Data Security stories

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer selects Legora as its firmwide AI platform, boosting drafting tools and launching a new client collaboration portal.

Gumloop secures USD $50m Series B to scale workplace AI agents, deepen security tools and court larger enterprise customers.

HackerOne warns AI rollouts are outpacing security, with 89% of organisations lacking full testing and incidents driving up costs.

AI now touches production databases in most firms, but Liquibase warns governance controls lag far behind the velocity of change.

Panzura rolls out CloudFS 8.7 to help AEC firms unify project files, cut storage overheads and ready data estates for agentic AI workflows.

Plaid and Perplexity debut Portfolio, an AI tool that links brokerage accounts for personalised, conversational investment insights.

Ecommpay secures double shortlist at UK FinTech Awards for its hosted payouts solution and rising star compliance leader Alpa Jotangia.

Socotra unveils embedded AI assistant for underwriters, promising rapid setup, governance controls and live risk insights across products.

Once dubbed obsolete, USB drives are booming again, with the market set to hit USD $13.1 billion by 2030 despite mounting security fears.

Cyber fears and skills gaps leave UK SMEs torn between bold 2026 digital ambitions and hesitation over AI adoption and data security.

Datarails launches FinanceOS, a unified data layer and MCP link to AI tools, promising governed, real-time finance workflows at scale.

Google is rolling out new Gemini tools across Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive, promising smarter drafting, automation and search for Workspace users.

Socotra launches embedded AI assistant in its Operations Workbench, promising faster, auditable underwriting across products and regions.

Nvidia pitches RTX PRO data-centre servers to virtualise game development, unifying creative, AI and QA workloads on shared GPUs.

Jazz raises USD $61m to launch AI-led data loss prevention platform that slashes alert noise and targets higher-confidence risks.

Mastercard launches its Virtual C-Suite AI agents, starting with a Virtual CFO, to give small firms automated executive-style insights.

Tech Mahindra and Rubrik unveil AI-powered cyber recovery service to speed post-ransomware restoration and cut operational downtime.

Thrive launches a governed AI workspace and phased adoption model to tame shadow AI, uniting access to 50-plus major language models.

Entrust unveils cloud-based cryptographic security platform to centralise key, certificate and secrets management across hybrid IT estates.

Axiologik unveils AxioIntelligence to help UK firms judge AI readiness, amid soaring pilots and average spend of GBP £15.94 million.