Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of January 16th: One Identity, JumpCloud, Pathlock, 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 January 16th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from One Identity, JumpCloud, Pathlock, 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 January 16th.

Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of January 16th

Comparitech Releases Its 2025 Ransomware Roundup Report

Comparitech has released its 2025 end-of-year ransomware roundup, which recorded 7,419 ransomware attacks worldwide, a 32 percent increase from 2024. Of the attacks Comparitech noted in 2025, 1,173 were confirmed by the targeted organizations, and the rest were claimed by ransomware groups on their data leak sites, but have not been acknowledged by the targets. Additionally, across the 1,173 confirmed attacks, nearly 59.2 million records were breached (and counting). These figures for 2025 are lower than those recorded in 2024, but with more reports still coming in, Comparitecg expects 2025’s figures to continue to grow.

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Delinea Acquires StrongDM

Delinea, a company focused on securing human and machine identities through centralized authorization, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire StrongDM, a universal access management company purpose-built for modern engineering, DevOps, and AI-driven environments. The combination of Delinea’s experience in enterprise privileged access management (PAM) with StrongDM’s just-in-time (JIT) runtime authorization capabilities and developer-first access model will create an identity security platform specifically designed for continuous, always-on environments.

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JumpCloud Announces New AI Capabilities

JumpCloud, a unified identity, device, and access management platform, has announced new AI capabilities designed to “fuel safe innovations.” With these new tools, teams can automatically detect shadow AI usage, quickly access critical data, manage machine-to-machine and AI-to-resource access via a unified policy, use conversational intelligence to streamline high-frequency administrative tasks, integrate with other AI tools in their tech stack, and quickly generate debug scripts, and ensure compliance and control for all types of identities, including human, non-human, and autonomous agents.

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One Identity Introduces New Features to Its Platform

One Identity, an identity security company, has announced a significant upgrade for its One Identity Manager platform. The One Identity Manager 10.0 release introduces new capabilities for risk-based governance, identity threat detection and response (ITDR), and AI-assisted insights to help teams strengthen their identity governance and anticipate, contain, and manage identity-driven attacks across their complex IT ecosystems. Specific additions include enhanced risk management integrations and new ITDR playbooks for automating key remediation actions.

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Pathlock Appoints a New CEO

Pathlock—a company focused on governing and securing enterprise identity, applications, and data—has appointed Damon Tompkins as Chief Executive Officer. Tompkins has over thirty years of experience in the governance, risk, compliance, and cybersecurity markets. As CEO, he will help Pathlock continue to grow its AI investments and expand its footprint among large global enterprises. He says, “With a strong team and unmatched expertise in governing risk across critical applications, I’m confident in our ability to help customers future-proof their governance program and stay prepared for a new generation of challenges.”

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SavvyMoney and Allstate Identity Protection Announce a Partnership

SavvyMoney, a provider of integrated credit score, financial wellness, and lending solutions, has announced a partnership with Allstate Identity Protection. The companies aim to bring identity restoration services directly into the SavvyMoney Credit Score experience and enable financial institutions to offer Allstate’s Identity Restoration services to consumers. Their partnership will also extend SavvyMoney’s existing credit monitoring and alert capabilities by giving members access to Allstate’s white-glove restoration services.

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What to Expect from the Solutions Spotlight with Pathlock on February 12th, 2026

For the next Solutions Spotlight event, the Solutions Review team has partnered with Pathlock, a compliance-centric identity governance company. In the hour-long webinar, an identity and access management (IAM) expert from Pathlock will provide an overview of the current identity security landscape and demonstrate how the Pathlock platform can address common challenges of legacy identity governance and administration (IGA) approaches.

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