Keeping up with all the most relevant Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring news can be time-consuming. As a result, our editorial team aims to summarize some of the top headlines in the space by curating a collection of the latest vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy news. With that in mind, here is some of the top endpoint security and network monitoring news from the week of July 25th.\n\nApono, a secure access orchestration provider for modern cloud-native environments, has launched a global partner program to help service providers, cloud alliances, and systems integrators meet the demand for dynamic, identity-aware access control. The program aims to accelerate the adoption of just-in-time access models and help organizations automate privilege elevation and compliance for sensitive cloud workloads. Partners who join the program will receive structured support, partner-sourced lead rewards, certification paths for various users, marketing support, tailored onboarding services, and joint integration roadmaps with major platform providers.\n\nCequence Security, an application security company, has introduced the Cequence AI Gateway. With this solution, enterprises can safely connect AI agents to internal and SaaS applications with rapid, no-code integration and stringent security policies. The AI Gateway can convert any API into an MCP-compatible endpoint, prevent unauthorized AI agent access, integrate with existing infrastructure without disruption, equip users with real-time visibility of AI interactions, and provide teams with the end-to-end authentication and authorization tools they need.\n\nDarktrace, a global AI for cybersecurity company, has acquired Mira Security, a company specializing in encrypted traffic visibility and in-line decryption. The acquisition will help Darktrace expand its capability to deliver deeper, real-time network insights across cloud, hybrid, and on-prem environments. Mira Security’s engineering team will join Darktrace’s R&D department as part of the purchase. Phil Pearson, Chief Strategy Officer at Darktrace, says, “By bringing the Mira Security team’s deep expertise into Darktrace, we will be able to accelerate innovation, deepen the capabilities of our market-leading Network product, and unlock even greater security performance for our customers.”\n\nDomainTools, a global domain and DNS threat intelligence provider, has announced Predictive Threat Feeds. The new offering will provide teams with real-time, high-fidelity domain intelligence to help proactively detect and mitigate internet-based threats. Real-Time Feeds will also accelerate incident response and threat detection by helping teams leverage feeds to spot and respond to devices that connect to new or high-risk domains, all within the context of their existing Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Threat Intelligence Platform (TIP), or Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) solutions.\n\nExabeam, an intelligence and automation provider for security operations, has launched a revamped version of the Apex Partner Program. The modernized global initiative aims to restructure its channel strategy around competency-based advancement, transparent enablement, and technical certifications rather than pure sales volume. Key features include flexible, competency-based tiering, predictable incentives, streamlined onboarding processes, revamped role-based enablement training, streamlined pricing, and integrated go-to-market alignment to enhance collaboration across sales, marketing, product, and support teams.\n\nHackerOne, an offensive security solution provider, has announced Hai Triage, a next-gen vulnerability triage service that combines human analyst oversight with agentic AI technologies. The system uses AI-driven classification and natural language understanding to identify out-of-scope and duplicate reports, enabling the analysis team to review the remaining reports to validate and prioritize critical vulnerabilities. This will make it easier for companies to accelerate response times, increase accuracy in identifying threats, and help their teams manage the surge in automated and AI-generated bug reports.\n\nIntel 471, a cyber intelligence-driven solution provider, has announced details on its Guided Threat Hunts, a new method-driven tool available within the Hunt Management Module, part of the company’s HUNTER solution. The offering leverages advanced querying capabilities to help threat hunters cut through massive data sets and rapidly zero in on undetected, malicious activity. This functionality equips hunters with the information and context needed to quickly capture critical data inputs—hostnames, process names, and process IDs—to find, neutralize, and report undetected threats.\n\nMalwarebytes, a real-time cyber protection company, has expanded its ThreatDown portfolio by launching a new email security module powered by adaptive AI. The ThreatDown Email Security module, powered by IRONSCALES’ adaptive AI technology, aims to extend security beyond the endpoint and protect companies from advanced phishing attacks, business email compromise (BEC), malware, credential harvesting, and other email-borne threats. The new module is available immediately to all customers and will be rolled out to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) in early August.\n\nPalo Alto Networks, a global cybersecurity provider, has finalized its acquisition of Protect AI, a company focused on securing Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications and models. The acquisition brings new capabilities for securing AI-powered workloads and applications into the Palo Alto Networks ecosystem, strengthening its solution suite with additional AI and cloud infrastructure systems. Customers of both companies can expect to receive more robust, end-to-end solutions that address today’s advanced threat landscape in multi-cloud and hybrid environments.\n\nSecurityBridge, creator of the Cybersecurity Command Center for SAP, has acquired CyberSafe, a multi-factor authentication (MFA) and Single Sign-On (SSO) solution provider for SAP users. The purchase will bring contextual SSO, MFA, and passwordless authentication to SecurityBridge’s SAP-focused security suite. Christoph Nagy, CEO and Co-founder of SecurityBridge, says, “This acquisition reinforces our mission to ensure no SAP system or customer is ever compromised. By integrating TrustBroker with our platform, we enable customers to apply passwordless MFA across all SAP workflows, without compromising usability.”\n\nSevii, an enterprise threat management and remediation solution, has launched an Autonomous Defense and Remediation (ADR) platform that leverages advanced agentic AI technology to neutralize adversaries in real-time, without human intervention. The ADR platform uses agentic AI agents—dubbed “Cyber Warriors”—to autonomously process detections, perform escalated and retrospective hunts, and remediate threats across identity, endpoint, and cloud assets, all in real-time. Additionally, the platform can use NVIDIA’s accelerated computing for faster AI inference. The Sevii ADR platform is available now for private and public sector customers.\n\nThrive, a global technology outsourcing provider for cybersecurity, cloud, and IT managed services, has acquired Baroan Technologies, a Managed IT Support provider specializing in enterprise-level IT solutions across manufacturing, healthcare, marketing, and other markets. The acquisition will further develop Thrive’s Managed IT services portfolio and grow its hub in North Jersey and the Tri-State Area. It will also help both companies ensure their customers can access the resources they need to operate their business across verticals and regions.\n\nwatchTowr has announced a Preemptive Exposure Management solution designed for Fortune 500 companies and critical infrastructure providers. The solution merges watchTowr’s Proactive Threat Intelligence capabilities with its External Attack Surface Management technology to help customers predict the techniques likely to be used in future attacks, understand how attackers target organizations, and more. Benjamin Harris, co-founder and CEO of watchTowr, says, “When threats move faster than your team can react, time becomes your most critical defense. That’s exactly what the watchTowr Platform is designed to give you: time to react and fight back, before a breach occurs.”\n\nWatch this space each week as our editors will share upcoming events, new thought leadership, and the best resources from Insight Jam, Solutions Review’s enterprise tech community for business software pros. The goal? To help you gain a forward-thinking analysis and remain on-trend through expert advice, best practices, trends, predictions, and vendor-neutral software evaluation tools.\n\nAfter receiving insights from over 130 industry experts for AI Appreciation Day, the Solutions Review team noticed that several themes kept emerging. With that in mind, Tim King compiled an overview of the five transformational themes seen throughout the commentary we received to reveal how AI is no longer just accelerating productivity—it’s redefining what it means to be a modern enterprise.\n\nIn this first article in a three-part series, Kevin Petrie, VP of Research at BARC, explores why and how organizations must implement new governance controls to address the distinct requirements of AI models and the agents that use them. He says, “As organizations adopt agentic AI to boost efficiency and innovate, they must also manage new governance risks, from toxic outputs and opaque logic to misguided or subversive agent behavior.”

Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring News for the Week of July 25th: Darktrace, Palo Alto Networks, Exabeam, and More

The article summarizes key developments in the endpoint security and network monitoring space, including mergers, product launches, and partnerships by companies like Darktrace, Cequence Security, Palo Alto Networks, and others. Highlights include Darktrace acquiring Mira Security, Cequence Security introducing an AI Gateway, and Palo Alto Networks buying Protect AI.