Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring News for the Week of December 12th: NinjaOne, Black Duck, Checkmarx, 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 December 12th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from NinjaOne, Black Duck, Checkmarx, 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 December 12th.

Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring News for the Week of December 12th

Backslash Security Launches a Platform for Securing MCP Servers

Backslash Security, a vibe coding security company, has launched its end-to-end solution for the secure use of Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers across modern software development environments. With more organizations adopting AI-native coding agents and integrated development environments (IDEs) than ever, this new platform can help teams protect their new AI-powered development stacks. Its capabilities include centralized discovery of MCPs in use on developer workstations, MCP vetting to assess risk posture, hardening policies that enforce the accepted configuration of allowed MCPs, an MCP Proxy, and more.

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Black Duck Debuts an Agentic AI Solution to Improve AI-Powered Development

Black Duck, an applied AI provider for application security, has announced Black Duck Signal, a new agentic AI solution engineered to secure software with the speed of AI-powered development. The new Signal platform combines Black Duck’s software security expertise with LLM-powered software analysis to help businesses autonomously detect and remediate vulnerabilities in their business-critical applications. Jason Schmitt, CEO of Black Duck, explains, “Signal is the first programming language-agnostic security analysis product to combine the power of LLM-based code analysis with petabytes of human-labeled security data curated over our decades of analyzing real-world commercial and open-source software.”

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Checkmarx Acquires Tromzo

Checkmarx, a global provider of agentic application security, has acquired Tromzo, a company specializing in AI-native autonomous security agents. The combination of Tromzo’s technology and engineering team will enable Checkmarx to expand the Checkmarx One platform, grow its family of Checkmarx Assist AI agents, and achieve additional benefits. For example, the capability of Tromzo’s agents can enable teams to analyze code, development artifacts, and business context, delivering high-confidence triage and remediation that’s aligned with enterprise risk models.

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Cofense Introduces New Features to Its Solution Suite

Cofense, an intelligence-driven phishing defense company, has announced significant advancements across its portfolio. The additions include Smart Reinforcement functionalities within its Security Awareness Training solution and the latest release of Triage 1.30, available within its Phishing Detection and Response (PDR) solution. Specifically, the Triage 1.30 release introduces an AI-assisted training builder, scorable content for measurable learning, and enhanced reporting and analytics tools. These enhancements mark a significant step forward in Cofense’s mission to deliver faster, smarter, and more automated phishing threat remediation and training.

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Keeper Security Details a New Integration with ServiceNow

Keeper Security, a zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software company, has announced a new integration with ServiceNow IT Service Management (ITSM) and the Security Incident Response (SIR) module. With this integration, organizations can securely ingest security alerts from across the Keeper platform directly into ServiceNow, enabling them to streamline incident investigation for credentials, secrets, and privileged access. Craig Lurey, CTO and Co-founder of Keeper Security, explains, “By sending Keeper’s privileged access telemetry to ServiceNow in real-time, security teams can focus on analysis and action instead of stitching data together. It’s a streamlined, practical way to strengthen visibility where it matters most.”

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Nucleus Security Expands Its Solution Suite with New Tools and Updates

Nucleus Security, a unified vulnerability and exposure management company, has shared details on the five new product announcements revealed at the conclusion of its winter 2025 customer launch week. Included in the announcement is the launch of Nucleus 3.0, a “next-generation” exposure management platform designed to help companies improve how they reduce risk, measure progress, and respond to threats with speed at scale. Other additions include the Nucleus Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, customer risk scoring tools, the general availability of Nucleus Insights, and Nucleus Query Language (NQL), which establishes a common language across the entire Nucleus Data Core.

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Proofpoint Completes Its Acquisition of Hornetsecurity Group

Proofpoint, a cybersecurity and compliance company, has completed its acquisition of Hornetsecurity Group, a pan-European provider of AI-powered Microsoft 365 (M365) security, data protection, compliance, and security awareness solutions for managed service providers (MSPs) and small to midsize businesses (SMBs). With the addition of Hornetsecurity’s market presence in Europe and partner base that serves over 125,000 customers via 12,000+ MSPs and channel partners, the acquisition empowers Proofpoint to significantly expand its reach and capabilities within the SMB segment.

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Quantum Corridor and Toshiba Take Significant Step Toward Scalable, Quantum-Safe Internet

Quantum Corridor, in collaboration with Toshiba International Corporation and its partners, has announced the successful demonstration of quantum-secured communication over a live metropolitan fiber network connecting Tier III data centers in Illinois and Indiana. The system maintained a 100 percent line-rate throughput and zero packet loss over 48 hours of continuous encrypted traffic, demonstrating the readiness of QKD for real-world, high-availability network operations. This milestone marks a significant step toward developing a commercially scalable, quantum-safe internet for the United States.

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NinjaOne Launches a Remote Access Solution

NinjaOne, an automated endpoint management platform, has announced NinjaOne Remote, a remote access solution natively integrated into the NinjaOne Platform. The new solution was built from the ground up for businesses, with security in mind, and provides IT teams and MSPs with fast, reliable, and secure control over endpoints across Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS devices. Additionally, it’s built on a security-first architecture that meets FedRAMP Moderate, GovRamp, SOC 2 Type II and III, and ISO 27001 standards, ensuring that every remote session maintains the highest levels of compliance and data protection.

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Veza Reveals an AI Agent Security Solution

Veza, an identity security company, has announced AI Agent Security, a purpose-built product to enable organizations to secure and govern AI agents at enterprise scale. The new product is built on Veza’s Access Graph and introduces unified visibility into AI agents across leading platforms. This will enable security teams to answer questions about the volume of AI agents in their environment, the data those agents have access to, and which humans on their team can control or act through those AI agents. The Veza AI Agent Security solution is now available to customers.

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Tipping the Scales: How AI Is Changing Cyber Warfare – The Cyber Circuit

In this episode of The Cyber Circuit, Michael Morgenstern sits down with Caleb Withers from the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) to unpack his recent report “Tipping the Scales: Emerging AI Capabilities in the Cyber Offense-Defense Balance.” Caleb brings a unique perspective from his policy background in the New Zealand government and his current focus on the national security implications of frontier AI, exploring everything from how AI is automating the cyber kill chain to the geopolitical dynamics between the US and China in the race for AI dominance.

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The Path to AGI with John K Thompson | The Digital Analyst

In this episode of The Digital Analyst, John Santaferraro is joined by AI expert John K. Thompson, who’s been building AI systems for 40 years, to explore the hard truths behind AI’s biggest promises. Thompson, author of “The Path to AGI” and a professor at the University of Michigan, explains why large language models don’t actually think; they retrieve and infer at speeds that create the illusion of intelligence.

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