
Sovereign cyber delivery is moving higher up the buying agenda. e2e-assure and A&O Corsaire are combining managed security and assurance services for UK organisations that need stronger evidence, clearer jurisdiction, and tighter compliance alignment.

Bulgaria is centralising cyber defence with Google Cloud’s Cybershield platform. The project will bring 54 public entities into a federated security model, reflecting a wider European shift towards coordinated, AI-assisted security operations.

BT Business is rolling out stronger cyber tools for SMEs. New AI-powered services and free support are aimed at smaller businesses facing rising cyber risk without the internal security resources of larger organisations.

Apricorn has updated secure storage for demanding regulated environments. Its latest Aegis Secure Key 3.0 adds speed, capacity, and environmental safeguards ahead of FIPS 140-3 validation.

Data sovereignty is now a boardroom issue, not just IT. Andy Leaver argues that encryption control, auditability, and crypto-agility now sit firmly on the leadership agenda.

AI agents are scaling faster than governance controls, report says. JumpCloud’s latest research finds critical workflows increasingly rely on agents without matching oversight, accountability, or access controls.

Nokia and KETS advance quantum-safe telecoms with integrated QKD systems. Their latest collaboration combines optical networking and chip-based encryption hardware in a live global demonstration platform.

Cequence has launched tighter controls for enterprise AI agent access. The new Agent Personas feature in AI Gateway is designed to limit what autonomous agents can do inside enterprise systems, addressing governance and audit concerns as agentic AI moves into production.

Cyber Essentials has tightened rules on MFA, patching, and scope. The latest update sharpens automatic fail criteria, clarifies cloud and device scope, and leaves businesses with less room to treat baseline controls as optional.

Agentic AI is shaping this year’s Infosecurity Europe programme strongly. New research found 64% of UK cybersecurity leaders expect agentic AI to have the biggest impact on cyber defence over the next three years, prompting a new OWASP summit and expanded AI-focused sessions.