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CybExer forecasts AI wars & quantum-era cyber risks
Encryption

CybExer forecasts AI wars & quantum-era cyber risks

CybExer warns 2026 will bring “AI wars”, quantum-era encryption risks and stricter cyber insurance demands on organisational readiness.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Thu, 8th Jan 2026

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Cryptography stories

2026 begins: Crypto's heavyweight rumble - round by round
Firewalls

2026 begins: Crypto's heavyweight rumble - round by round

Crypto enters 2026 swinging as regulation, stablecoins, Bitcoin and DeFi trade blows in a defining bout for digital finance's future.

By Easy Crypto • 5 min read • Mon, 23rd Feb 2026
Niobium taps Samsung for encrypted AI chip production
Data Protection

Niobium taps Samsung for encrypted AI chip production

Niobium partners with SEMIFIVE and Samsung to move its fully homomorphic encryption AI accelerator chip from prototype to volume production.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Sat, 21st Feb 2026
Unicity Labs raises USD $3m to build agentic AI rails
Encryption

Unicity Labs raises USD $3m to build agentic AI rails

Unicity Labs raises USD $3m seed round to build peer-to-peer protocol powering high-throughput autonomous agentic AI marketplaces.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 5 min read • Thu, 19th Feb 2026
The new rules of digital identity in ANZ: KYC & AML trends for 2026
Data Protection

The new rules of digital identity in ANZ: KYC & AML trends for 2026

Deepfakes, new biometrics rules and AI agents are rewriting digital identity, forcing ANZ firms to treat KYC as core infrastructure.

By Edmund Ng • 6 min read • Mon, 16th Feb 2026
AI, regulation & quantum top Gartner cyber trends for 2026
Data Protection

AI, regulation & quantum top Gartner cyber trends for 2026

AI, quantum threats and tougher regulation will reshape cyber strategies by 2026, forcing new governance, identity models and SOC workflows.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 5 min read • Thu, 5th 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
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
Government Adoption Signals Web3 Maturity
Digital Transformation

Government Adoption Signals Web3 Maturity

Governments are quietly turning Web3 from hype to infrastructure, adopting blockchains for identity, records and public service delivery.

By Steve Durbin • 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
Legacy PKI blamed for outages & rising security risk
Encryption

Legacy PKI blamed for outages & rising security risk

Legacy PKI and manual certificate management are driving outages and security exploits as machine identities surge, CyberArk research warns.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Thu, 22nd Jan 2026
Ping Identity buys Keyless to boost biometric security
Data Protection

Ping Identity buys Keyless to boost biometric security

Ping Identity snaps up Keyless to add privacy-preserving biometrics and fight AI-driven deepfakes and account takeover attacks.

By Melania Watson • 3 min read • Wed, 14th Jan 2026
Forward Edge-AI grows global post-quantum security channel
Firewalls

Forward Edge-AI grows global post-quantum security channel

Forward Edge-AI expands its global partner network to meet surging government and enterprise demand for post-quantum security tools.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Zama forecasts privacy-first, quantum-safe finance
Data Protection

Zama forecasts privacy-first, quantum-safe finance

Zama predicts privacy-first compliance tools and quantum-safe cryptography will become standard for regulated onchain finance by 2026.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Gallagher's high security controller gains UK NPSA nod
Encryption

Gallagher's high security controller gains UK NPSA nod

Gallagher wins NPSA compliance for its High Security C7000 controller, targeting critical national infrastructure and high-assurance sites.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 12th Jan 2026
Geopolitics, cyber & AI top DTCC systemic risk survey
Data Protection

Geopolitics, cyber & AI top DTCC systemic risk survey

Geopolitics, cyber threats and AI-linked fintech risks dominate DTCC's latest systemic risk survey as firms brace for uncertainty into 2026.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026

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Squareroot8 & VIAVI forge Asia-Pacific quantum pact
Unified Communications

Squareroot8 & VIAVI forge Asia-Pacific quantum pact

Squareroot8 and VIAVI sign Asia-Pacific pact to embed quantum-safe security into critical telecom and government networks at the fibre layer.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 7th Jan 2026