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By Simon Tung, GM for ASEAN and Asia Emerging Countries (AEC), Kaspersky While cybersecurity companies leverage AI to enhance threat detection, cybercriminals are weaponising the same technology for automated phishing and malware attacks — highlighted by the fact that 43% of organisations believe hackers are using AI-driven methods to boost their effectiveness. To stay protected, organisations must adopt AI-powered platforms rather than relying on isolated tools. AI has firmly established its presence in enterprise cybersecurity. According to data from Kaspersky’s 2026 global study, almost 100% of organisations in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) – including firms in markets like Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam - intend to incorporate AI into security operations. This is consistent with solution providers embedding AI into their workflows to accelerate detection, reduce analyst workload and counter-attacks that move faster than human responders can manage.  On the other hand, cybe...

Dataiku has worked with the Singapore Red Cross (SRC) to strengthen disaster response and public health preparedness under its  AI-for-Good Program .  The programme aims to equip and support non-profit organisations (NGOs) to solve critical social, environmental, and humanitarian challenges. Under the programme, Dataiku has provided Singapore Red Cross' Humanitarian Innovation and Technology (HIT) team with free access to its platform and pro bono support from Dataiku's data scientists and engineers to help the non-profit organisation unlock the value of its data and scale its impact through specific AI use cases.   The Singapore Red Cross engages with communities at home and internationally to build resilience and recover from natural disasters. The organisation has utilised Dataiku’s AI platform to automate disaster surveillance, which had previously involved highly manual, labour-intensive processes of collecting, cleaning, and consolidating data on natural and manma...

By Alan Woo, Founder and CEO, Ready Server Source: Ready Server. Woo. Cloud-first does not always mean practical. For years, businesses have been told that moving to the cloud is the natural next step for growth. The promise was attractive: instant scalability, faster deployment, and enterprise-grade infrastructure without the need for heavy upfront investment. For large organisations with dedicated infrastructure teams and sizeable operational budgets, that model still works well. However, many smaller software teams, startups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and web agencies are beginning to realise that modern infrastructure has become increasingly shaped around enterprise-scale complexity rather than practical operational needs. Lean teams are not rejecting cloud or modern infrastructure altogether. What they are rejecting is unnecessary complexity. Across Southeast Asia, smaller businesses are operating in environments where technical manpower is limited, operational effic...

- Human error and poor non-human identity management are the root causes of most attacks - Agentic AI accelerates the risk   Sophos, a global cybersecurity provider, has released the State of Identity Security 2026, a vendor-agnostic survey of 5,000 IT and cybersecurity leaders across 17 countries*. The survey found that 71% of organisations globally suffered at least one identity-related breach in the past year, and on average, organisations reported three separate incidents.  Source: Sophos landing page . Cover for the inaigural State of Identity Security 2026 report. Identity attacks are rarely one-off events with repeat victimisation reaching a notable level, with 5% even reporting six or more breaches globally, Sophos said. These attacks are driven primarily by human error and weak management of non-human identities (NHIs), a challenge that is accelerating rapidly as agentic AI accelerates attack processes. According to the company, NHIs can include API keys, service acco...

Asia-Pacific (APAC) businesses accelerating digital transformation often discover that their agreement processes remain stubbornly manual and fragmented. With cross-border trade intensifying across APAC's diverse regulatory landscape, businesses are grappling with how to verify identities, enforce agreements, and maintain audit trails without slowing down deal velocity. Source: Docusign. Krishnamurthy. Kartik Krishnamurthy, VP of Docusign Asia, shares how businesses can navigate cross-border regulatory complexity, unlock intelligence trapped in legacy contracts, and deploy AI-powered agreement tools responsibly. Q : Asia Pacific is home to some of the world's most digitally-advanced economies, yet many businesses still struggle with manual, fragmented agreement processes. What's driving this gap, and what is it costing organisations across the region?  Krishnamurthy (KK) : The paradox is striking. APAC leads globally in AI adoption, yet organisations across the region are ...

- Okta and Google Cloud have expanded a collaboration to secure/govern AI agents. - New integrations: Auth0 for AI Agents now supports Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform .  - Coming soon: Okta for AI Agents will centralise agent identity/policy via Gemini .  - Okta/Chrome Enterprise secure browser work stack with threat response now available. Okta is expanding its collaboration with Google Cloud to bring together best-of-breed identity, cloud, and productivity solutions that help joint customers strengthen security and resilience across their AI-powered workforce. Through new integrations between Okta and Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and Chrome Enterprise , the companies are extending enterprise-grade security and identity governance to AI agents while protecting users, access, and devices across browser-based work. With enterprises deploying more AI agents and embedding AI into everyday workflows, they need the ability to secure and govern agents in a similar way t...

Inspira Enterprise, a global cybersecurity and AI services provider headquartered in India, has deployed the ServiceNow AI Control Tower (AICT) as the enterprise-wide governance layer for its AI ecosystem. The platform provides centralised visibility, oversight, and lifecycle management across all AI assets—including AI agents, agentic workflows, models, datasets, prompts, and skills—from intake and assessment through deployment, monitoring, and optimisation. To date, Inspira has onboarded more than 50 AI agents across identity & access management, threat & vulnerability management, cyber , defence, risk management, and internal business operations. The implementation has delivered a 40% increase in AI adoption and a 35% improvement in operational productivity, illustrating how effective AI governance can support broader enterprise AI outcomes while enabling organisations to scale AI with greater confidence. Inspira Enterprise delivers adaptive, intelligent solutions to indus...