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Italy & Poland power Europe's shifting cyber market

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Europe's cyber market grew 5.2% in 2025 as Italy and Poland surged, offsetting late-year declines in the UK and Germany.
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AI outpaces data privacy, exposing governance gaps

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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AI investment is surging faster than data privacy and board oversight, leaving storage gaps and weak access controls to fuel rising risk.
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Data Privacy Day warns AI, cloud outpacing governance

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Data Privacy Day warns AI and cloud adoption is racing ahead of data governance, as boards and regulators demand proof of control.
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Bedrock Data expands AI security to Confluence

Sat, 31st Jan 2026
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Bedrock Data adds native Confluence support to map how sensitive collaboration content flows into AI systems and expose hidden access risks.
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AI reshapes data privacy as firms shift to real-time defence

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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AI-driven cloud adoption is forcing firms to swap static privacy checklists for continuous, real-time defence of sensitive data flows.
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AI heightens data privacy risks & reshapes digital trust

Thu, 29th Jan 2026
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AI's rapid spread, weak data governance and rising scepticism are reshaping digital trust and sharply escalating privacy risks.
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Fortinet enhances FortiCNAPP for unified cloud risk

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Fortinet updates FortiCNAPP with unified cloud risk workflow, blending network, data and runtime context to cut tool sprawl and alert noise.
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Fortinet boosts FortiCNAPP to sharpen cloud risk view

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Fortinet has upgraded FortiCNAPP with network, data and runtime signals to sharpen cloud risk scoring and cut alert overload for security teams.
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Data Privacy Day spotlight on control, resilience, design

Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
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Data Privacy Day shifts focus from policy to proof, as firms embed control, resilience and design into complex hybrid data estates.
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Gartner: half of firms adopt zero-trust data by 2028

Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
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Gartner predicts half of organisations will adopt zero-trust data governance by 2028 as synthetic AI content undermines traditional data trust.
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Top 10 data governance best practices to implement today

Tue, 20th Jan 2026
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With AI use surging and fines topping EUR €1 billion, robust data governance is now essential to unlock value, trust and compliance.
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Codific sets 2026 priorities for boards on cyber risk

Tue, 13th Jan 2026
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Codific urges boards to prioritise preemptive cyber defence, identity and supply-chain control as 2026 scrutiny and rules tighten.
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Kiteworks & BigID link discovery with data controls

Mon, 12th Jan 2026
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Kiteworks and BigID unite discovery, labelling and policy enforcement to secure sensitive data sharing across hybrid environments.
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Concentric AI brings Private Scan Manager to Azure

Sat, 10th Jan 2026
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Concentric AI launches Private Scan Manager on Azure, letting regulated sectors keep sensitive data in private cloud while using SaaS tools.
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Kiteworks & Concentric AI partner on data security

Fri, 9th Jan 2026
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Kiteworks and Concentric AI join forces to tie AI-driven data discovery to automated controls on sensitive information shared externally.
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Why data governance is critical for Generative AI success

Wed, 31st Dec 2025
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Generative AI promises transformation, but without modern, rigorous data governance frameworks, projects risk failure, fines and lost trust.
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AI governance & resilience top boardroom agendas for 2026

Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
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Boards enter 2026 pushing AI from experiments to governed, resilient systems as volatile economies demand proof of value and stability.
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Commvault Cloud to bolster AWS European Sovereign Cloud

Sat, 20th Dec 2025
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Commvault will offer its Commvault Cloud on the new AWS European Sovereign Cloud, boosting data protection for tightly regulated EU customers.
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Veeam completes USD $1.725b AI security takeover

Wed, 17th Dec 2025
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Veeam seals USD $1.725b Securiti AI deal to build a single trusted platform for data resilience, security and governance in AI systems.
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Conversational AI set to reshape legal knowledge work

Fri, 12th Dec 2025
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Conversational AI agents are poised to become lawyers' primary interface to knowledge, automating complex workflows while humans oversee quality.