Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of October 9th: SailPoint, Sublime Security, Checkr, 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 October 9th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from SailPoint, Sublime Security, Checkr, 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 October 9th.

Identity Management and Information Security News for the Week of October 9th

AppViewX Expands Its Agent Identity Security Capabilities

AppViewX, an identity security company built for the AI-powered and post-quantum enterprise, has expanded the capabilities of Agent Identity Security. With this new solution, enterprises can discover every agent, whether sanctioned or shadow, govern their posture, maintain audit-ready activity logs, and monitor and control every action the agent performs in real-time. AppViewX now also issues quantum-resilient agent identities, so trust endures even as the enterprise’s cryptography infrastructure evolves.

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Checkr Debuts a Fraud Detection Suite

Checkr, an AI-powered verification platform, has launched a Fraud Detection Suite to help employers detect and prevent sophisticated hiring fraud by leveraging continuous identity and fraud signals throughout the hiring lifecycle. Specific features available in the suite include AI-powered resume fraud detection, deepfake detections, biometric identity verification, image comparisons, location correlation, and tools for detecting device footprint, manipulation, and spoofing.

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Hack The Box Introduces the AI Range Enterprise Edition

Hack The Box (HTB), a cybersecurity readiness platform for the human-AI workforce, has introduced the AI Range Enterprise Edition, which makes HTB’s platform for testing and measuring AI security agent effectiveness available to enterprise security teams. With this offering, HTB will help enterprises evaluate if their AI agents can perform the cybersecurity roles given to them, providing human professionals with insights into how to use agents across the workforce.

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Imply Reveals Its Vision for the SIEM Market

Imply, a modern data layer company, has revealed its expanded vision for the security information and event management (SIEM) market. As part of this vision, the Imply Lumi platform will provide a shared data layer for existing SIEM tools and modern AI agents, enabling organizations to expand access to security data while continuing to use their existing security tools and workflows.

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Ping Identity Releases the Findings From Its 2026 Consumer Survey

Ping Identity, a company focused on securing digital identities, has released its 2026 Consumer Survey, which reveals a clear limit to how much autonomy customers are willing to give AI. According to the findings, 5 percent of consumers are comfortable with AI taking action with their approval, and only 3 percent are comfortable with AI performing routine transactions without final approval. Other takeaways include insights into how comfortable customers are using AI for low-stakes support or recommendations, financial transactions, and more.

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SailPoint Details Several New Capabilities for Its Products

SailPoint, an enterprise identity security company, has announced significant new capabilities for the SailPoint Agentic Fabric (SAF) and SailPoint Human Fabric (SHF) products. Included in the launch are new Autonomous Agents, which encompass a fleet of specialized AI agents for governing and protecting the agentic ecosystem. Other additions include upgrades to SailPoint’s automation and global compliance offerings, as well as an integration between SailPoint Agentic Fabric and Entro, a detection-and-response engine.

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SailPoint Outlines the Updates Available for the Human Fabric Solution

SailPoint also announced a modernization of its entire identity platform, including new enterprise-scale capabilities for SailPoint Human Fabric and the release of IdentityIQ 9.0, which is a major update to its on-premises solution. The specific additions to Human Fabric include enhancements to access certifications, Proactive Separation of Duties (SoD), and Conversational Access Requests. These updates demonstrate a unified commitment to modernizing identity security for every customer, whether in the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid environment.

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Sentra Announces a Shadow AI DLP Capability

Sentra, an AI data readiness platform that secures sensitive data at petabyte scale, has announced Shadow AI DLP, a new capability for the Sentra Platform for AI Data Readiness solution that helps companies securely adopt AI, prevent sensitive data from being shared with generative AI applications, and more. Yair Cohen, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Sentra, says, “Shadow AI DLP extends the intelligence of our AI Data Readiness Platform into the browser, applying business context to every policy decision.”

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Sublime Security Unveils Its Tailored Phishing Simulations and Training 

Sublime Security, an agentic email security platform, has announced the general availability of Sublime Tailored Phishing Simulations and Training. With this release, Sublime aims to help companies put their detection to work, build simulation campaigns around the threats targeting their employees, deliver training immediately after employees fail a phishing test, and identify where their workforce is most vulnerable. It’s available now as an add-on to Sublime Email Security for organizations using Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace.

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Cybersecurity Vendors Claim They’re “AI-Native.” Can They Defend It?

As part of Solutions Review’s ongoing coverage of the evolving AI-native cybersecurity market, our editors are examining how cybersecurity vendors use the “AI-native” title and whether they actually earn it. “Left alone, ‘AI-native’ will mean whatever the best-funded marketing team needs it to mean by next quarter. But that dilutes the term for buyers and quietly punishes the honest vendors who could defend the claim but watch it be spent by everyone who cannot.”

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AI Ransomware Accelerates ─ Time to Hit the Brakes and Do More Than Just Backup

In a new article, Eric Herzog, Chief Marketing Officer at Infinidat, explains that, as AI ransomware accelerates, companies need to do more than just back up their data. He says, “You need to build cyber storage resilience into your data infrastructure to make rapid recovery from AI-powered cyber-attacks possible, restoring a known good copy of data and ensuring your enterprise’s business continuity. Make your storage estate cyber secure before it’s too late.”

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Solutions Review Releases The State of AI-Native Cybersecurity Report, Reintroducing Its Vendor Map Series

Solutions Review has announced the official release of its inaugural The State of AI-Native Cybersecurity Report, a comprehensive analysis of how artificial intelligence is reshaping security operations, team design, and vendor strategy across the enterprise market. The report, available now, also features commentary from thought leaders across the cybersecurity marketplace, pairing Solutions Review’s analysis with practitioner and executive perspectives on where the discipline is heading and what buyers should prioritize.  

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