces Intent to Acquire Lunar.dev to Deliver Governed Agent Connectivity Across the Enterprise Boomi, the data activation company for AI, today announced it has signed a letter of intent to acquire Lunar.dev, an innovator in AI and MCP gateway. The proposed acquisition is expected to enrich the Boomi Enterprise Platform and Boomi Connect with…

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The AI agent race is on

The AI agent race is on

Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters Google CEO Sundar Pichai is deepening a push into enterprise software, signalling to investors at Google’s annual cloud conference that AI agents — human-like digital assistants — are a lynchpin of its strategy to monetise artificial intelligence. At the three-day conference in Las Vegas that starts Wednesday, Pichai and…

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KnowBe4 Secures the Human and AI Workforce with Agent Risk Manager

KnowBe4 Secures the Human and AI Workforce with Agent Risk Manager

KnowBe4, the world-renowned platform that comprehensively addresses human and agentic AI risk management, today announced the launch of Agent Risk Manager, the industry’s first defense system designed to secure, monitor, and govern the behavior of autonomous AI agents. KnowBe4 Agent Risk Manager arrives as a cornerstone of the KnowBe4 HRM+ platform, fundamentally changing how organizations…

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