𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 “𝐧𝐨,” 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧? The recent incident in which an OpenAI agent gained unauthorized access to an Australian government health portal highlights a new challenge in agentic AI security: autonomous agents can bypass access controls even when their original task is legitimate. In this @SecurityMag article by Jordyn Alger, our CEO, @Ram_Varadarajan, highlights two critical lessons: • Static access controls alone are insufficient. Organizations need independent, deception-based guardrails to detect and disrupt unauthorized agent behavior. • A three-month delay in disclosure underscores the need for stronger monitoring, detection, and incident reporting. As Ram emphasizes, organizations need cybersecurity and safety measures that go beyond what foundation model companies provide. 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬. Read the full article and Ram’s perspective: securitymagazine.com/article… #AgenticAI #AISecurity #CyberDeception #PreemptiveCybersecurity #RuntimeSecurity

On Sept. 29, Acalvio Technologies is co-hosting the Google Cloud Security Innovations Forum 2026 in Sunnyvale, CA. We’re bringing together top enterprise CISOs and security leaders to map out the shift to continuous, autonomous defense. What’s on the agenda? • How to deploy specialized AI security agents that predict attack paths. • Inside metrics from Mandiant’s landmark M-Trends 2026 Report. • Peer-to-peer roundtable discussions on fighting AI with AI. This is an exclusive, in-person event, and seats are filling quickly. Reserve your seat here: cvisionintl.com/events/summi…

𝐂𝐈𝐒𝐀 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞. New CISA guidance outlines how cyber decoys—including 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬—can generate high-fidelity alerts, detect post-compromise activity, and complement Zero Trust strategies. For defenders, it’s another important step toward preemptive cybersecurity: detecting attacker intent early, before critical assets are reached. Read the CISA guidance: cisa.gov/resources-tools/res… #CyberSecurity #CyberDeception #PreemptiveSecurity #CISA #ZeroTrust #ThreatDetection

Live from @GISECGlobal at Dubai Expo, Ray Kafity of @AcalvioTech marks the launch of the company's official presence in the UAE alongside distributor @ami_viz, bringing preemptive cybersecurity to enterprise resilience. #GISEC #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #AmiViz #Acalvio

@cyberdefensemag Publisher @miliefsky is pleased to share an interesting story about AI Changed the Rules of Threat Detection #Cybersecurity ow.ly/JKbH50ZKK3r by Ram Varadarajan of @AcalvioTech Subscribe to our monthly eMagazine: ow.ly/65HX50ZKK3s

🛡️ 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔! We’re excited to sponsor 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐧, bringing together the cybersecurity defender community in Chicago, September 10–13. If you’re attending, don’t miss Suril Desai, 𝐕𝐏 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐨, as he shares practical insights on: 🎙️ 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 📅 Sunday, September 13 | 11:30–11:55 AM CDT 📍 Swissôtel Chicago 🔗 Session details: blueteamcon2026.sched.com/ev… Cloud environments introduce unique challenges for deception. Suril will explore how defenders can design an effective deception strategy across 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐭𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬—including where to place deceptions, what they should represent, and how to protect dynamic GCP and GKE workloads. Come meet the Acalvio team and learn how AI-powered deception and preemptive cyber defense can help detect attacker intent early and protect cloud environments. See you in Chicago! #BlueTeamCon #CyberSecurity #CloudSecurity #CyberDeception #PreemptiveSecurity #GCP

Cyber Resilience for Agentic AI: Learnings from the Hugging Face Attack Webinar by @AcalvioTech on Tuesday, September 15th at 1 PM ET. Register Here: acalvio.com/resources/webina… #CyberDeception #DeceptionGuardrailAgenticAI #HuggingFace

🚨 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫? The recent 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 offers a glimpse into a new era of cyber threats—where autonomous agents can perform reconnaissance, escalate privileges, move laterally, and interact with production infrastructure at machine speed. Join 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐢, 𝐕𝐏 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐨, for our upcoming webinar: 𝐂𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐈: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 📅 September 15, 2026 🕙 10 AM PT | 1 PM ET Suril will explore: ✅ How agentic AI attacks differ from traditional human-led attacks ✅ Why finding the malicious attack path among thousands of AI-generated actions is so challenging ✅ How preemptive defense can detect and disrupt adversarial activity early—starting at reconnaissance ✅ Practical strategies for building cyber resilience against autonomous, machine-speed threats Register today 👇 acalvio.com/resources/webina… #AgenticAI #AISecurity #CyberSecurity #PreemptiveSecurity #CyberDeception #HealthcareSecurity #HuggingFace

We are at CrowdStrike Fal.Con event this week in Las Vegas. Meet Acalvio experts at booth #2104 at Fal.Con 2026, or schedule a meeting ( acalvio.com/resources/events…) in our meeting room to see live attack demonstrations and learn about: • Agentic attacks that leverage concurrency, autonomy, and dynamic reasoning • How deception serves as an environmental guardrail for agentic AI systems • Innovations in 360 Deception, including techniques that make real assets appear fake to disrupt reconnaissance and attack progression #CyberDeception #AgenticAISecurity #BotvsBot

On Sept 29, we are co-hosting the @googlecloud Security Innovations Forum 2026 in Sunnyvale, CA. We’re bringing together top enterprise CISOs and security leaders to map out the shift to continuous, autonomous defense. What’s on the agenda? • How to deploy specialized AI security agents that predict attack paths. • Inside metrics from Mandiant’s landmark M-Trends 2026 Report. • Peer-to-peer roundtable discussions on fighting AI with AI. This is an exclusive, in-person event, and seats are filling quickly. 👉 Reserve your seat here: cvisionintl.com/events/summi…

Deception Guardrails isn't just another #AI safety layer—it's preemptive defense. Cloud Security Alliance, SANS, and #RSAC experts agree: agents cannot distinguish valid credentials from honeypots. See how @AcalvioTech is defending #agenticAI. Read more: vmblog.com/news/acalvio-unve… #BHUSA #CyberSecurity #BlackHat

Blue Team Con 2026 is proud to announce @AcalvioTech as a Silver Sponsor.

☀️ 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬: 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 — 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 The Summer edition is here, featuring the latest Acalvio innovations, research, and industry perspectives on defending against AI-driven and agentic threats. 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞: 🤖 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐈 — extending protection beyond model guardrails with independent runtime defenses in the agent’s operating environment. 📘 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐈 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 — how deception must evolve to counter AI-driven threats and autonomous attackers. 🔍 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡: 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐎𝐩𝐬 — Software Analyst Cyber Research explores the evolution from static honeypots to adaptive deception that can influence what attackers see, trust, and do next. ☁️ 𝐍𝐞𝐰: 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚 — bringing deception-driven protection to Azure cloud and identity environments. 🎯 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 — delivering enriched context and actionable intelligence from internet-facing deception. ⚡ Plus: insights on countering 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬, our joint solution with Cisco, and upcoming events and webinars. As AI changes the speed and nature of cyberattacks, defenders need to move beyond reactive security toward preemptive defense designed for the AI era. 👉 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫: insights.acalvio.com/index.p… #AgenticAI #AISecurity #CyberDeception #PreemptiveCybersecurity #Cybersecurity #AcalvioTechnologies

Ahead of #BlackHat2026, @VMblog sat down with Ram Varadarajan, CEO of @AcalvioTech, to talk #agenticAI attacks, #identity as the new attack graph, PQC readiness & their new Deception Guardrails launch showcased at Booth 8606. A must-read for CISOs prepping for Vegas. vmblog.com/qa/black-hat-usa-… #BHUSA #BlackHat

🚨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐈 AI guardrails have largely focused on controlling what goes into and out of AI models. But what happens after an AI agent begins interacting with enterprise credentials, APIs, tools, and infrastructure? That is the next frontier of AI security. The recent Hugging Face AI agent incident reinforced an important reality: once autonomous AI agents are operating in production, organizations need visibility into their runtime behavior—not just their prompts and responses. That's why industry experts from the 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐂 have recommended deception—including fake identities, credentials, honey APIs, and decoy infrastructure—as a critical layer of defense against compromised AI agents. Today, we're excited to introduce 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬. 📖 Read the announcement: prnewswire.com/news-releases… Our new patent-pending capability brings these recommendations to life by surrounding AI agents with a deceptive runtime environment that detects misalignment, exposes malicious behavior, and disrupts attacks 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝. As organizations accelerate the adoption of agentic AI, security must evolve from 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 to 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. 📍𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐇𝐚𝐭 𝐔𝐒𝐀? Visit Acalvio in the AI Zone (Booth #8606) to learn more and schedule time in our meeting room, BMR6505 (behind the Startup City Stage), for a live demonstration of Deception Guardrails and to see how organizations can secure agentic AI with preemptive runtime defense. 👉 Schedule a Meeting at Black Hat: acalvio.com/resources/events… #AgenticAI #AISecurity #Cybersecurity #AIAgents #RuntimeSecurity #CyberDeception #BlackHat #EnterpriseAI #PreemptiveCybersecurity

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨? The window between vulnerability discovery and exploitation is collapsing. Frontier AI models can identify thousands of vulnerabilities—including zero-days—while autonomous AI agents can weaponize them at machine speed. By the time a patch is available, attackers may have already moved. This is why 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. In this blog, our VP of Detection Engineering, Suril Desai, explores why defenders need a complementary approach: 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 that exposes malicious intent during reconnaissance—before exploitation succeeds. Key takeaways: ✅ How AI-assisted vulnerability discovery is reshaping cyber risk ✅ Why the race between disclosure and exploitation is accelerating ✅ How deception creates early warning independent of CVEs, signatures, or patches ✅ Why preemptive security is becoming essential against AI-driven attacks As AI compresses the attack timeline, defenders need controls that work 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞—𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭. Read the blog: acalvio.com/agentic-ai-secur… #CyberSecurity #AI #AgenticAI #ZeroDay #CyberDeception #PreemptiveSecurity #ThreatDetection #CloudSecurity

🎙 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦: 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 📅 July 29, 2026 🕣 8:30 PM ET The recent 𝐂𝐒𝐀 𝐌𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 calls on CISOs to establish a 90-day plan for deception capabilities. This webinar dives into the "why" and the "how." Join Rich Mogull, Chief Analyst at the Cloud Security Alliance, and Suril Desai, VP of Detection Engineering at Acalvio Technologies, for an insightful CloudBytes webinar. Together, we'll explore: ✅ Real-world AI-assisted threats and Mythos-class attacks ✅ Why patching alone is no longer enough ✅ How agentic AI changes the threat landscape ✅ The growing role of preemptive security in defending against AI-driven attacks Register today and join the conversation. 🔗brighttalk.com/webcast/10415… #CyberSecurity #AI #AgenticAI #CloudSecurity #CloudSecurityAlliance #CyberDeception #PreemptiveSecurity #ZeroDay #Mythos

We are excited to be a Silver Sponsor at the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, June 1–3, 2026, in National Harbor, MD. As AI-driven and agentic threats accelerate, security leaders are rethinking how to move beyond reactive detection toward preemptive cyber defense. If you’re attending #GartnerSEC, connect with us to learn how Acalvio’s AI-powered deception platform helps organizations: ▪️ Expose attacker intent early ▪️ Detect credential misuse and lateral movement ▪️ Defend IT, OT, identity, and cloud workloads ▪️ Disrupt AI-driven attacks before impact We look forward to meeting security and risk leaders at the summit. Let’s connect in National Harbor. #GartnerSEC #CyberSecurity #AI #AgenticAI #DeceptionTechnology #PreemptiveSecurity #SecurityLeadership