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AI adoption is accelerating at an unprecedented rate. A recent McKinsey survey found nearly 80% of enterprises now regularly use generative AI, outpacing the early adoption of both the personal computer and the public internet. Agentic AI—autonomous agents capable of planning, reasoning, and acting on a user’s behalf—has likewise moved from pilots to production, with 79% of senior executives reporting adoption.

Last month, we brought together some of the brightest minds in cybersecurity for our Data Defense Forum event. As someone who's been in the trenches of data security for years, I walked away from these conversations with a renewed sense of urgency and optimism about where we're headed.

Authentication issues seem like low-level attacks. But authentication today – especially API authentication – can be more difficult than people expect. Companies rely on APIs to carry sensitive information every day. If access to those APIs is not properly secured, all the sophisticated security solutions companies use to protect their data elsewhere are completely undermined.

For years, backing up virtual machines has been a necessary evil — a dull, repetitive chore hidden deep inside IT maintenance schedules. It’s the sort of thing that keeps enterprise workloads safe but rarely excites anyone. You’d spin up VMs, configure snapshots, cross your fingers before a restore, and hope that your “incremental forever” backup didn’t quietly break somewhere along the way. But lately, something has started to shift.

Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of Corelight’s new AWS Flow Monitoring Sensor, a new addition to Corelight’s flow monitoring capabilities. This new sensor was purpose-built to address the longstanding visibility challenges that have frustrated security teams running their most critical workloads in AWS. AWS provides one of the world’s most popular cloud platforms, hosting applications and sensitive data for some of the largest organizations.

In a world where internet connectivity intersects with just about every facet of our physical world—from cameras and door locks to power grids and factory robots—cyber risk intelligence has moved well beyond just protecting the bits and bytes of logical IT ecosystems. Security and risk professionals also have to be on the lookout for and aware of improperly secured cyber physical devices, like IoT devices, which greatly expand the enterprise attack surface.

Organizations continue their digital transformation, with APIs now serving as the main communication links between applications, platforms, services, and partners. The widespread use of APIs introduces new security risks despite their common presence. The growing number of APIs significantly increases the cyber risks that security teams must address as they keep up with technological advances.