The Ultimate Guide to Zero Trust Security
A curated UK edition of TechDay news, analysis, interviews, reviews, job moves, and related resources for Zero Trust Security.
What to know about Zero Trust Security
Zero Trust Security represents a modern approach to cybersecurity that assumes no inherent trust exists within or outside an organisation's network. Every access request must be verified continuously, ensuring strict identity verification and least-privilege access to protect data and infrastructure.
The latest developments in Zero Trust Security show its expanding role across multiple technologies, including identity and access management, privileged access controls, endpoint protection, and cloud security platforms. Organisations are adopting Zero Trust frameworks to address challenges like remote work vulnerabilities, ransomware threats, and complex hybrid IT environments.
By exploring the stories tagged with Zero Trust Security, readers can understand how this security model integrates innovations like multi-factor authentication, AI-powered threat detection, and secure access service edge (SASE) solutions. These insights are valuable for IT professionals, security leaders, and businesses aiming to enhance resilience against evolving cyber threats in a digital-first world.
UK Zero Trust 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.
CNI firms report repeated supplier breaches, study finds
Most critical infrastructure operators still face repeated supplier-led intrusions, with fresh research linking them to weaker oversight of remote access.
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.
The shadow identity crisis: Who let the agents in?
Security chiefs face a widening breach risk as most firms plan to use AI agents, yet barely a third feel ready to secure them properly.
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.
Analyst Insights
Research and market analysis connected to Zero Trust Security
QuSecure lands Gartner nod for crypto-agility tools
Bedrock Data launches AI agent data loss prevention
Check Point launches AI Network Firewall in R82.20
Fortinet launches FortiGate 1200G with FortiSASE Outpost
Cloudbrink launches AI security platform for enterprise
Featured News
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.
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.
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
The shadow identity crisis: Who let the agents in?
How can banks adapt to the new, AI-driven economics of cybercrime?
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Why faster AI is exposing slower security thinking
AI does not invent cyber risk, it accelerates it
Why passkeys are becoming essential for modern cybersecurity
Your annual penetration testing is already out of date
SonicWall research sounds Code Red on healthcare cybersecurity as attack rates refuse to decline
The state of cyber resilience amongst UK organisations
Cyber hygiene 101: The big fundamentals
How AI Is changing enterprise storage security
Interviews
Interviews and video coverage from the network
Recent Zero Trust Security News
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.
UK banks face stealth cyber attacks, SonicWall says
Banks are seeing attackers favour stealthy access over ransomware, with a UK-specific exploit hitting nearly half of monitored sensors.
How can banks adapt to the new, AI-driven economics of cybercrime?
Banks face a shrinking window to harden legacy systems as cheap AI tools make vulnerability hunting and repeat attacks far easier for criminals.
Net-Defence warns travel scams grow more convincing
Travel firms are facing more convincing fraud as criminals use genuine booking details to trick customers into paying bogus fees.
UK cyber agency plans AI shield for critical networks
The plan could speed defences across government and vital sectors, but experts warn weak basics and policy gaps may blunt its impact.
Why passkeys are becoming essential for modern cybersecurity
With phishing and stolen credentials driving most breaches, organisations are being urged to replace passwords with passkeys for safer logins.
Cequence launches bot detection tools for AI traffic
Automated traffic now makes up more than half of web requests, pushing enterprises to adopt defences that work across AI agents and APIs.
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.
Flare adds Okta support to identity exposure platform
Security teams can now check exposed credentials against Okta as Flare folds threat intelligence, investigation and identity risk tools into one platform.
The state of cyber resilience amongst UK organisations
Despite reported gains, fewer than one in four UK organisations trust their cyber defences to withstand a major incident, a survey found.
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.
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.
Phishing falls as attackers turn to AI & encryption
Phishing is becoming harder to spot as attackers use encryption and AI-generated sites to target organisations more effectively.
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.
Zimperium signs UK distribution deal with ABC Distribution
The deal broadens access to mobile security tools as UK firms face rising attacks via smartphones, apps, QR codes and messaging platforms.
Utilize expands SonicWall security deal for 14,000 users
More than 14,000 users will gain wider managed protection as the UK services provider centralises oversight of over 1,200 firewalls.
Gravitee launches Gamma as UK AI agents top 713,130
British firms now use 713,130 AI agents, sharpening pressure for tighter oversight as Gravitee rolls out Gamma to govern them.
Being offensive in your defense - How threat hunting assists
Security teams can spot risky data movement before alerts fire, helping stop sensitive information from leaving approved channels.
e2e-assure & A&O Corsaire seal UK cyber partnership
UK regulated sectors will get a single evidence trail from testing to live monitoring, reducing audit friction and supply chain risk.
