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A French channel partner recently won two top awards at the Cas d'Or 2026 for a public-sector identity governance project. The recognition covered Cyber Governance & Risk Management and the Public Sector category. Here's a look at what the win signals about identity governance in public organizations and how modern IGA platforms help tackle budget pressure, compliance demands, and complex user populations. Identity governance in the public sector rarely makes headlines.

A lot of times, people only worry about the best antivirus software before it’s too late; they may have accidentally downloaded or opened a file containing malware, causing file corruption, data loss, or even encrypting their device. There are many free antivirus software options, and the best antivirus products out there also offer additional features to help further protect your device.

Security teams are losing the battle to secure non-human identities (NHIs) for one simple reason: machine identities are now created inside the systems that ship software. They appear in CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes workloads, SaaS integrations, and AI-driven workflows faster than central IAM teams can inventory or review them.

Detection engineering is fundamentally a translation problem: rules need to be converted between formats, IOCs need to be converted into detection logic, and noisy alerts need to be converted into precise suppressions. That translation work is what consumes analyst time, and it's what Claude Code handles well.

On April 25th, a Cursor AI coding agent running Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6, one of the most capable models in the industry, deleted the production database for PocketOS, a software platform used by car rental businesses across the country to manage their entire operations. The deletion took 9 seconds.

LLMs leave statistical fingerprints in the passwords they generate. We built a 100-year-old model to find them and detected 28,000 in the wild.

In today’s threat landscape, cybersecurity is no longer defined by the ability to detect and respond to isolated incidents. It is defined by how organizations perform under pressure, when faced with coordinated, AI-enabled, multi-vector attacks that test not only technology, but leadership, governance, and trust. Recently, Obrela had the opportunity to support a national-level cyber security drill in Qatar, working alongside our partner ecosystem.

Accelerating security solutions for small businesses‍ Tagore offers strategic services to small businesses. A partnership that can scale‍ Tagore prioritized finding a managed compliance partner with an established product, dedicated support team, and rapid release rate. Standing out from competitors‍ Tagore's partnership with Vanta enhances its strategic focus and deepens client value, creating differentiation in a competitive market. Vanta is now FedRAMP 20x Moderate authorized. ‍

When Broadcom completed its $69 billion acquisition of VMware in November 2023, most customers assumed the initial disruption would settle. Licensing models would stabilise. Partner programmes would find a new equilibrium. Pricing would normalise. Two years in, it’s clear that didn’t happen.

LevelBlue is proud to be named at the Intelligent Insurer Cyber Insurance Awards US 2026, earning Cyber Security Consulting Services Provider of the Year and being recognized as Highly Commended for the Cyber Security Solution Provider of the Year. These recognitions reflect the continued evolution of the cybersecurity landscape and the growing importance of strong collaboration between insurers, enterprises, and security providers.