Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of August 8th: Semperis, BigID, Delinea, and More

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy Identity Management and Information Security news from the week of August 8th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from Semperis, BigID, Delinea, and more.

Keeping tabs on all the most relevant Identity Management and Information Security 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 identity management and information security news from the week of August 8th.

Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of August 8th

Abnormal AI Expands Its Security Posture Management Capabilities

Abnormal AI, an AI-native human behavior security provider, has updated its Security Posture Management product to provide AI-driven protection, automated prioritization, and remediation guidance for customers’ Microsoft 365 environments. With these additions, security teams can continuously detect misconfigurations across users, apps, and tenants, giving them the visibility and control they need to stay ahead of attackers. CEO of Abnormal AI, Evan Reiser, says, “Because we already integrate deeply with Microsoft 365 to protect inbound email, we can extend our API-based architecture to detect these hidden risks.”

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AU10TIX Details Its Child Safety Age Assurance Risk and Readiness Assessment and Age Assurance Readiness Guide

AU10TIX, a global identity verification and fraud prevention company, has announced a free Child Safety Age Assurance Risk and Readiness Assessment and Age Assurance Readiness Guide. The Assessment consists of six short questions about an organization’s sector, security measures, and ID verification processes. Upon completion, participants receive a customized Risk Assessment Report that outlines key vulnerabilities, offers practical recommendations for improving compliance, and provides a comprehensive 13-page Age Assurance Readiness Guide to help them navigate the complex landscape of age verification regulations.

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BigID Introduced a Set of Trust, Risk, and Security Management Controls

BigID, a platform for data security, privacy, compliance, and AI governance, has introduced AI TRiSM (Trust, Risk, and Security Management). This new, integrated set of controls empowers organizations to govern AI usage, detect emerging threats, and validate the integrity of the data fueling their models. Other use cases include automating AI Risk Assessments, triggering remediation workflows, detecting risky AI behavior with AI Security Posture Management (SPM), and operationalizing AI governance across data, models, and pipelines.

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BigID Releases a Prompt-Based Classification Interface

BigID also announced Prompt-Based Classification, a natural language interface for data discovery and classification. With this launch, BigID can replace rigid rule-based systems with an AI-powered engine that allows users to describe what they’re looking for in plain English and automatically find and classify the data. For example, instead of relying on technical rules, brittle pattern libraries, and complex setups, BigID’s Prompt-Based Classification will define sensitive data in free-text, paste in regulatory language, or articulate AI policy requirements, all while BigID handles the rest with contextual, scalable classification with improved accuracy.

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Delinea Launches a Practical AI Engine

Delinea, a solution focused on securing human and machine identities through centralized authorization, has unveiled Delinea Iris AI, a practical AI engine built natively into the Delinea Platform. Delinea Iris AI introduces new platform capabilities, including real-time, evidence-based access decisions, intelligent auditing, and adaptive controls, to help organizations boost productivity, strengthen identity security, and reduce complexity. It will also enable teams to authorize access in real-time based on user risk, identify anomalies with actionable insights, deliver evidence-based risk remediation in real-time, and provide audit trails for seamless proof of compliance. 

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Descope Debuts an Agentic Identity Control Plane

Descope, a drag-and-drop external IAM platform, has announced the Agentic Identity Control Plane. The solution enables security teams to institute policy-based governance, auditing, and identity management for their AI agent and Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystems. The Agentic Identity Control Plane builds on the existing Descope Agentic Identity Hub, empowering users with end-to-end identity lifecycle management for AI agents, scope-based access control through a policy engine, and enterprise-grade monitoring and auditing capabilities.

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Elastic Announces the Elastic AI SOC Engine

Elastic, a Search AI Company, recently announced Elastic AI SOC Engine (EASE), a new serverless, easy-to-deploy security package that integrates AI-driven context-aware detection and triage into existing SIEM and EDR tools without the need for immediate migration or replacement. With EASE, businesses can deliver agentless integrations, AI-driven alert correlation using Elastic’s Attack Discovery, a friction-reducing path to prioritize threats, and an AI Assistant that empowers SOC analysts to uncover hidden, coordinated threats faster and reduce manual investigation time.

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ExtraHop Introduces Real-Time Identity Insights to Its Platform

ExtraHop, a modern network detection and response (NDR) provider, has updated its platform with features for capturing real-time identity insights. With these identity insights, SOC analysts can create a full picture of an attack based on the user identities involved, visibility into which devices were accessed, what protocols were used, and whether any detections were triggered. These insights will make it easier for teams to improve alert efficiency, remove an attacker’s advantage, and streamline operations from a single platform, eliminating the need to pivot between multiple tools.

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Forter Unveils New Capabilities for E-Commerce Enterprises

Forter, a Trust Platform for digital commerce, has announced new capabilities designed to allow e-commerce enterprises to confidently trust AI agents from discovery through payment. This release—the first in a series—will equip merchants with actionable visibility into AI-driven activity on their sites, giving them the confidence to navigate the rapidly changing e-commerce landscape securely. The capabilities in the release include enhanced AI agent detection, AI-driven browsing identification, public network insights on agentic behavior, and a dashboard that visualizes all agentic activity detected on a merchant’s site.

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Keyfactor Announces Three Strategic Leadership Hires

Keyfactor, a digital trust provider for modern enterprises, has announced three recent strategic leadership hires to bolster its next growth stage. The company’s latest appointments include Gün Akkor as Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO), Valtteri Vesikallio as Chief Customer Officer (CCO), and Louise McEvoy as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Global Channel Sales. These industry professionals have decades of experience across markets, which they will use to help the company continue its momentum as a leading cryptographic platform.

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LastPass Reveals Its SaaS Protect Product

LastPass, a global password and identity management provider, has unveiled SaaS Protect at Black Hat 2025. Building on the company’s existing SaaS Monitoring capabilities, the SaaS Protect product introduces a set of policy enforcements that enable organizations to move from passive visibility to proactive access control. Features include customizable SaaS app policies, credential risk detection, and real-time enforcement reporting, empowering IT and security teams to address Shadow IT, Shadow AI, and credential misuse with additional speed, precision, and confidence.

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Mimecast Makes Several Product Announcements at Black Hat USA

Mimecast, a global cybersecurity company that secures human risk with precision-engineered AI, has shared details on its connected Human Risk Management Platform at Black Hat USA. The platform includes adaptive policies designed to automatically adjust security measures based on real-time risk assessment, behavioral science data, and threat intelligence, ensuring optimal protection levels and restrictions for the users who need them most. This update will help organizations stay ahead of threats and prevent loss of critical data, while reducing administrative overhead.

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NINJIO and Defendify Detail Their Strategic Partnership

NINJIO, a human risk management solution, has announced a strategic partnership with Defendify, an IT security platform. The partnership will integrate NINJIO’s advanced cybersecurity awareness training and human risk management platform with Defendify’s comprehensive cybersecurity tools suite, providing resource-constrained organizations with a unified human-and-IT security solution. Gary Noke, President and CEO of NINJIO, says, “This partnership represents a fundamental shift from fragmented point solutions to a coordinated defense strategy that recognizes the critical interplay between human behavior and technical security controls.”

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Semperis Releases Service Account Protection Essential

Semperis, an AI-powered identity security and cyber resilience company, recently announced Service Account Protection Essential, a new edition of its Directory Services Protector (DSP). The latest version provides unmatched visibility, monitoring, and alerting for Active Directory service accounts, a prime target for cyber attackers. For example, it enables organizations to identify service accounts, build an inventory, and continually monitor them for security vulnerabilities with specialized indicators developed by Semperis’ expert threat research team.

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