Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of February 13th: Palo Alto Networks, Bitsight, Portnox, 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 February 13th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from Palo Alto Networks, Bitsight, Portnox, 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 February 13th.

Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of February 13th

Bitsight Announces a Dark Web Intelligence Capability for Supply Chains

Bitsight, a global cyber risk intelligence company, has introduced Dark Web Intelligence for Supply Chains. This new capability correlates deep, dark, and open web threat intelligence with an organization’s specific third-party ecosystem. With this tool, teams can identify which vendors and vulnerabilities are actively being targeted or have been breached. It works by mapping activity to MITRE ATT&CK and applying AI-driven exploitability scoring to give risk and security teams earlier warning, sharper prioritization, and a shared view across GRC, TPRM, and SOC functions.

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GitGuardian Raises $50 Million in a Series C Funding Round

GitGuardian, a secrets and Non-Human Identity (NHI) security platform, has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round led by Insight Partners, with support from Quadrille Capital and existing backers. The company will use these funds to expand its platform for securing secrets and non-human identities (NHIs) such as service accounts and AI agents. Additionally, GitGuaridian said it will continue to invest in its hiring efforts across engineering, sales, and customer success teams in both the US and European markets.

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Entrust Details a New Partnership with Google

Entrust, a global provider of identity-centric security solutions, has announced a partnership with Google to deliver stronger, more interoperable digital identity and security solutions for enterprises adopting cloud and modern authentication. The collaboration will bring together Entrust’s IDV solutions with Google Cloud’s infrastructure and security expertise to equip organizations with a larger, more sophisticated view of fraud insights and identity verification performance. By equipping clients with real‑time analytics and clear visibility into emerging trends, this partnership will make it easier for businesses to understand and respond to their threat environments.

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Imprivata Expands Its Enterprise Access Management Platform

Imprivata, a provider of access management solutions for healthcare and other mission-critical industries, has expanded its Enterprise Access Management platform with new context-aware passwordless authentication, advanced biometrics, identity verification, and AI-driven behavioral analytics capabilities. These updates are aimed at healthcare and other mission-critical sectors. They will consolidate multiple authentication methods—including FIDO passkeys, face authentication, and adaptive access—into a single platform that supports personal and shared devices, remote users, and mixed legacy or cloud environments.

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Keeper Security Achieves GovRAMP High Authorization

Keeper Security, a provider of a zero-trust, zero-knowledge Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform, has announced that its Keeper Security Government Cloud (KSGC) platform has achieved GovRAMP High authorization. With this authorization, State, Local, and Educational (SLED) organizations can use the KSGC solution to protect high-impact, non-classified systems and data that could result in severe operational, financial, or public trust consequences if compromised.

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Okta Releases New Features for its Identity Security Posture Management Solution

Okta—a company focused on securing AI, machine, and human identity—has announced Agent Discovery in Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM). With this new offering, organizations can discover shadow AI, uncover hidden identity risks and misconfigurations across known and unknown agents, and map agents’ potential blast radius. The tool can integrate with a browser, including Google Chrome, to capture real-time signals and map the relationship between the Client App (the AI tool) and the Resource App (the data source), providing alerts when unknown agents use unsanctioned tools.

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Palo Alto Networks Completes Its Acquisition of CyberArk

Palo Alto Networks, a global cybersecurity company, has completed its acquisition of identity security specialist CyberArk. With the addition of CyberArk’s Identity Security Platform, Palo Alto Networks is uniquely equipped to secure every identity across enterprises, including human, machine, and agentic. Matt Cohen, CEO of CyberArk, says, “Joining forces with Palo Alto Networks creates the definitive cyber guardian for the modern enterprise. This is a win-win: our customers gain access to the world’s most comprehensive security portfolio, and our employees join a global innovation engine.”

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Pathlock Integrates with the Microsoft Sentinel Solution for SAP

Pathlock, an Identity and Access Governance company, has announced the integration of its Cybersecurity Application Controls (CAC) solution with the Microsoft Sentinel Solution for SAP. The integration will provide enterprise security teams with complete visibility into their SAP landscape, enabling them to identify and respond to threats early, all from their SIEM. For SAP-heavy organizations standardizing on Sentinel, the integration will help them close a longstanding gap between ERP security and SOC workflows without requiring bespoke integrations.

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Portnox Expands Its Universal Zero Trust Platform

Portnox—a passwordless, universal zero-trust company—has expanded its cloud-native Universal Zero Trust Platform to cover mission-critical enterprise applications. The update specifically introduces granular access controls and continuous posture assessment beyond networks and endpoints, helping organizations enforce consistent zero-trust policies that follow users and devices into SaaS and line-of-business systems. With these capabilities, teams can view all authorized resources across applications and infrastructure, verify identities with enterprise IdPs integrations, and more.

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SpecterOps Launches the BloodHound Scentry Service

SpecterOps, an identity Attack Path Management (APM) company, has launched BloodHound Scentry, a service that pairs its BloodHound Enterprise platform with in-house experts to help organizations build and mature their identity attack path management programs. The offering is designed to provide tailored attack-path remediation guidance, monthly expert analysis, privilege zone design, OpenGraph extension support, and executive-ready reporting that enable teams to tie identity risk reduction to business outcomes. BloodHound Scentry can empower organizations with little or no identity Attack Path Management to build and scale their practice from Level 0 to Level 3 maturity or higher, strengthening their security posture and reducing risk.

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