Escape lands $18 million funding to scale AI-driven offensive security automation
2026-03-10T08:51:57Z•dd2a3a00cfe79f603283499b99372d83ff257d66d7ac42f6c5a925f30702e9bd
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What happened
Collection of Help Net Security items (Mar 9–10, 2026) focused on the rapid embedding of AI and autonomous agents in security tooling and operations. Key themes: new funding for AI-driven offensive security automation (Escape), identity/privilege enhancements (SailPoint), live observability for AI agents/IDEs (Datadog MCP), runtime governance and real‑time guardrails for agents/models (OneTrust, Singulr), OpenAI’s acquisition of Promptfoo to integrate AI security testing, and industry observations on supply‑chain blind spots, cyber‑extortion demographics, and pentester trends away from public-
Why it matters
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- 2026-03-10T08:51:57Z
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