Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring News for the Week of February 13th: Cisco, NinjaOne, Armis, 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 February 13th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from Cisco, NinjaOne, Armis, 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 February 13th.

Endpoint Security and Network Monitoring News for the Week of February 13th

Armis Debuts the Centrix for Application Security Platform

Armis, a cyber exposure management and security company, has launched Centrix for Application Security, an AI-powered platform built to unify application security across the software development lifecycle and treat code as a first-class attack surface. The new offering correlates code, dependencies, containers, and configuration data with CI/CD and production controls to prioritize and remediate issues. It’s also designed to provide easy onboarding and end-to-end coverage from source code to production by seamlessly integrating with existing development and security stacks.

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Backslash Security Raises $19 Million in Series A Funding

Backslash Security, a vibe coding security company, has raised $19 million in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by KOMPAS VC, with participation from Maniv, Artofin Venture Capital, and existing investors StageOne Ventures and First Rays Capital. Backslash Security will use the investment to expand its R&D talent and operations, deepen its platform’s capabilities, and scale its go-to-market presence in the United States and Europe. Additionally, the company announced that seasoned cybersecurity business leader and investor Ron Zoran, formerly Chief Revenue Officer at CyberArk, will join the company’s board of directors as an independent member.

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Bishop Fox Reveals an AI-Augmented Penetration Testing Service

Bishop Fox, an offensive security firm, has announced a new AI-augmented penetration testing service that blends human expertise with its proprietary AI engine, Cosmos AI, to expand coverage and speed. The approach aims to help security teams keep pace with sprawling cloud, application, and API environments by leveraging AI to surface likely attack paths, streamline tester workflows rather than replace human operators, and better utilize scarce offensive security talent.

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Black Duck Reveals New Platform Integrations for the Polaris Platform

Black Duck, an AI-powered application security company, has released enhanced Polaris Platform integrations across GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and Bitbucket. These integrations will help companies automate repo onboarding, event‑based scanning, and continuous monitoring, enabling them to eliminate coverage gaps created by manual setup and fragmented tools. These enhanced integrations are now available to all existing customers and can be activated directly in the Polaris Platform settings.

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BlueCat Networks Details a SaaS-Based Intelligent NetOps Platform

BlueCat Networks, an Intelligent NetOps provider, has announced BlueCat Horizon, a SaaS-based Intelligent NetOps platform designed to provide a unified control plane for DNS, DHCP, IPAM, security, and observability. Companies can use the Horizon solution to break down fragmented tooling by combining shared data, policies, identities, and AI-assisted analytics. Scott Fulton, BlueCat’s Chief Product and Technology Officer, says, “Most network teams are constrained by tools that operate in isolation and require constant swivel-chair operations. BlueCat Horizon changes that model by providing shared platform services that connect insight to action.”

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Cisco Introduces New Tools and Updates for Its AgenticOps Portfolio

Cisco has announced new features for its AgenticOps portfolio, introducing new AI agents and automations to its network operations, security, and observability products. The update aims to standardize how autonomous agents assist with tasks such as incident resolution, configuration changes, and performance optimization. Those additions include autonomous troubleshooting, context-aware agentic recommendations to prevent performance degradation, risk-aware agentic assessments, experience metrics, proactive analysis of firewall traffic, continuous compliance, and agentic capabilities in Crosswork AI that identify, diagnose, and resolve complex, multi‑vendor issues in service provider networks.

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ExtraHop Announces New Visibility and Forensic Capabilities

ExtraHop, a modern network detection and response (NDR) provider, has launched new visibility and forensic capabilities designed to give autonomous SOC “agents” the network context they need to operate at machine speed. Specifically, these tools combine rich network telemetry with identity data from systems like Entra ID, Active Directory, and Okta. This will enable ExtraHop’s platform to correlate users, devices, applications, and identities into a single dataset. Additionally, the company has introduced new ways for AI agents to securely and accurately access network intelligence.

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Hexnode Upgrades the Hexnode Genie AI

Hexnode, an endpoint management solution, has rolled out a significant upgrade to its Hexnode Genie AI. The update introduces a conversational interface, instant device insights, and automated remediation workflows directly into its UEM console. With these enhancements, IT admins and endpoint teams can improve how they interact with their device ecosystem, make decisions faster, streamline task execution, and benefit from more responsive device management across enterprise environments. The update also lays the groundwork for extending Genie AI into Hexnode’s XDR platform.

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Illumio and Armis Expand Their Partnership

Illumio, a breach containment company, has announced an expanded partnership with Armis, a cyber exposure management and security company. Together, the companies will focus on securing converged IT and OT environments, reflecting the rising risk profile of industrial and critical infrastructure networks. The collaboration will combine Illumio’s Zero Trust Segmentation with Armis’ asset intelligence and visibility capabilities to help organizations understand and contain lateral movement across heterogeneous environments. This will allow joint customers to quickly identify vulnerable or high‑risk assets, apply tailored segmentation policies, and limit blast radius when incidents occur.

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NinjaOne Launches an IT Asset Management Solution

NinjaOne, a Unified IT Operations Platform, has launched NinjaOne IT Asset Management, a new capability built into its existing platform that unifies endpoint and asset visibility across hardware, software, cloud, and specialized devices. The service turns fragmented inventory data into operational intelligence, enabling organizations to extend asset lifecycles, manage warranties and licenses, and strengthen their security by identifying unmanaged or legacy devices. Rahul Hirani, Chief Product Officer at NinjaOne, says, “With NinjaOne IT Asset Management, customers gain a clear, holistic view of every asset in their environment and the ability to act on that information.”

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NowSecure Releases the AI-Navigator Capability

NowSecure, a Mobile App Risk Management (MARM) provider, has launched AI‑Navigator, a capability that automates mobile app authentication and cuts dynamic security testing times. By using AI to navigate login workflows on real Android and iOS devices, the updated tool can move testing beyond unauthenticated surfaces and into the majority of app functionality, which typically sits behind a login. For enterprises relying heavily on mobile, this can close a long‑standing gap between traditional AppSec tools and real-world mobile risk.

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Proofpoint Acquires Acuvity

Proofpoint, a cybersecurity and compliance company, has acquired Acuvity, an AI security and governance startup. With the acquisition, Proofpoint will expand its solution suite with Acuvity’s AI‑native visibility and runtime controls, which can be deployed across endpoints, browsers, MCP servers, and local AI tools. Acuvity will also enhance Proofpoint’s portfolio in securing how people and AI agents work, communicate, and interact with data. Ryan Kalember, Chief Strategy Officer at Proofpoint, says, “Together, Proofpoint and Acuvity enable organizations to confidently adopt AI tools and agents with the governance, visibility, and control required to manage risk.”

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Sophos to Acquire Arco Cyber

Sophos, a global provider of security solutions for defeating cyber-attacks, has acquired UK‑based Arco Cyber to bolster Sophos CISO Advantage, its initiative to deliver CISO‑level strategy and governance to organizations that often lack dedicated security leadership. Arco Cyber will join Sophos as a dedicated team for advancing Sophos CISO Advantage. Its technology and expertise will also be integrated into Sophos Central, the platform that delivers Sophos’ broader ecosystem of advisory services, managed detection and response (MDR), and partner-delivered services to MSPs and MSSPs.

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Xiid and Cytex Announce a Strategic Partnership

Xiid, a pre-emptive cyber defense company, has announced a strategic partnership with Cytex, an AI-powered cybersecurity innovator. The partnership will combine Xiid’s Terniion zero-trust application control platform with Cytex’s AI security and governance platform, AICenturion, to provide companies with continuous threat monitoring, detection, and remediation. This will help the companies empower clients to secure their critical assets by making them unreachable to threat actors, while still delivering real-time protection and monitoring, data security, and compliance.

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