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Qlik to invest USD $1.5bn in Europe & launch agentic AI
Data Protection

Qlik to invest USD $1.5bn in Europe & launch agentic AI

Qlik to pour USD $1.5bn into Europe, join AWS European Sovereign Cloud and debut agentic AI via its new Qlik Answers experience.

By Kaleah Salmon • 5 min read • Mon, 22nd Dec 2025

Global Stories

Key management stories

Tailscale unveils Aperture to govern workplace AI use
Firewalls

Tailscale unveils Aperture to govern workplace AI use

Tailscale launches Aperture in open alpha, adding an identity-based gateway to log, govern and standardise workplace AI and agent use.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
Enterprises urged to act now on post-quantum security
Data Protection

Enterprises urged to act now on post-quantum security

Quantum leaps from Google, IBM and Microsoft are shrinking the Q‑Day countdown, forcing enterprises to race toward post‑quantum cryptography.

By Vidya Shankaran CISSP • 5 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Fireblocks & Thales deepen bank crypto key control
Fintech

Fireblocks & Thales deepen bank crypto key control

Fireblocks deepens its Thales tie-up to keep bank crypto keys in customer-owned HSMs, tightening control, compliance and resilience.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Tue, 10th Feb 2026
AMD unveils Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 mid-range FPGAs
Edge Computing

AMD unveils Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 mid-range FPGAs

AMD's Kintex UltraScale+ Gen 2 FPGAs add LPDDR hard controllers, PCIe Gen4 and new security to boost bandwidth for data-heavy embedded designs.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 5th Feb 2026
Commvault unveils Geo Shield for sovereign cloud data
Data Protection

Commvault unveils Geo Shield for sovereign cloud data

Commvault has launched Geo Shield, a sovereign cloud approach giving regulated customers tighter data residency, control and encryption key choice.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
IBM unveils Sovereign Core to embed AI data control
Data Protection

IBM unveils Sovereign Core to embed AI data control

IBM launches Sovereign Core, embedding digital sovereignty into cloud and AI stacks to give enterprises and governments direct control.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
UK, Ireland lag on quantum-safe crypto as certs shrink
Firewalls

UK, Ireland lag on quantum-safe crypto as certs shrink

UK and Ireland firms trail global peers on post-quantum crypto prep as key, certificate woes mount and budgets constrain defences.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
Veracode boosts package firewall to block malicious code
DevOps

Veracode boosts package firewall to block malicious code

Veracode upgrades its Package Firewall and testing tools to block malicious software packages before they enter development pipelines.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
Kingston gains FIPS 140-3 Level 3 for IronKey USBs
Storage

Kingston gains FIPS 140-3 Level 3 for IronKey USBs

Kingston wins FIPS 140-3 Level 3 for its IronKey Keypad 200 USBs, making it the first supplier with three drives at this stringent standard.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Wed, 28th Jan 2026
OVHcloud buys Seald to boost end-to-end encryption
Data Protection

OVHcloud buys Seald to boost end-to-end encryption

OVHcloud snaps up French encryption specialist Seald to bake end-to-end protection into its cloud services and bolster zero-knowledge security.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Jan 2026
Data Privacy Day spotlight on control, resilience, design
Data Protection

Data Privacy Day spotlight on control, resilience, design

Data Privacy Day shifts focus from policy to proof, as firms embed control, resilience and design into complex hybrid data estates.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 23rd Jan 2026
Thales unveils AI Security Fabric for runtime threats
Data Protection

Thales unveils AI Security Fabric for runtime threats

Thales launches AI Security Fabric to shield enterprise LLM and agentic AI apps from runtime threats like prompt injection and data leakage.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
CommScope, TI boost secure boot for industrial devices
Manufacturing

CommScope, TI boost secure boot for industrial devices

CommScope launches PRiSM-based secure boot signing for TI AM6x chips, aiming to simplify compliance with tightening industrial cyber rules.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026
Adfinis unveils OpenBao services for secure secrets
Data Protection

Adfinis unveils OpenBao services for secure secrets

Adfinis launches six OpenBao-based services to help regulated organisations modernise open source secrets and encryption management.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Mon, 22nd Dec 2025

Stories from Other Regions

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WazirX adopts Fireblocks tech to tighten crypto security
Software-as-a-Service

WazirX adopts Fireblocks tech to tighten crypto security

Crypto exchange WazirX is integrating Fireblocks technology to tighten custody, access and transaction controls for its 16m users.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 3 min read • Thu, 29th Jan 2026
AppViewX unveils AI tools for 47-day SSL certificate era
Firewalls

AppViewX unveils AI tools for 47-day SSL certificate era

AppViewX adds AI-driven automation to AVX ONE to tackle looming 47-day SSL/TLS certificate lifetimes and post-quantum cryptographic risk.

By Kaleah Salmon • 4 min read • Wed, 17th Dec 2025