Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Israeli Startup Maps Enterprise Entitlements Beyond Traditional Identity ProvidersOak emerged with a $60 million seed round to build an AI-native identity governance platform that continuously manages human, machine and AI identities, aiming to automate access decisions, improve visibility into enterprise entitlements and reduce identity-driven security risk.

Startup Analyzes Endpoint Behavior to Stop Incidents Before Security Teams RespondEndpoint security startup Ent emerged from stealth with a $100 million seed round led by Decibel, betting that intent-aware AI running on endpoints can prevent increasingly automated AI-driven attacks before traditional detection and response tools have time to react.

Startup Targets Incumbents Doing Directories, Authentication, Federation and SSONewCore, founded by Dome9 creator Zohar Alon, emerged from stealth with $66 million to build security-first identity infrastructure designed to manage the explosion of autonomous AI agents, machine identities and cryptographic credentials expected across modern enterprises.

Lightspeed Funds Will Support Defenses Against Continuous, Machine-Led ExploitationA Security, founded by former Sygnia executive Yossi Torati, emerged from stealth with $37 million to build defenses against weaponized AI that can automate discovery, exploit attack paths and manipulate agentic systems faster than human security teams can respond.

Series A Funding Supports Visibility Across Cloud, Code and Endpoint EnvironmentsGeordie AI, the 2026 RSAC Innovation Sandbox winner, raised $30 million in Series A funding to expand a platform that provides visibility, governance and behavioral monitoring for AI agents operating across cloud, code and endpoint environments as enterprises accelerate autonomous AI adoption.

Funding at $1B Valuation Will Expand Controls Across Developer and AI EcosystemsSocket raised $60 million in a Thrive Capital-led Series C at a $1 billion valuation to expand its supply-chain security platform beyond package managers as AI coding tools increase enterprise exposure to malicious dependencies, browser extensions and developer tooling.