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Proofpoint to buy data security firm Varonis for $6.3 billion
Cybersecurity company Proofpoint has agreed to acquire data security firm Varonis Systems for about $6.3 billion in cash, SiliconANGLE reported on Oct. 15. Proofpoint will buy Varonis shares for $49.75 each, a 52 percent premium to the stock price before takeover speculation surfaced. Bloomberg had reported private equity interest in Varonis in June and said Proofpoint emerged as a negotiating party in early September.
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Okta adds runtime gateway for AI agents
Identity management platform Okta unveiled runtime enforcement features and an expanded kill switch to strengthen security controls for AI agents. It announced an update to “Okta for AI Agents” at its annual Okta event in Las Vegas. The new “Agent Gateway” applies policies in the execution path between agents and tools and logs interactions in real time. Okta also expanded detection to employee endpoints and highlighted its Blueprint Alliance with 11 companies.
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Security industry core products see generational shift as AI-native push accelerates
Security companies in South Korea and abroad are moving to strengthen AI-based security product lineups to counter threats tied to the spread of AI. CrowdStrike added AI agent identity functions, parallel investigations and malicious open-source package blocking to its Falcon platform, and launched Falcon IQ. Cloudflare and Akamai introduced new security capabilities. Korean firms Pagonetworks and ITCEN Group unveiled new strategies and products, while more tools are being built on Nvidia open-source models.
