Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring News for the Week of October 3rd: Vectra AI, Swimlane, Ivanti, and More

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring news from the week of October 3rd. This round-up covers announcements and updates from Vectra AI, Swimlane, Ivanti, and more.

Keeping up with all the most relevant Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring news can be time-consuming. As a result, our editorial team aims to summarize some of the top headlines in the space by curating a collection of the latest vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy news. With that in mind, here is some of the top endpoint security and network monitoring news from the week of October 3rd.

Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring News for the Week of October 3rd

Auvik Appoints a Chief Technology Officer

Auvik, an IT solutions provider, has promoted Dan Zaniewski from Senior Vice President of Engineering to Chief Technology Officer. In this new role, he will help Auvik advance its technical leadership in the growing network management and IT operations sectors. “As CTO,” Zaniewski says, “I’m looking forward to driving continuous AI-driven improvements to Auvik’s platform. Intelligent automation means our customers don’t just get efficiency gains today, they gain resilience, reduced downtime, and smarter workflows that deliver lasting business value.”

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Comcast Business Releases Its 2025 Cybersecurity Threat Report

Comcast Business has released its 2025 Cybersecurity Threat Report, a comprehensive analysis of 34.6 billion cybersecurity events detected between June 1st, 2024, and May 31st, 2025. Now in its third year, the report aims to provide business leaders with a unique perspective on the evolving threat landscape, offering actionable insights to help them strengthen their company defenses and align cybersecurity with business risk. With this latest report, Comcast has introduced “The Human Equation” to reframe cybersecurity as a technological and people-centric challenge.

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Dataminr Expands Its Intel Agents to Cover Physical Events

Dataminr—an AI-powered real-time event, threat, and risk intelligence solution provider—has expanded its Intel Agents to cover the full spectrum of events discovered across the physical world. With this update, customers can apply Intel Agents to physical agents, gaining immediate context into events in real-time. This will also help teams optimize their emergency event responses, improve their understanding of the potential impact physical world events (i.e., natural disasters, geopolitical activity) can have on cyber infrastructure, and generate additional perspective into the scope of an incident near a facility.

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Ivanti Unveils Version 25.X of the Ivanti Connect Secure Solution

Ivanti, a global enterprise IT and security software company, has released Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) version 25.X. The new release introduces a modernized enterprise-grade operating system (OS) and platform hardening and gateway enhancements to minimize the impact of vulnerabilities, reduce attack surfaces, and improve operational resilience. Mike Riemer, Ivanti’s SVP of Network Security Group (NSG) and Field CISO, says, “This release stands as tangible evidence of our commitment. We listened to our customers, invested in both technology and talent, and modernized the security of Ivanti Connect Secure to provide the resilience and peace of mind our customers expect and deserve.”

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Sophos Debuts the Sophos Advisory Services Suite

Sophos, a global provider of security solutions for defeating cyber-attacks, has launched Sophos Advisory Services, a suite of security testing services designed to identify gaps in an organization’s security programs. These offerings include the following services: External Penetration Testing, Internal Penetration Testing, Wireless Network Penetration Testing, and Web Application Security Assessment. By offering these to customers, Sophos will help clients defend against cyber-attacks and optimize their current security investments. Sophos’ Advisory Services are delivered by a team of security testers with expertise across threat intelligence, law enforcement, military, and other backgrounds.

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Swimlane Launches a Business Continuity Management Solution

Swimlane, an agentic AI automation provider for every security function, has announced its Business Continuity Management (BCM) Solution, built on the Swimlane Turbine platform. Swimlane BCM is designed to provide companies with a single management console that can reduce downtime, financial loss, and reputational damage. The platform’s capabilities include a business impact assessment application, continuity dashboards, proactive process testing, an AI risk mitigation guide, and unlimited users available at a single, flat cost. Swimlane BCM is available now in the Swimlane Marketplace.

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Tanium Joins the Microsoft Sentinel Partner Ecosystem

Tanium, an Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM) provider, has announced its induction into the Microsoft Sentinel partner ecosystem. Tanium will collaborate with Microsoft product teams on the development of the Sentinel product. “By pairing Tanium’s endpoint management and insights with Microsoft Sentinel’s platform, organizations can investigate threats faster, uncover long-term trends, and take proactive measures with real-time remediation to strengthen their overall security posture,” explains Harman Kaur, VP of AI at Tanium.

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Vectra AI Acquires Netography

Vectra AI, a cybersecurity AI company that protects modern networks, has acquired Netography, a pioneer in cloud-native network observability. The acquisition will strengthen Vectra AI’s ability to deliver unmatched protection for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprises. As part of the acquisition, Netography Fusion will join the Vectra AI portfolio as Vectra Fusion, providing customers with agentless, cloud-native observability that enables proactive, preemptive defense against cyber-attacks. The companies aim to set a “new standard” for converged detection, investigation, and response at enterprise speed and scale.

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National Insider Threat Awareness Month Quotes and Commentary from Industry Experts in 2025

As part of this year’s National Insider Threat Awareness Month, we called for the industry’s best and brightest in Identity and Access Management and the broader cybersecurity market to share best practices, predictions, and personal anecdotes. The experts featured represent some of the top influencers, consultants, and solution providers with experience in these marketplaces, and each quote has been vetted for relevance and ability to add business value.

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What Would an Empathetic AI Look Like?

In this excerpt from the Q3 2025 Mini-Jam, a panel of industry experts discusses everything from the initial excitement of ChatGPT’s democratized access to the sobering reality of teaching AI literacy in K-12 classrooms. They also debate whether humans are being forced to adapt to machines or, conversely, whether machines are expanding human potential through truly empathetic AI design.

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