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SentinelOne Opens Purple AI Agentic Investigation to All Customers, Bringing Frontier AI Directly Into the SOC

Bangalore, June 2026 : Zero-configuration, autonomously initiated investigations run inside customers’ existing Singularity™ Platform workflows, detecting, investigating, and responding to threats at machine speed, and giving every analyst a force multiplier, with a full evidence chain behind every verdictSentinelOne® (NYSE: S), the AI security leader, today opened Purple AI Agentic Investigation to its customers and introduced Singularity Credits, a unified currency for running AI-powered work across the Singularity Platform. Starting this week, customers can opt into a complimentary trial of the newest capability from Purple AI, SentinelOne’s autonomous security reasoning for the agentic SOC. That capability — ‘zero-click,’ autonomously initiated investigations — detects, investigates, verifies, and responds to threats without human dependencies. When a threat crosses a defined threshold, Purple AI investigates, renders a verdict, and stops it at machine speed, while analysts keep full visibility and control.The capability arrives as security teams confront a hard limit, not detection, but investigation capacity. Detections climb with every new tool and every expansion of the attack surface, alerts queue for attention, and verdicts wait on analyst availability, with coverage thinning on nights, weekends, and during surges. Frontier-AI-powered threats are poised to widen that gap further.“Today’s security teams face more critical alerts than any staffing plan could investigate, and AI-powered threats are only going to make that worse,” said Chris Corde, Chief Product Officer of SentinelOne. “Investigation capacity has become the binding constraint of the modern SOC: detections climb, alerts queue, and verdicts wait on analyst availability. Purple AI’s Agentic Investigation capability is designed to remove that constraint by making investigations automatic, continuous, and immediate.”Why SOC Teams Are Adopting Purple AI Agentic InvestigationSeamlessly integrated — zero configuration, working from day onePurple AI is built into the Singularity Platform, not bolted onto it. The new Agentic Investigation capability runs on telemetry already in the platform across endpoint, identity, cloud, and third-party security data, as well as inside the automated workflows customers already use. There is nothing to deploy, integrate, or tune, and no data leaves the platform. Activation is a single click.A force multiplier for every analystPurple AI does the investigation work, collecting evidence, correlating telemetry, and building the attack timeline, so analysts start at the verdict instead of the alert. It scales a team’s investigation capacity without scaling headcount, and frees analysts for the judgment, threat hunting, and response decisions that need a human. It is designed as an extension of the analyst: amplifying human defenders, not replacing them.Fully audited — governed autonomy, no black boxEvery verdict carries a complete, auditable evidence chain, so analysts can review each AI step and outcome with confidence. Customers set the degree of autonomy through an adjustable human-in-the-loop approach that scales to their confidence and SOC maturity. Verdicts can trigger automated, policy-driven responses, or prompt an analyst with recommended actions. Activation is admin-controlled, role-based, and reversible at any time, and consumption guardrails keep usage and downstream cost in the hands of those with the right authority.Built on the most advanced reasoning in cybersecurityPurple AI is the reasoning brain and interface for the entire Singularity Platform. It brings human-level reasoning from advanced frontier-AI models to bear through a multi-model approach, combining Anthropic’s Claude, OpenAI’s GPT, and SentinelOne’s proprietary “Ultraviolet” models to compress investigations that once took hours or days into minutes and seconds. For critical threats, investigations trigger automatically and deliver verdicts that can be acted on autonomously or by an analyst.The introduction of Singularity CreditsSingularity Credits are a flexible, unified currency customers draw down across AI-powered work in the Singularity Platform, including Purple AI Agentic Investigation. To start, SentinelOne is granting customers a complimentary allotment of Credits to trial the capability.Delivering on the agentic SOC by amplifying defenders, not replacing themAgentic Investigation advances SentinelOne’s vision of the agentic SOC: one where frontier-AI reasoning amplifies and scales human defenders rather than sidelining them. Purple AI acts as the brain and interface for the entire platform from simplifying querying, to recommending actions, to autonomously detecting, triaging, and stopping threats. Because it operates natively on AI, endpoint, identity, cloud, and third-party telemetry already in the Singularity Platform, it drives Singularity to be an agentic realization of the integrated security operations center (ISOC) category defined by Gartner.Availability & accessThe Purple AI Agentic Investigation trial is now available in Singularity Platform consoles. New and existing Singularity customers can opt in and begin running agentic investigations immediately. Investigations utilize Singularity Credits during the trial, but customers are not charged and no payment method is required. After the trial, customers can purchase Singularity Credits through partners, direct billing, and eCommerce.About SentinelOneSentinelOne (NYSE: S) is the leader in AI security, setting the standard for using AI and automation to give defenders a decisive operating advantage. Built for those who secure our world, its platform delivers unified coverage across endpoints, identity, cloud, and AI. Powered by Autonomous Security Intelligence, SentinelOne stops attacks at machine speed, reducing risk and delivering clarity and control to stay one step ahead. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, with teams worldwide, SentinelOne protects nearly one-fifth of the Fortune 500 and hundreds of Global 2000 enterprises. From Main Street to Wall Street, the world’s most critical organizations trust SentinelOne with their security.

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Exabeam Launches Open Source Praxen to Bring Agent Behavior Verification to AI Agents and Digital Workers

Bangalore, June 2026 : Open-source tool helps organizations understand an AI agent’s intended job, verify its authorized actions, and identify behavioral gaps before deployment.Exabeam, the leader in Behavior Intelligence for the agentic enterprise, today announced Agent Behavior Verification (ABV), a new security discipline that helps organizations determine whether AI agents are configured, authorized, and governed in ways that align with their intended responsibilities before deployment. As AI agents move from assistants to operational actors inside enterprise environments, organizations face a new security challenge. Agents access systems, invoke tools, execute workflows, and make decisions with increasing autonomy. While existing approaches such as vulnerability scanning and red teaming help govern, monitor, and test agent activity during runtime, organizations lack a practical way to determine whether an agent is prepared to operate safely before it enters production.Agent Behavior Verification addresses that gap. Rather than focusing solely on known vulnerabilities or individual code artifacts, ABV evaluates agents as complete systems, providing a framework for defining an agent's authorized role and evaluating whether its implementation, permissions, and controls align with its purpose. To help organizations operationalize the discipline, Exabeam is releasing Praxen, an open source reference implementation of ABV."Organizations are rapidly moving from AI experimentation to operational deployment," said Steve Wilson, Chief AI Officer at Exabeam and Founder and Co-Chair of the OWASP Gen AI Security Project. "As agents become digital workers, security teams need more than runtime visibility. They need confidence that agents have the right permissions, the right controls, and the right boundaries before they enter production. Agent Behavior Verification helps answer a fundamental question: will this agent do its job, and only its job?"Praxen Operationalizes Agent Behavior VerificationPraxen uses the ABV remit — a policy contract that defines what an agent is authorized to do, what resources it may access, and what boundaries it must operate within — to help developers and operators verify whether the agent's implementation, tools, configurations, memory, integrations, and operating environment align with its specified role. By identifying and reporting on gaps between intended and implemented behavior, Praxen provides actionable recommendations and highlights behavioral risk for developers ahead of deployment. Reports include specific findings, recommendations for improvement, and an overall maturity score for the agent’s security posture."Traditional security tools help identify vulnerabilities in software," continued Wilson. "Praxen evaluates something different: whether an agent's capabilities, permissions, tools, and controls align with the role it was authorized to perform. This addresses one of the most critical risks introduced by highly autonomous agents and establishes a stronger foundation for ongoing governance throughout the agent lifecycle."Agent Behavior Verification represents the pre-deployment foundation of Exabeam's broader agent security strategy, complementing ABA, which helps organizations identify anomalous or risky agent behavior in production environments. Built as an agentic coding agent skill and released under the Apache 2.0 license, Praxen is designed to be transparent, extensible, and accessible to developers, researchers, and security practitioners. "Most security tools tell you what's vulnerable. Praxen asked a different question entirely: Does this agent's actual behavior match the governance or work remit it was built to enforce?” said Sherri Douville, CEO of Medigram. “The code-level remediation path it produced didn't give us a risk report to file away. It gave us a precise engineering roadmap we could act on immediately. In enterprise AI deployment, the gap between what an agent is authorized to do and what it is actually capable of doing is where operational risk lives.” Driving Transparency and Trust in Autonomous AI SystemsExabeam is releasing Praxen as an open source project to help foster and enable ABV as an open best practice. The industry is still defining how AI agents should be governed, monitored, and verified. Open sourcing Praxen allows developers, researchers, and security practitioners to examine the framework, contribute enhancements, and apply ABV principles within their own environments.Praxen is available now under the Apache 2.0 license here: https://open-agent-ai-security.github.io/praxen/About ExabeamExabeam is the leader in Behavior Intelligence for the agentic enterprise. As organizations deploy digital workers and confront machine-speed adversaries, Exabeam applies agent-powered analytics to understand and govern the behavior of both human and non-human insiders. With integrated Exabeam Nova cybersecurity agents, Exabeam delivers flexible, industry-proven solutions for insider threat coverage of humans and agents and faster, more accurate threat detection, investigation, and response (TDIR). As the pioneer of user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) and the innovator behind Agent Behavior Analytics (ABA), Exabeam is trusted by more than 3,000 enterprises worldwide to reduce risk, secure the digital workforce, and accelerate security operations. Learn more at www.exabeam.com.

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F5 acquires SurePath AI and launches AI Security Platform to put security leaders in control of enterprise AI risk

Bangalore, June 2026 : F5 acquires SurePath AI to enhance new AI Security Platform, tackle shadow AI risks, and deliver continuous visibility, governance, and protection for enterprise AIF5 (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today introduced the F5 AI Security Platform to give CISOs continuous visibility, governance, and protection across enterprise AI applications, models, agents, and the APIs connecting them. F5 also announced the acquisition of SurePath AI, a pioneer in network-based AI discovery, intent classification, and shadow AI detection, as a key component in the launch of the new F5 AI Security Platform to safeguard enterprise AI deployments.Through a continuous, adaptive loop approach to governing, discovering, testing, and protecting enterprise AI workloads, the new platform is designed to extend F5’s Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) strategy to enterprise AI. As a global cybersecurity leader, F5 recognized the AI deployment realities of large enterprises, building the F5 AI Security Platform to support on-premises, air-gapped, private cloud, hybrid, and public cloud environments. This is intended to give organizations greater control over AI security where data residency, sovereignty, and operational requirements are non-negotiable.AI systems now operate with more access, autonomy, and speed than even the most over-privileged human users, creating new risks for security teams and business leaders. A prompt injection, data leak, or agent acting beyond its authorized scope can expose sensitive information, disrupt operations, and erode customer trust.At the same time, employees are adopting unauthorized tools and unsanctioned integrations, creating shadow AI footprints that most security teams cannot see, let alone govern. According to F5’s 2026 State of Application Strategy (SOAS) Report, 88% of organizations report at least one AI-related operational or security challenge.“Most AI security today is a wrapper around a chatbot. That is not security,” said Kunal Anand, Chief Product Officer, F5. “Enterprises run AI inside regulated networks, behind APIs, and across agents that authenticate and act on their own. The F5 AI Security Platform gives CISOs and security leaders what they have been missing: continuous control over every model, agent, and API, wherever the AI runs, delivered on the same F5 platform that has secured and delivered enterprise applications for three decades.”SurePath AI: Closing the AI visibility gapThe addition of SurePath AI powers the F5 AI Security Platform’s approach to network-based AI discovery, identifying AI usage across the enterprise, including shadow AI, without requiring direct application integrations. With frictionless deployment through network redirects and out-of-band analysis, SurePath AI gives security teams a unified visibility layer that detects unauthorized AI activity, classifies the intent behind each workflow, and continuously traces agent tool calls and MCP server connections. This visibility feeds directly into the F5 AI Security Platform, informing the risks to be tested by F5 AI Red Team and mitigated by F5 AI Guardrails.Delivering a continuous cycle of protectionThe F5 AI Security Platform addresses AI risk through four integrated pillars and an overarching observability layer that creates a persistent security lifecycle rather than a one-time compliance exercise. Features include:AI governance: Translate specific risk tolerances, privacy requirements, and regulatory obligations into enforceable boundaries for AI prompts, outputs, tool use, and data access.AI discovery: Gain continuous visibility into every AI application, agent, and MCP tool call running across the enterprise, whether sanctioned or not. The platform classifies activity by use case and intent, so teams know not just what is running but why. SurePath AI’s network-based discovery does this passively, with no application-level integration required.AI security testing: Stress-test AI systems against more than 140,000 attack patterns from the deepest AI threat database in the industry before those systems reach production, converting findings directly into enforceable defenses.AI runtime protection: Define guardrails in plain language and deploy them at the point of interaction, where the platform has demonstrated up to 98.2% security efficacy in independent testing, blocking prompt injection, excessive agent autonomy, and data leakage.AI observability: Provide a complete audit trail across every AI interaction on the platform, maintaining the accountability and traceability that regulated industries require.The flexibility to deploy anywhere without compromiseWith this new solution, F5 uniquely combines AI security capabilities with flexible deployment options, enabling enterprises to operate across on-premises, air-gapped, private cloud, hybrid, and public cloud deployments. This is especially valuable to CISOs in highly regulated industries with exacting data residency and sovereignty requirements. SurePath AI’s lightweight network-based deployment model reinforces this flexibility, requiring no changes to existing application architectures.Heightened visibility is increasingly critical as AI agents proliferate. F5’s 2026 SOAS Report states 98% of organizations are preparing for agentic AI, but the speed of agent adoption is outpacing the controls designed to manage it. When agents can authenticate, call tools, access data, and take actions autonomously, the blast radius of a single misconfiguration or exploit grows exponentially.Supporting resourcesF5 AI Security Platform – DetailsThe F5 AI Security Platform: Eliminating the guesswork from AI security – F5 blogAI Summit: Accelerate AI adoption – F5 virtual eventAbout F5F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry’s premier platform F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world’s largest and most advanced organizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.For more information visit f5.comExplore F5 Labs threat research at f5.com/labsFollow to learn more about F5, our partners, and technologies: Blog | LinkedIn | X | YouTube | Instagram | FacebookF5 and SurePath AI are trademarks, service marks, or tradenames of F5, Inc. or its affiliates in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Check Point to Embed OpenAI Frontier Cyber Capabilities into Check Point Security Products

Bangalore, June 2026 : The expanded partnership places Check Point among a select group of security vendors cleared to bring OpenAI's defensive AI into the tools enterprises use every day Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, today announced the use of OpenAI's frontier cyber capabilities into its customer-facing defenses. Through the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, open to only a select group of security vendors, Check Point can embed OpenAI models directly into the products, workflows, and managed services its customers rely on. It marks a meaningful shift, from using these models internally to embedding them directly inside the defenses that protect customers, carrying the safety controls, abuse-prevention standards, and scoped outputs that enterprise security demands. The aim is to sharpen threat prevention, faster remediation, and stronger security operations, delivered through the products and services customers already rely on. The threat landscape is being shaped by AI. Threat actors are using it to move faster, craft more convincing attacks, and find weaknesses at scale. Defenders need equivalent or stronger capabilities, delivered safely and within clear boundaries. The quality of the models powering defensive workflows has become a strategic variable, not a technical detail. “Our partnership with OpenAI represents a shared commitment to putting highly advanced AI to work inside the Check Point defenses customers rely on. As one of a select group of security vendors chosen for the OpenAI Daybreak Cyber Partner Program, Check Point is uniquely positioned to bring frontier AI capabilities directly into the security solutions customers depend on every day. This is what it means to lead in AI-powered security: not just adopting new technology, but shaping how it gets built and deployed responsibly across the industry,” said Roi Karo, Chief Strategy Officer at Check Point Software Through this expanded partnership, Check Point is identifying the defensive security workflows and solutions where OpenAI’s trusted access for cyber models, paired with the right safeguards, can deliver measurable customer value. Check Point and OpenAI are working together to help define the standards for using trusted access frontier AI responsibly in security, building protections against misuse and the controls to catch and stop it. The rollout is deliberately gradual: it begins with carefully controlled defensive uses and widens only as those protections prove themselves. This disciplined approach reflects how Check Point brings AI into its platform across the board, with the rigor and responsibility enterprise security demands. Follow Check Point on LinkedIn, X, Facebook, YouTube and our Corporate Blog. About Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (www.checkpoint.com) is a global cyber security leader protecting more than 100,000 organizations worldwide. Its mission is to secure enterprises’ AI transformation. With a prevention-first approach and an open ecosystem architecture, Check Point helps organizations block advanced threats, prioritize exposures, and automate security operations across complex digital environments. The unified architecture simplifies protection across hybrid networks, multi-cloud environments, digital workspaces, and AI systems. Structured around four strategic pillars, Hybrid Mesh Network Security, Workspace Security, Exposure Management, and AI Security, Check Point delivers consistent protection and visibility across multivendor environments, enabling organizations to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and accelerate innovation without increasing complexity. Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements?generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance.?Forward-looking statements in this press release include, but are not limited to, statements related to our expectations regarding our products and solutions, our expectations regarding future growth, the expansion of Check Point’s industry leadership, the enhancement of shareholder value and the delivery of an industry-leading cyber security platform to customers worldwide. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results or events in the future are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those projected. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are also subject to other risks and uncertainties, including those more fully described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2026. The forward-looking statements in this press release are?based on information available to Check Point as of the date hereof, and Check Point disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

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Tata Elxsi and Sky Mark a Major Milestone in AI-led Autonomous Network Transformation with NEURON

Bangalore, June 2026: Tata Elxsi, a global leader in design and technology services, and Sky, one of Europe’s leading media and telecommunications companies, have marked a major milestone in their partnership, accelerating the adoption of AI-led autonomous networks through Tata Elxsi’s NEURON platform portfolio.Under this strategic partnership, Tata Elxsi is working with Sky to modernize network provisioning, cross-domain inventory and operations, improve service agility, and build a scalable foundation for autonomous networks.Central to this collaboration is Tata Elxsi’s NEURON platform portfolio, an AI-led suite of platforms designed to accelerate autonomous network transformation. By bringing together telco cloud lifecycle automation, multi-domain network engineering, service-aware inventory, and observability, NEURON enables communications service providers to streamline operations, improve agility, and advance towards Autonomous Networks.The NEURON platform portfolio comprises:Telco Cloud Automation – End-to-end 4G/5G lifecycle management across Day 0 to Day 2 operationsDigital Network Engineering (DNE) – Multi-domain automation across metro, CDN, broadband, and ISP networksService-Aware Inventory (PlanNet) – Cloud-native, unified visibility across network and service domainsTogether, these capabilities enable standardization, intent-driven automation, and orchestration across hybrid and multi-domain environments, accelerating the journey toward autonomous networks.The deployment of the NEURON platform portfolio has been delivering measurable business outcomes for Sky, including:Up to 30% improvement in operational efficiency through advanced automationEnhanced cybersecurity and regulatory compliance by embedding automation across critical processesIntent-driven automation and modernised network inventory, delivering 60–70% cost efficienciesReduction in network change lead times by up to 50%, accelerating service deliveryReduction in network change failure rates by up to 30%, improving reliability from intent to deploymentLaurent Lavallee, Group Director of Networks, Sky: “NEURON is helping to transform how our networks operate – improving visibility, simplifying processes and accelerating service delivery. In doing so, it enables a more reliable, seamless experience for our customers as we move towards more intelligent, automated network operations.”Rajagopalan Rajappa, CTO, Communication Technologies & Platforms, Tata Elxsi: “Through NEURON, we are enabling Sky to transition toward autonomous operations by combining AI-driven automation with inventory-led network intelligence, delivering measurable efficiency and agility.Across our engagements with telecom operators in Europe, the Middle East, and other global markets, we see a common set of challenges—legacy network environments, fragmented multi-domain inventory, and increasing cost pressures—driving a shift toward platform-led transformation. Our work with Sky demonstrates how NEURON provides a clear pathway to modernizing operations, automation at scale, improving efficiency, and enabling AI-led autonomous networks.”Tata Elxsi embeds AI across its platforms and services—enabling intelligent automation, predictive operations, and data-driven decision-making across the network lifecycle.Join our CTO and the Tata Elxsi network technology team at DTW Ignite hosted by TM Forum in Copenhagen from 23-25 June to interact and learn more on how we are helping global operators transform network operations.Schedule meetings with our industry experts to make the most of the event.About Tata ElxsiTata Elxsi is amongst the world’s leading providers of design and technology services across industries including Automotive, Broadcast, Communications, Healthcare and Transportation.Tata Elxsi is helping customers reimagine their products and services through design thinking and application of digital technologies such as IoT (Internet of Things), Generative AI, Cloud, IoT, Data Analytics and Virtual Reality.In telecom, Tata Elxsi helps operators transform network operations and services through AI-driven automation, cloud-native platforms, and advanced engineering solutions. With deep domain expertise, a strong partner ecosystem, and global delivery capabilities, Tata Elxsi enables enterprises to accelerate innovation, improve operational efficiency, and create new business models in an increasingly software-defined and AI-powered world.For more information, please visit: https://www.tataelxsi.com/industries/communicationsAbout SkySky is a leading entertainment and connectivity company, serving customers in the UK, Ireland and Italy. In TV, we offer the best sports coverage, unmissable entertainment and the smartest ways to stream the TV you love. In broadband, we power homes and businesses, with a fast, reliable connection. In mobile, we bring people closer, with fair and flexible plans at unbeatable value. And our range of smart home products keep people close to home, wherever they are.That’s how we do better for customers. And we believe in better for society too. We power the cultural economy in the UK and beyond, contributing billions to UK GDP, supporting thousands of jobs and making award-winning original sport, entertainment and news with the best homegrown talent. We broadcast both our journalism and our coverage of the arts, free to air. We are cutting our emissions and making recyclable, energy-efficient products. We give back, through free internet access for under-served communities and through skills programmes for over 2 million young people and counting.Sky is owned by Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company.

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Gartner Predicts AI Coding Costs Will Surpass Average Developer’s Salary by 2028 as Token Consumption Surges

Rising Token-Driven AI Spend Is Straining Budgets and Challenging Cost JustificationBangalore, June 2026 STAMFORD, Conn., AI coding costs will overtake the average developer’s salary due to rising large language model (LLM) token consumption and the shift to consumption-based licensing models, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company.AI tokens are the units of data processed by generative AI models. Token consumption directly impacts the cost of AI coding tools, particularly under consumption-based pricing structures.“Organizations are rapidly moving from experimentation to scaled deployment of AI coding agents, but many are underestimating the financial impact of rising token consumption,” said Nitish Tyagi, Sr. Principal Analyst at Gartner. “Token discipline will not emerge through developer choice alone, as developers tend to optimize for speed and convenience over cost efficiency. Without a governed engineering operating model, costs can escalate faster than the productivity gains these tools are designed to deliver.”Consumption-Based Pricing Introduces Cost Predictability ChallengesThe shift from seat-based licensing to consumption-based pricing among AI coding agent vendors is introducing highly variable cost structures for software engineering workloads. Many vendors lack transparency into how token consumption is calculated and billed, limiting enterprises’ ability to accurately forecast and control costs.Without clear visibility into token usage across development tasks, organizations risk budget overruns and reduced ability to track cost-to-value outcomes.“Most organizations still lack the maturity and frameworks to effectively measure cost versus business impact,” said Tyagi. “Software engineering leaders are increasingly concerned as token-driven AI spend becomes harder to justify, with budgets often being depleted earlier than expected.”Usage Patterns and Governance Gaps Are Driving Cost PressureBeyond pricing and visibility challenges, how AI coding agents are used within organizations is further driving cost pressures. Token overspending is often linked to how software engineering leaders govern usage, with common failure modes including ungoverned autonomy in agent-driven workflows, bloated context windows and the absence of structured feedback mechanisms to optimize usage.In addition, AI coding vendors are yet to deliver mature, built-in cost optimization capabilities in AI coding agents, further contributing to cost escalation.“AI coding costs will continue to rise as infrastructure investment and profitability challenges push model pricing higher,” said Tyagi. “At the same time, as more developers adopt AI tools, light users are expected to rapidly become mainstream users as familiarity and reliance increase, driving further growth in token consumption and overall spend.”To manage rising costs and avoid budget overruns, Gartner recommends that software engineering leaders implement a disciplined operating model for AI usage:Establish a use-case-driven decision framework: Organizations should clearly define when AI coding agents should be used and determine appropriate levels of autonomy for each task. This includes classifying development tasks into three execution models: developer?led, developer?with?agent, and fully agent?led.Align model selection with task complexity: AI coding agents are most cost-effective when work is broken into smaller tasks that can be handled by smaller models, with escalation only when complexity demands it. Engineering and platform teams should implement intelligent model routing strategies that direct simpler, high-frequency tasks to smaller models while reserving frontier models for complex and high-value development work.Mandate context engineering practices: Developers must be trained to optimize the input context provided to AI systems by including only relevant information, summarizing content where possible, and eliminating unnecessary data to reduce token consumption without compromising output quality.Implement governance and cost controls: Organizations should introduce mechanisms such as token thresholds, escalation policies, and automated monitoring to manage usage. Embedding these controls into engineering workflows ensures consistency and prevents uncontrolled cost growth.Embed token usage reviews into development cycles: Leaders should mandate regular reviews of high-token-consuming workflows as part of sprint retrospectives to identify inefficiencies, refine practices, and promote knowledge sharing across engineering teams.Additional Insights AvailableGartner clients can read more in How to Optimize Token Consumption for AI Coding Agents.Learn how software development teams compare to others in the Gartner Software Engineering Score. Gartner is the World Authority on AIGartner is the indispensable partner to C-Level executives and technology providers as they implement AI strategies to achieve their mission-critical priorities. The independence and objectivity of Gartner insights provide clients with the confidence to make informed decisions and unlock the full potential of AI. Clients across the C-Level are using Gartner's proprietary AskGartner AI tool to determine how to leverage AI in their business. With more than 2,500 business and technology experts, 6,000 written insights, as well as more than 4,000 AI use cases and case studies, Gartner is the world authority on AI. More information can be found here.About Gartner IT Symposium/XpoAdditional leadership trends will be presented during Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo, the world's most important conference for CIOs and other IT executives. Gartner analysts and attendees will explore how to become agents of change in their organizations and harness AI for successful digital transformation. Follow news and updates from the conferences on X and LinkedIn using #GartnerSYM, and on the Gartner Newsroom.Upcoming dates and locations for Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo include:September 14-16, 2026 | Gold Coast, AustraliaOctober 19-22, 2026 | Orlando, FLNovember 4-6, 2026 | Yokohama, JapanNovember 9-12, 2026 | Barcelona, SpainNovember 16-18, 2026 | Kochi, IndiaAbout Gartner for Software Engineering LeadersGartner for Software Engineering Leaders helps leaders align with stakeholders, retain and optimize teams and build innovative products that support and serve the entire organization, its partners and clients. Additional information is available at https://www.gartner.com/en/software-engineering.Follow news and updates from Gartner for Software Engineering Leaders on X and LinkedIn. Visit the Gartner Newsroom for more information and insights.About GartnerGartner (NYSE: IT) delivers actionable, objective business and technology insights that drive smarter decisions and stronger performance on an organization's mission-critical priorities. To learn more visit gartner.com.# # #

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RAH Infotech & Progress Software to Power Intelligent and Resilient Application Experiences for Enterprises

Bangalore, June 2026RAH Infotech, India’s premier technology enabler for cybersecurity and digital infrastructure, today announced a strategic alliance with Progress Software, the trusted provider of AI-powered digital experience and infrastructure software, to deliver high-performance application delivery, network visibility, and infrastructure automation across India and the SAARC regions.This collaboration integrates RAH’s expansive channel ecosystem and deep technical expertise with the infrastructure management portfolio from Progress to solve a critical business challenge: maintaining application reliability and security across complex hybrid and multi-cloud environments. By prioritising architectural stability, this synergy enables organizations across India and SAARC to scale digital operations without compromising performance, visibility, or security posture.As compounded operational friction and structural constraints continue to challenge the market, the requirement for precise application delivery has moved from a preference to a business imperative. Through this unified offering, RAH provides immediate access to core Progress technologies, integrated to eliminate friction within the digital core:Progress Kemp LoadMaster: Ensuring uninterrupted application delivery through intelligent traffic management.Progress Flowmon: Providing the granular network visibility essential for rapid threat detection.Progress Chef: Driving infrastructure automation to remove the manual configuration errors that often impede deployment speed.By synchronising global technology capabilities with regional implementation expertise, the partnership enables organizations to secure application performance and user experience, ensuring high availability across distributed networks. This integration is specifically engineered to meet the mandates of CIOs, CTOs, IT infrastructure leaders, and network and security teams who must maintain architectural control and reliability while scaling at pace.Ashok Kumar, Managing Director and Founder, RAH Infotech, noted: "Our objective is to provide technologies that deliver measurable business outcomes. Joining forces with Progress allows our customers to build robust environments where performance and security are native, not afterthoughts. By addressing the friction in application delivery and infrastructure management, we are helping organizations convert IT from a cost centre into a driver of long-term value. With our strong partner ecosystem, we are uniquely positioned to help organizations deploy these solutions effectively."John Yang, Vice President of Sales – APJ, Progress Software, added: "Enterprises today require infrastructure solutions that are both powerful and easy to deploy. Our collaboration with RAH Infotech extends our reach into India and the SAARC regions through a partner that understands the demands of modern IT environments. With our portfolio spanning application delivery, network monitoring, and infrastructure automation, we aim to help organizations achieve greater visibility, reliability, and control over their IT operations. Together, we are committed to delivering solutions that simplify complexity, enhance security, and support scalable growth."As part of this integration, RAH drives solution deployment and architecture, providing regional technical expertise and enabling partners through structured training and joint go-to-market initiatives. The company will also deliver comprehensive post-sales support and services to ensure customers maximise the value of their investments. This strategy reinforces RAH’s commitment to delivering not just technology, but end-to-end enablement that facilitates sustained success for its partners and customers.# # #About RAH InfotechRAH Infotech is a premier strategic technology enabler and cybersecurity specialist. Headquartered in New Delhi, the firm has spent over two decades accelerating digital adoption and value realisation for channel partners and enterprises across India and the SAARC regions. By partnering with elite global technology firms, RAH orchestrates the complex value chain of data requirements, ensuring digital assets remain secure, performant, and scalable across various industry verticals.Visit: http://www.rahinfotech.com/­Quote 1“Our objective is to provide technologies that deliver measurable business outcomes. Joining forces with Progress allows our customers to build robust environments where performance and security are native, not afterthoughts. By addressing the friction in application delivery and infrastructure management, we are helping organizations convert IT from a cost centre into a driver of long-term value. With our strong partner ecosystem, we are uniquely positioned to help organizations deploy these solutions effectively."Ashok KumarFounder & Managing DirectorRAH InfotechQuote 2“Enterprises today require infrastructure solutions that are both powerful and easy to deploy. Our collaboration with RAH Infotech extends our reach into India and the SAARC regions through a partner that understands the demands of modern IT environments. With our portfolio spanning application delivery, network monitoring, and infrastructure automation, we aim to help organizations achieve greater visibility, reliability, and control over their IT operations. Together, we are committed to delivering solutions that simplify complexity, enhance security, and support scalable growth."John YangVice President of Sales – APJProgress Software­Recent Media AnnouncementsApril 27, 2026Mangesh Desai Joins RAH Infotech to Bring Global Service Rigour to Enterprise GovernanceMarch 10, 2026RAH Infotech and PointGuard AI Collaborate to Redefine Enterprise AI and Application SecurityMarch 2, 2026RAH Infotech and Motadata Forge Strategic Alliance to Drive Unified Observability & IT Service – Management in India

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Kyndryl Unveils Agentic AI Capability That Proactively Prevents IT Outages and Accelerates Recovery for Enterprise Customers

Bangalore, June 2026 : Patented Kyndryl Bridge feature identifies IT issues which AI agents can then resolve, driving savings by avoiding incidents and eliminating costly planned maintenanceKyndryl (NYSE: KD), a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services, today unveiled a new patented capability in Kyndryl Bridge – the Company’s Al-powered, open integration platform – that is enabling customers to automatically detect and resolve IT risks before they escalate into business-impacting outages.Kyndryl’s prediction and prevention capability has been deployed on Kyndryl Bridge and is providing AI agent-assisted support to the more than 1,400 customers using Kyndryl Bridge. Kyndryl Bridge generates more than 16 million AI insights each month, has demonstrated a reduction in IT incidents by up to 50% and drives an aggregate $3 billion in annual customer savings from avoided impact events and planned maintenance costs.“By embedding AI agents in Kyndryl Bridge for proactive risk detection, we are transforming IT operations from reactive outage recovery to proactive, evidence?based prevention,” said Xerxes Cooper, Global Leader, Kyndryl Delivery. “Correlating millions of observability signals across applications and deep infrastructure helps our customers see and resolve issues before they ever feel them.”This proactive approach is powered by AI-agent assisted root cause analysis within Kyndryl Bridge, enabled across more than 200,000 customer devices to identify the underlying conditions that commonly precede outages. By accelerating analysis that once required extensive manual investigation, the platform enables teams to surface actionable insights faster – supporting earlier intervention and reducing the impact of complex incidents across hybrid and multi-vendor environments.At scale, this advanced capability radically reduces the time required to complete root-cause analysis of major IT incidents, allowing organizations to complete reports in hours instead of weeks. Kyndryl experts review and validate the generated insights for operational context and alignment with customer environments.Predictive Detection and Prevention of FailuresKyndryl’s new prediction and prevention feature brings evidence-based intelligence to enable predictive failure detection within IT operations by extending unified observability across a customer’s full IT landscape.The patented feature dynamically identifies patterns that matter and validates causal relationships between application slowdowns, infrastructure contention, configuration changes, and operational events. It does so by analyzing and delivering insights into how small anomalies accumulate and propagate across IT layers. This transforms IT operations from reactive recovery to proactive prevention, enabling teams to intervene early and reduce downtime across complex, multi-vendor environments.Customer Impact & Availability Customer engagements show encouraging results with accelerated detection and improved accuracy of issue prevention that may have led to business downtime. This capability handles early detection at scale for 10 million-plus incidents annually and has demonstrated upwards of a 90% reduction in mission-critical production outages for certain customers.This Kyndryl Bridge patented capability is now fully available to Kyndryl customers.Learn more about Kyndryl Bridge and how it continues to strengthen its position as theindustry’s leading platform for proactive IT operations and innovation.###About KyndrylKyndryl (NYSE: KD) is a leading provider of mission-critical enterprise technology services offering advisory, implementation and managed service capabilities to thousands of customers in more than 60 countries. As the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, the company designs, builds, manages and modernizes the complex information systems that the world depends on every day. For more information, visit www.kyndryl.com.Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements often contain words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “objectives,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “position,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “seek,” “target,” “will,” “would” and other similar words or expressions or the negative thereof or other variations thereon. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including without limitation statements concerning the Company’s plans, objectives, goals, beliefs, business strategies, future events, business condition, results of operations, financial position, business outlook and business trends and other non-historical statements, are forward-looking statements. These statements do not guarantee future performance and speak only as of?the date of this press release. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Actual outcomes or results may differ materially from those suggested by forward-looking statements as a result of risks and uncertainties, including those described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Company’s?most recent?Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, and may be further updated from time to time in the Company’s subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Kaspersky: Over 2,300 Indian devices hit by stalkerware as India reports highest digital abuse burden in APAC

Bangalore, June 2026Kaspersky has launched the second part of its report on tech-enabled abuse based on a global study* of 7,600 respondents across 19 countries, including 400 from India. In India, Kaspersky detected stalkerware on 2,370 unique devices (2,148 in 2024 and 264 in early 2025) — and the study findings explain why: Indian respondents recorded the highest mean number of abusive digital behaviours experienced in APAC at 3.4, with 52% reporting feeling unsafe online. Globally, the study reveals that nearly 50% of victims of tech-enabled abuse know their perpetrator — suggesting that the threat is closer to home than most people assume.Abuse cycles within relationshipsThe study by Kaspersky’s internal market research center conducted among 7,600 respondents in 19 countries reveals that online abuse is far more personal than commonly perceived. While 40% of respondents who experienced tech-enabled abuse said it came from someone they did not know, nearly 50% reported that the perpetrator was someone within their social circle. Friends accounted for 15% of cases, followed by current partners (10%), colleagues (8%), family members (7%), and ex-partners (6%). Countries where abusers more often than average turned out to be someone close to the victims include USA, Italy, Spain, UK, India and Indonesia.Individuals who experienced abuse from a friend, partner, or family member were significantly more likely to report having acted abusively toward that same category of person. This suggests that tech-enabled abuse can become normalized, reciprocal, and self-reinforcing over time.India's digital abuse landscapeThe data from India tells a particularly urgent story. Indian respondents experienced a mean of 3.37 types of abusive digital behaviours in the past 12 months, the highest among all APAC markets surveyed. The most prevalent forms of abuse reported by Indians include arguing in group chats, comment sections or forums (34%), sending offensive or rude messages online (27%), and digital stalking (21%) — the last of which is more than double the global average of 9%.More concerning still, other severe forms of abuse are disproportionately high in India compared to global averages: impersonating someone or using fake accounts to deceive or harass (17% vs. 10% globally), making and sharing deepfakes without consent (14% vs. 6% globally), doxxing (12% vs. 5% globally), and revenge porn (12% vs. 5% globally).These figures are further corroborated by Kaspersky's own telemetry: 2,370 unique Indian devices were found to have stalkerware installed (2,148 in 2024 and 264 in early 2025), underscoring the scale of covert digital surveillance in the country.Awareness without safetyDespite relatively high awareness, 88% of Indian respondents said they had heard the term "tech-enabled abuse" and 50% said they know exactly what it means — this knowledge has not translated into a sense of safety online. 52% of Indians reported feeling unsafe in the digital world, with 47% describing themselves as "partly safe, partly unsafe" and 4% feeling "mostly unsafe."Globally, this awareness gap is even more pronounced across generations. Among Gen Z respondents globally, who grew up with smartphones and constant connectivity, 81% said they were familiar with the term "tech-enabled abuse," while among Baby Boomers globally, that figure drops to 64%.Across all age groups, women report significantly higher levels of discomfort and vulnerability in digital environments. 62% of women said they feel unsafe online, compared to 54% of men. These figures suggest that digital environments are not experienced equally. For many women, online spaces are not only a source of connection and opportunity, but also a space of heightened risk and emotional strain."More Indians are online today than ever before, shopping, banking, connecting, and building their lives in digital spaces. But our research shows that this same connectivity is being exploited as a tool of abuse. The prevalence of digital stalking, deepfakes, impersonation, and other forms of online abuse highlighted in this study demonstrates that digital trust and personal safety must become a shared priority. At Kaspersky, we believe that cybersecurity is not only about defending against external threats but also about helping people recognize and protect themselves from abuse that can occur within their personal networks. Greater awareness, education, and proactive security measures will be essential to fostering a safer and more resilient digital future for India," said Jaydeep Singh, General Manager, India at Kaspersky.“From a cybersecurity perspective, the fact that nearly 50% of tech-enabled abuse cases originate from someone within a victim’s social circle significantly changes how we should approach protection. These threats often do not look like traditional cyberattacks — they are embedded in everyday interactions, trusted devices, and shared access to accounts or data. This makes them harder to detect and easier to overlook. Strengthening digital hygiene, understanding how access and permissions can be misused, and using trusted security tools are essential steps to reducing exposure and preventing such abuse from escalating,” says Tatyana Shishkova, Lead Security Researcher, Acting Head of Research Center Americas & Europe at Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT).“These findings challenge the persistent assumption that technology-facilitated abuse is primarily anonymous or perpetrated by strangers. Instead, they highlight how such harm is often embedded within existing relationships — spaces typically associated with trust and emotional safety. In these contexts, abuse can become part of a cycle of mutual escalation, where individuals respond to perceived harm, control, or humiliation with further harmful behaviour. Digital environments, with their immediacy and intensity, can amplify these dynamics, making it easier for conflict to escalate and harder to interrupt. Recognising these relational patterns is critical to understanding and addressing the full scope of technology-facilitated abuse,” says Dr Leonie Maria Tanczer, Associate Professor at UCL Computer Science and Head of the Department's Gender and Tech Research Lab.Read the full report here: https://lp.kaspersky.com/global/tech-enabled-abuse-2As part of its ongoing efforts to raise awareness and support practical action against tech-enabled abuse, Kaspersky participated in an international Tech Abuse Conference hosted by UCL in London from 19–21 May 2026. Tatyana Shishkova, Lead Security Researcher, Acting Head of Research Center Americas & Europe at Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT), led a dedicated Anti-Stalkerware Workshop. The hands-on session provided practical, step-by-step guidance on stalkerware and spyware — what they are, how they are used, and how they may appear on real devices. Through live demonstrations, participants learnt how to identify potential signs of such threats, explored key device settings and features to check, and gained a deeper understanding of how stalkerware operates.Kaspersky is also a co-founder of the Coalition Against Stalkerware, an international working group against stalkerware and domestic violence that brings together private IT companies, NGOs, research institutions, and law enforcement agencies working to combat cyberstalking and help victims of online abuse. Kaspersky's own telemetry further highlights the scale of the problem in India: the company detected stalkerware on 2,370 unique devices belonging to Indian users (2,148 in 2024 and 264 in early 2025), highlighting the continued use of covert surveillance tools in the country.Recommendations for potential victims of tech-enabled abuse:Recognize the signs. Tech-facilitated abuse can take many forms, from controlling behavior and constant monitoring to harassment, exclusion, or threats. Trust your instincts if something feels wrong.Take early action. If you suspect abusive behavior, do not ignore it. Document incidents where possible and seek guidance before the situation escalates.Protect your digital space. Use strong, unique passwords, enable two-factor authentication, and regularly review your account and privacy settings.Be cautious with access. Avoid sharing devices, accounts, or sensitive information unless necessary, and be mindful of apps or permissions that allow monitoring.Use trusted tools. Security solutions can help identify suspicious activity, including stalkerware, unauthorized access, or unknown tracking devices.Seek support. Reach out to trusted individuals or professional organizations if you need help. You do not have to navigate this alone.Know how to help others. If you witness abuse, do not assume someone else will act. Even small steps such as checking in, offering support, or guiding someone to resources can make a difference.Stay informed. As digital environments evolve, so do risks. Awareness is one of the most effective forms of protection.* This study, conducted by Kaspersky’s internal market research center, explores the topic of technology-facilitated abuse, examining its prevalence and impact across a diverse range of regions. A total of 7,600 respondents participated in the study. The research covers multiple countries, including Austria, Brazil, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Spain, the UK, the USA. The study focused on understanding the experiences of individuals who are exposed to technology-facilitated abuse through digital platforms.About KasperskyKaspersky is a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company founded in 1997. Innovating the industry with a Cyber Immunity approach, Kaspersky safeguards consumers, businesses, critical infrastructure, and governments from cyberthreats, with over a billion devices protected to date.Kaspersky ensures Cybersecurity True to Business, focusing on providing clear outcomes, protecting revenue, easing workloads and preventing downtime. Kaspersky’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into innovative solutions and services for organizations of every size, from small businesses to large enterprises, combining proven AI-driven protection technologies with simple management and expert support.Recognized in independent tests and trusted by millions of individuals worldwide and nearly 200,000 organizations, Kaspersky helps detect threats earlier, respond faster and operate with greater confidence and freedom, protecting what matters most to our clients. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com

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LTM Launches BlueVerseTM on Databricks to Accelerate AI Monetization

Bangalore, June 2026 : LTM, the Business Creativity partner to the world’s largest enterprises, today announced the launch of BlueVerse for Databricks, a new offering that brings together LTM’s AI ecosystem, BlueVerse™, with Databricks, the Data and AI company, to accelerate AI-driven data monetization.BlueVerse for Databricks is designed to help enterprises drive tangible business outcomes from data and AI investments by addressing critical challenges in the secure and efficient management of data and compute resources, while optimizing business processes and providing pre-built industry solutions to unlock greater value from AI initiatives.LTM BlueVerse helps companies reimagine core business processes such as procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, hire-to-retire, and marketing operations as AI-optimized workflows. It also enables organizations to accelerate time-to-value through pre-built, industry-specific solutions for Manufacturing, Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Media & Entertainment, and Retail & Consumer Goods, or through custom implementations that leverage BlueVerse domain-specific accelerators and models. BlueVerse for Databricks leverages Lakebase, Genie, and Agent Bricks to build these capabilities on Databricks, combining LTM’s industry expertise with the performance, security, and governance of the Databricks platform to support efficient, trustworthy, and scalable AI applications.“Enterprises are moving beyond experimentation and looking to scale AI with trust, speed, and measurable outcomes. By bringing together the BlueVerse ecosystem and the Databricks platform, we help clients industrialize agentic AI, reuse proven assets, and operationalize AI across real enterprise workflows with stronger governance and faster time to market,” said Krishnan Iyer, Chief Growth Officer, LTM.“Databricks helps customers turn data and AI investments into production outcomes,” said Kori O’Brien, Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships, Databricks. “With BlueVerse for Databricks, LTM will help our customers move faster from platform to production by combining trusted data and AI with reusable workflows and operational controls.”The launch of BlueVerse for Databricks marks a key milestone in the growing strategic partnership between LTM and Databricks, backed by LTM’s dedicated Databricks practice with a large pool of certified professionals focused on unlocking opportunities across the company’s expanding base of global customers. LTM brings proven scale to the partnership, reinforced by its recognition as Databricks 2026 Global COE Partner of the Year.To learn more about BlueVerse for Databricks, click here or visit LTM booth at Databricks Data + AI Summit, San Francisco.About LTMLTM — a Larsen & Toubro Group Company — is an AI-centric global technology services company and the Business Creativity partner to the world’s largest enterprises. We bring human insights and intelligent systems together to help clients create greater value at the intersection of technology and domain expertise. Our capabilities span integrated operations, transformation, and business AI — enabling new ways of working, new productivity paradigms, and new roads to value. Together with over 87,000 employees across 40 countries and our global network of partners, LTM owns outcomes for our clients, helping them not just outperform the market, but Outcreate it. Read more at LTM.com.

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HONEYWELL MODULAR TECHNOLOGY TO POWER AND AUTOMATE ACELEN RENEWABLES BIOFUEL PRODUCTION

Bangalore, June 2026 :Modular design and integrated automation controls to help fast-track and optimize new Brazil refinery, expected to be one of the largest in the worldAcelen will use a sustainable feedstock native to Brazil, macaúba oil, to produce renewable fuelsHoneywell (NASDAQ: HON) today announced that its modular Ecofining™ process technology, specialized pumps, compressors, and integrated control and safety systems will help drive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel production for Acelen Renewables’ greenfield site in Bahia, Brazil.With SAF demand projected to increase to nearly 500,000 barrels per day over the next decade[1], refiners are looking for ways to scale production quickly and efficiently. Honeywell’s modular delivery model shortens construction time and lowers costs, allowing SAF production faster than traditional methods.“Brazil is set to produce the fuel of the future through a project that is sustainable—economically, socially, and environmentally,” said Marcelo Cordaro, COO of Acelen Renewables. “The Bahia facility project supports biodiversity and fosters an economy based on sustainability. Honeywell’s process technology and automation expertise will help maximize the production of lower-emission fuels at our facility, supporting the growing global demand for renewable fuels.”The Honeywell UOP Ecofining process, developed with Eni SpA, efficiently converts waste fats, oils, and greases into renewable diesel and SAF that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80% when blended with conventional jet fuel[2]."Honeywell’s low-carbon process technologies are enabling companies like Acelen to address the growing demand for renewable fuels by using a variety of feedstocks,” said Ken West, president and CEO of Honeywell Process Technology. “Technology and integrated automation play a pivotal role in reducing the cost of renewable fuels, which is essential for broad adoption. Advances in Honeywell’s technology have reduced the cost to produce SAF and the use of novel, low-cost feedstocks will help further reduce production costs.”Honeywell has delivered more than 1,500 modular process units, across multiple technologies, worldwide. Honeywell’s integrated control and safety system is enriched by Honeywell UOP’s vast operational expertise and cutting-edge technologies and is embedded within the Experion® PKS platform. As a result, it can significantly reduce project timelines and risks while helping to optimize biofuel production to achieve operational excellence. The combination of process technology and automation provides a platform for digitization and data driven operating insights.About Honeywell:Honeywell is an integrated operating company serving a broad range of industries and geographies around the world, with a portfolio that is underpinned by our Honeywell Accelerator operating system and Honeywell Forge platform. As a trusted partner, we help organizations solve the world's toughest, most complex challenges, providing actionable solutions and innovations for aerospace, building automation, industrial automation, process automation, and process technology, that help make the world smarter and safer as well as more secure and sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.### [1] BloombergNEF April 2025 research[2] GHG reductions are based on ICAO CORSIA default lifecycle emissions values for CORSIA-eligible fuels, Table 2 - Used Cooking Oil.

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Azul Addresses the Java Runtime Security Blind Spot Autonomous AI Can Now Exploit

Bangalore, June 2026 : Launches free JVM vulnerability risk assessment to give enterprises estate visibilitybefore AI threat actors find the gapsAzul, the trusted leader in enterprise Java for today’s AI and cloud-first world, today launched a free JVM vulnerability risk assessment to address the blind spot that autonomous AI exploitation tools are increasingly able to find. With mean time to exploit (MTTE) collapsing from months to days or hours, the unmanaged Java estate has become an urgent enterprise security vulnerability. Azul’s assessment gives DevOps and SecOps teams complete visibility into the hidden risks embedded in the runtime of their Java estate before threat actors get there first, and is designed to complement the broader security, licensing and compliance solutions and services delivered by Azul’s trusted partners.The Threat Landscape Has TransformedFor most of Java’s enterprise history, a sophisticated exploit required a sophisticated attacker. Zero-day discovery and weaponization were largely the domain of nation-states and elite offensive security teams. The barrier was expertise — deep JVM knowledge, reverse engineering and months of painstaking technical effort.That barrier has collapsed. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos demonstrates that AI can autonomously uncover previously unknown vulnerabilities and generate working exploit paths at scale — without human expertise. What once required deep, specialized expertise can now be accomplished with little more than an advanced AI model and an API key.The result is an expanding population of potential attackers. MTTE — once measured in months — can now collapse to days or hours. Meanwhile, most enterprises still patch non-critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) on a “best effort” basis, leaving extended windows of exposure between vulnerability disclosure and remediation. For large, complex Java estates with legacy versions in production, embedded or unmanaged JVMs and incomplete runtime visibility, that gap is a critical security and compliance liability.The JVM Vulnerability Risk Assessment — See Everything, Prioritize What MattersAzul’s JVM vulnerability risk assessment is available at no cost, direct from Azul and via select Azul partners. In a single engagement, organizations receive:Executive-ready security dashboard: A visual summary of the entire Java estate, broken down by risk tier, publisher and Java version — designed for CxO-level consumption and board reporting.Risk-by-version breakdown: Identification of the specific Java versions driving the highest exposure, so remediation effort can be directed where it matters most rather than spread uniformly.Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) for AI-driven exploits: Visibility into which JVMs carry active Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) exposure — the highest-priority threat class recognized in the U.S. government’s CISA KEV catalog — as well as which instances are end-of-life or running below the current patch baseline.Prioritized remediation roadmap: Concrete next steps ranked by impact, including which workloads to patch first, which to migrate off unsupported runtimes, and how to address extended support needs for legacy environments that cannot be immediately modernized.“Through our strategic partnership with Azul, we significantly reduced our security risk level with our Java applications and Java-based infrastructure, which certainly helps me sleep better at night,” said Jenny Nelson, head of ICT & Digital at Newcastle City Council. “In addition, the benefits of switching to Azul Core as our JVM are clear. Our Java estate is now consistent, standardized, easier to maintain, and has brought a level of simplicity that’s a huge benefit to our organization.”The assessment is purpose-built for the risk environment AI-driven attackers have created: one in which the gap between assumed security posture and actual security posture is measured not in audit findings, but in active exploits.Why Security Patch Velocity is the Frontline DefenseJava’s quarterly updates are the primary mechanism by which known vulnerabilities are remediated. But in an environment where autonomous AI systems continuously discover new vulnerabilities or chain together previously known CVEs into exploits, the pace of standard patch deployment is no longer sufficient on its own. Azul’s enterprise Java platform addresses this challenge through a multi-layered approach designed for large, complex Java estates:Stable Critical Patch Updates (CPUs): Quarterly, production-safe patches containing only current CVE fixes. Azul Core is the only OpenJDK distribution which provides security-only updates, intended for immediate deployment without disrupting live environments.Out-of-cycle emergency fixes: As vulnerabilities are discovered which demand immediate remediation, Azul provides security-only emergency fixes, collaborating with the Java community to help ensure safe delivery.Full-stack visibility: Azul surfaces every JVM instance across the enterprise estate, including embedded and unmanaged runtimes that standard asset discovery typically misses — closing the gaps before they can be exploited.The zero-day problem remains the hardest frontier. No scanner, SIEM (Security Information and Event Management), or EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) platform can detect a vulnerability that has not yet been disclosed. Against unknown exposure, organizations maintaining a fully current Java estate are materially harder to exploit as they continuously remove outdated runtimes and previously exposed attack surfaces from production, minimizing the footprint that agentic AI exploits can target.Elevated Stakes for Regulated EnterprisesOrganizations in financial services, healthcare, utilities and government face a compounding challenge. They operate some of the largest and most complex Java estates in existence, and they face the strictest regulatory obligations. Frameworks including PCI-DSS, SOX, HIPAA, DORA, NERC CIP and FedRAMP all require demonstrable visibility into deployed software versions, timely vulnerability remediation and documented patch history.Autonomous AI exploitation tools do not distinguish between regulated and unregulated targets. But the consequences of a breach in a regulated environment — and the burden of demonstrating adequate security posture to auditors — make estate visibility and rapid CPU deployment not merely a best practice but a compliance requirement.“Anthropic’s Mythos has shown that AI can now discover and weaponize vulnerabilities on its own — including flaws that survived decades of human review. That’s the real lesson for every CISO: the deep expertise that used to stand between attackers and your software estate is no longer a barrier,” said Scott Sellers, co-founder and CEO of Azul. “The unpatched JVM is already a growing liability, not a future one. Azul’s JVM vulnerability risk assessment was created to help security leaders find and close that exposure before AI-driven attackers can exploit it.”Azul’s JVM vulnerability risk assessment maps JVM exposure, KEV risk and patch gaps across the entire enterprise Java estate and delivers a concrete remediation roadmap to close them. The assessment can be utilized as a standalone vulnerability analysis specific to a Java runtime estate or can be augmented into existing security, licensing and compliance solutions and services offered by Azul partners.To understand your organization’s exposure, request a free JVM vulnerability risk assessment today.About AzulAzul is the trusted leader in enterprise Java for today’s AI and cloud-first world. Its open source-based Java platform empowers organizations to optimize the entire Java lifecycle to accelerate performance, strengthen security, reduce licensing and cloud costs, and boost developer productivity. Azul powers mission-critical systems for 36% of the Fortune 100, 50% of the Forbes Top 10 World’s Most Valuable Brands, and the world’s top 10 financial trading companies. Learn more at azul.com and follow @azulsystems.?