The Ultimate Guide to AI Security
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for AI Security.
What to know about AI Security
AI Security is an evolving field that focuses on safeguarding artificial intelligence systems and applications from emerging threats and vulnerabilities. As AI technologies become increasingly integrated into various enterprise operations and critical infrastructures, securing these systems is vital to prevent data breaches, unauthorized access, and manipulation by malicious actors.
This tag encompasses the latest advancements, studies, and industry collaborations aimed at enhancing security postures through AI-powered defenses, unified risk management, and innovative tools designed specifically for AI environments. By exploring stories tagged with AI Security, readers gain insights into how organizations are leveraging AI to detect, respond to, and prevent sophisticated cyber threats, including those targeting cloud environments, hybrid infrastructures, and AI-driven applications.
Stay informed about global research, corporate initiatives, and technology partnerships that underscore the importance of AI-focused security practices. Whether you are a security professional, IT manager, or simply interested in the intersection of AI and cybersecurity, these updates offer valuable perspectives on protecting AI systems against evolving risks in today's digital landscape.
UK AI Security News
Regional stories with direct local relevance
Cequence adds AI Gateway controls for agentic zero trust
Existing customers can now govern AI agents more tightly, as Cequence links model, API and tool access to role-based policy controls.
Backslash launches graph to map AI agent endpoint risk
Security teams can now map hidden AI agent links on employee devices to spot overprivileged tools before they expose data or credentials.
Abnormal AI expands security with three new products
The rollout targets post-login attacks, rogue AI use and fake job candidates as customers seek stronger control over identities and access.
Cato Networks tops USD $415 million ARR on enterprise demand
Enterprise appetite for single-vendor network security has lifted the company's recurring revenue 42% to USD $415 million, with 4,800 customers.
TalkTalk Business warns SMEs on AI agent access risks
Autonomous tools with broad permissions could expose customer records and email to costly breaches, TalkTalk Business says, as SMEs rush to adopt AI.
OpenAI AI model escapes test & breaches Hugging Face
The incident has heightened fears that frontier AI could outpace safeguards, leaving smaller firms exposed to faster, more autonomous attacks.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to AI Security
Financial firms face rising AI cyber risk, survey says
Bedrock Data launches AI agent data loss prevention
Enterprise AI deployments slowed by security reviews
Check Point launches AI Network Firewall in R82.20
Qualys adds governance to TotalAI for AI risk control
Featured News
Check Point CTO on AI's double-edged sword
AI is shrinking the gap between vulnerability disclosure and real-world exploitation to hours, forcing security teams to adapt fast.
Check Point: Be the best, or get out the way
Rising AI-driven attacks are compel security buyers to cut vendor sprawl, though Check Point warns over-consolidation can still raise risk.
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Check Point: Hackers are already in. Act accordingly
Hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in hours or minutes, leaving many organisations compromised before defenders spot the breach.
Exclusive: Virtuozzo sees GPU clouds reshape AI infrastructure
AI demand is pushing cloud providers towards GPU-as-a-service models, with efficiency and utilisation emerging as key differentiators.
Humanoid robots, 0-day defence among Info-Tech trends for '27
Agentic AI, zero-day surge, sovereign cloud, and humanoid robots will define IT strategy in 2027, Info-Tech Research Group warns.
Exabeam: Ruthless efficiency can make agentic AI malicious
Behavioural analytics is becoming essential as AI agents can pursue tasks so efficiently that they may cause damage without any malicious intent.
Snowflake unveils platform upgrades for CoCo, CoWork
Enterprises will get tighter AI controls as Snowflake adds blocking policies, multi-party authorisation and new agentic tools at Summit.
Check Point Technologies: On vigilance, Mythos and beyond
AI-driven vulnerability scanning is forcing firms to rethink complacency as Check Point says existing defences still help against Mythos.
Exclusive: Reco COO on securing the AI inside your SaaS stack
Reco COO Zoe Hillenmeyer says enterprises typically underestimate their AI agent exposure by a factor of ten and that gap is widening.
Expert Columns
SonicWall joins Anthropic's Project Glasswing to find flaws
AI deserves our appreciation, but only if we're honest about what we're appreciating
Europe's communications market is fragmenting - and that's exactly the opportunity
Adding AI to a platform is easy, adding it without breaking your security isn't
Your annual penetration testing is already out of date
How AI Is changing enterprise storage security
Microsoft security landscape shifts as critical vulnerabilities surge: report
The Death of the Firewall
Cybersecurity has a speed problem
How MH Enterprise turns trust into cybersecurity success
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the networkRecent AI Security News
Intruder launches AI pentesting for web apps on demand
Smaller firms can now run web app pentests in hours, as Intruder's AI service cuts costs to a fraction of manual reviews.
Intruder launches AI web app pentesting at lower cost
Security teams could cut testing delays to hours as Intruder's AI tool scans web apps for flaws from source code access.
Evri rolls out Microsoft 365 E7 across UK business
The rollout will put secure AI tools into 6,000 employees' hands as Evri seeks to cut manual work and improve parcel delivery.
Valarian lands USD $50 million backing for sovereign AI
The investment will fund Valarian's expansion into government and defence users as demand grows for AI systems that keep sensitive data in-house.
AI trust & governance seen as key to safe adoption
As AI spreads through core business functions, executives warn weak oversight could expose firms to deepfakes, fraud and costly incidents.
AI confidence gap opens between senior & junior staff
Many workers are being left to learn AI on their own, with junior staff far less confident than senior leaders, a survey shows.
Europe's communications market is fragmenting - and that's exactly the opportunity
Uneven fibre rollouts and rising AI risks are pushing enterprises to seek partners that can stitch together local needs across Europe.
Anthropic lifts export curbs as AI sovereignty fears grow
Access to closed AI models can be cut off overnight, prompting governments and firms to rethink their reliance on foreign providers.
Norton adds scam checks to Claude across all tiers
Scam checks are now available to Claude users across all tiers, as Norton embeds its Genie tool to flag suspicious messages and links.
FPT wins UK Cyber Essentials security certifications
The certifications may help reassure UK customers and public-sector buyers as cyber breaches remain widespread and scrutiny of suppliers intensifies.
Aston Martin Aramco signs cybersecurity deal with Zscaler
The deal will secure race data and engineering systems across Aston Martin Aramco's operations as Formula One teams face rising cyber risk.
Wavestone finds AI security gap as cyber attacks rise
Only 10% of large organisations have defences against AI-specific attacks, even as the UK sees four nationally significant cyber incidents a week.
Microsoft E7 price shift pushes UK firms to review AI
UK businesses face fresh pressure to tighten AI governance as Microsoft's pricing changes make bundled licences more compelling.
UK business travellers embrace shadow AI for trips
Unapproved AI use is widening a security and compliance gap, with 75% of UK business travellers saying they would use shadow tools for work trips.
e2e-assure launches sovereign AI security platform
It aims to help critical infrastructure operators keep sensitive security data and AI models inside UK-controlled systems during cyber incidents.
SolarWinds appoints Justin Henkel as chief security officer
The hire comes as customers scrutinise SolarWinds' security posture more closely after its 2020 breach and rising cyber risk across software suppliers.
Chainguard launches scanner to block npm malware greyware
The tool has already blocked more than 52,000 risky npm packages as supply chain attacks continue to hit software teams.
Cequence backs behaviour-based zero trust for AI agents
Runtime behaviour, not login checks, is now seen as the key control as businesses put AI agents into live systems and data.
Cosine assembles UK coalition for sovereign AI model
UK banks, defence contractors and telecoms groups are backing a homegrown AI model designed to run inside customers' own systems.
Cyber & Fraud Centre Scotland adds AI board session
Boards are being warned to assess AI risk as well as opportunity, after new demand from executives prompted the course expansion.
Job Moves
CirrusHQ hires Matt Smith to lead UK sales growth push drive
Quorum Cyber names Joe Strathmann Chief Operating Officer
Mindgard appoints industry veterans to lead AI security expansion
Vectra AI appoints Taj El-Khayat to boost EMEA growth
