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Hub International Holdings has published its 2026 Middle Market Profitability & Resiliency Report, which found that 75% of middle market leaders do not fully understand what their insurance policies cover, even as more organisations adopt formal risk management programmes. The…
Thirty-eight companies joined the Crunchbase Unicorn Board in September, adding $71bn in value. Semiconductors, financial services and space technology produced the most new entrants, with the rest spread across biotech, AI infrastructure, AI training, security and frontier labs. Twenty-one of…
The anonymous figure behind this summer’s GTA 6 leaks, operating as CyberLeek, has threatened to release a complete playable build of the game unless its Solana meme coin reaches a $30 million market capitalisation. The demand was posted on the…
The Northern Virginia Technology Council has named its 2026 Cyber50 honorees, a list of 50 companies and executives recognised for their work in cybersecurity across the National Capital Region. Honorees were chosen through an independent judging process across three categories:…
AI accounted for almost every one of the ten largest US startup funding rounds announced in the week covered by Crunchbase’s latest roundup, led by a $1bn Series C for Instinct, a developer of personal AI assistants. Sequoia Capital, Benchmark…
The rapid growth of satellite communications is creating systemic cybersecurity exposure as more than 18,000 active satellites orbit Earth, according to Manar Alohaly, a senior RDI executive at the Saudi Information Technology Company, writing in a World Economic Forum post.…
Cybersecurity unicorns Island and Cyera each raised $400m this week, topping Crunchbase’s list of the ten largest US venture rounds for the period of 19 to 25 September 2026. Dallas-based Island, which builds tools for secure enterprise digital operations, closed…
More than a third of industrial organisations now rank cybersecurity risk among the biggest obstacles to their growth, according to a new study. The finding comes as connected operations, AI adoption and the convergence of IT and OT systems widen…
SINET has announced the 16 honorees of its 2026 SINET16 programme and, for the first time in its history, named three finalists competing for a single Innovator Award. 7AI, Noma and Runlayer will present before a SINET Judging Committee on…
Australia’s Signals Directorate is retiring the Essential Eight framework in favour of a new outcomes-based Essentials series, with deprecation targeted for around mid-2027 and full retirement around mid-2028. The new model is structured as chapters, starting with enterprise IT and…
