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Tahawul Tech
24-04-2025
- Business
- Tahawul Tech
SandboxAQ launches new platform to address AI agent threats
SandboxAQ, a leader in AI and cybersecurity solutions, has announced the general availability of AQtive Guard, a groundbreaking platform designed to manage and secure Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and other cryptographic assets used by AI agents – both friendly and malevolent – that are surging across enterprise environments. As billions of AI agents flood enterprise ecosystems, organisations are facing an unprecedented surge of intelligent, adaptive cyber threats capable of continuously probing networks, evading detection, and rapidly exploiting vulnerabilities. This escalating threat demands proactive, AI-driven cryptographic defences to counteract attacks that evolve faster than traditional security measures can respond. AQtive Guard's Discover module enables organisations to maintain an accurate inventory and control over both NHIs and cryptographic assets such as keys, certificates, algorithms, and libraries, and is crucial for compliance and meeting regulatory mandates. AQtive Guard's Protect orchestrates automated remediation workflows and enforces protection policies such as credential rotation or certificate renewal. Leveraging its industry-leading Large Quantitative Models (LQMs), AQtive Guard's Discover and Protect modules provide organisations with unprecedented visibility, control and remediation, addressing the escalating challenges of machine-to-machine communication security, compliance pressures, and the transition to the new NIST security standards. As part of the launch, SandboxAQ also announced two key capabilities: Robust integration with the CrowdStrike Falcon ® cybersecurity platform, representing SandboxAQ's deepest technical integration to date. AQtive Guard empowers joint customers with full visibility into their non-human identity and cryptographic inventories and vulnerabilities by pulling data directly from CrowdStrike endpoints. One-click ingestion translates to value from the first hour of use. AQtive Guard can then remediate the vulnerabilities as they are identified. cybersecurity platform, representing SandboxAQ's deepest technical integration to date. AQtive Guard empowers joint customers with full visibility into their non-human identity and cryptographic inventories and vulnerabilities by pulling data directly from CrowdStrike endpoints. One-click ingestion translates to value from the first hour of use. AQtive Guard can then remediate the vulnerabilities as they are identified. Interoperability with Palo Alto Networks, a trusted name in enterprise security solutions. SandboxAQ is ingesting Palo Alto Networks' firewall logs directly into AQtive Guard, resulting in key visibility improvements for network security posture, vulnerability detection, and security compliance. 'There will be more than one billion AI agents with significant autonomous power in the next few years', stated Jack Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ. 'Enterprises are giving AI agents a vastly increased range of capabilities to impact customers and real-world assets. This creates a dangerous attack surface for adversaries. AQtive Guard's Discover and Protect modules address this urgent issue'. 'As organisations accelerate AI adoption and the use of agents and machine-to-machine communication across all business domains and functions, maintaining a real-time, accurate inventory of NHIs and cryptographic assets is an essential cybersecurity practice. Being able to automatically remediate vulnerabilities and policy violations identified is crucial to decrease time to mitigation and prevent potential breaches within the first day of use of our software', said Marc Manzano, General Manager of Cybersecurity at SandboxAQ. AQtive Guard addresses these challenges by providing a unified, AI-driven solution for modern NHI and cryptography management. The platform offers: Vulnerability Detection and Inventory: Builds a complete and continuously updated inventory by integrating data from multiple sources, including existing data and meta-information captured from existing cybersecurity platforms and configuration management database tools. AQtive Guard works across the leading cloud providers including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud (GCP). This unified global inventory forms the crucial foundation for LQM analysis. Builds a complete and continuously updated inventory by integrating data from multiple sources, including existing data and meta-information captured from existing cybersecurity platforms and configuration management database tools. AQtive Guard works across the leading cloud providers including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud (GCP). This unified global inventory forms the crucial foundation for LQM analysis. AI-powered Insights, Prioritisation and Risk Analysis: Applies SandboxAQ's industry-leading Cyber LQM to the unified inventory. By leveraging meta-data for advanced filtering and clustering, the platform enables efficient, noiseless exploration and accurate root-cause analysis, and delivers prioritised, actionable insights with contextual guidance for remediation and risk reduction, effectively reducing false positives. An integrated GenAI assistant further supports teams in understanding how to navigate relevant standards and regulatory frameworks. Applies SandboxAQ's industry-leading Cyber LQM to the unified inventory. By leveraging meta-data for advanced filtering and clustering, the platform enables efficient, noiseless exploration and accurate root-cause analysis, and delivers prioritised, actionable insights with contextual guidance for remediation and risk reduction, effectively reducing false positives. An integrated GenAI assistant further supports teams in understanding how to navigate relevant standards and regulatory frameworks. Automated Remediation and Lifecycle Management: Streamlines and automates the entire lifecycle of identities and cryptographic keys – including issuance, rotation, and revocation – reducing manual overhead and minimising the risk associated with stale or compromised secrets. Streamlines and automates the entire lifecycle of identities and cryptographic keys – including issuance, rotation, and revocation – reducing manual overhead and minimising the risk associated with stale or compromised secrets. Compliance and NIST Standards: Provides targeted remediation recommendations, a powerful query engine with pre-built rulesets for major compliance standards (and custom query capabilities), and robust reporting to demonstrate compliance and significantly accelerate migration to new NIST standards. Priority Access Starts Today AQtive Guard launches as a fully managed, cloud-delivered platform built for rapid deployment and immediate impact in securing cryptographic assets and nonhuman identities. Organisations can secure priority access today for early deployment and risk assessments. Take control at or contact sales@ Image Credit: SandboxAQ
Channel Post MEA
23-04-2025
- Business
- Channel Post MEA
SandboxAQ launches AQtive Guard to Secure AI Agents
SandboxAQ has announced the general availability of AQtive Guard, a platform designed to manage and secure Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and other cryptographic assets used by AI agents – both friendly and malevolent – that are surging across enterprise environments. As billions of AI agents flood enterprise ecosystems, organisations are facing an unprecedented surge of intelligent, adaptive cyber threats capable of continuously probing networks, evading detection, and rapidly exploiting vulnerabilities. This escalating threat demands proactive, AI-driven cryptographic defences to counteract attacks that evolve faster than traditional security measures can respond. AQtive Guard's Discover module enables organisations to maintain an accurate inventory and control over both NHIs and cryptographic assets such as keys, certificates, algorithms, and libraries, and is crucial for compliance and meeting regulatory mandates. AQtive Guard's Protect orchestrates automated remediation workflows and enforces protection policies such as credential rotation or certificate renewal. Leveraging its Large Quantitative Models (LQMs), AQtive Guard's Discover and Protect modules provide organisations with unprecedented visibility, control and remediation, addressing the escalating challenges of machine-to-machine communication security, compliance pressures, and the transition to the new NIST security standards. As part of the launch, SandboxAQ also announced two key capabilities: Robust integration with the CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform, representing SandboxAQ's deepest technical integration to date. AQtive Guard empowers joint customers with full visibility into their non-human identity and cryptographic inventories and vulnerabilities by pulling data directly from CrowdStrike endpoints. One-click ingestion translates to value from the first hour of use. AQtive Guard can then remediate the vulnerabilities as they are identified. Interoperability with Palo Alto Networks, a trusted name in enterprise security solutions. SandboxAQ is ingesting Palo Alto Networks' firewall logs directly into AQtive Guard, resulting in key visibility improvements for network security posture, vulnerability detection, and security compliance. 'There will be more than one billion AI agents with significant autonomous power in the next few years,' stated Jack Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ. 'Enterprises are giving AI agents a vastly increased range of capabilities to impact customers and real-world assets. This creates a dangerous attack surface for adversaries. AQtive Guard's Discover and Protect modules address this urgent issue.' 'As organisations accelerate AI adoption and the use of agents and machine-to-machine communication across all business domains and functions, maintaining a real-time, accurate inventory of NHIs and cryptographic assets is an essential cybersecurity practice. Being able to automatically remediate vulnerabilities and policy violations identified is crucial to decrease time to mitigation and prevent potential breaches within the first day of use of our software,' said Marc Manzano, General Manager of Cybersecurity at SandboxAQ. AQtive Guard addresses these challenges by providing a unified, AI-driven solution for modern NHI and cryptography management. The platform offers: Vulnerability detection and inventory: Builds a complete and continuously updated inventory by integrating data from multiple sources, including existing data and meta-information captured from existing cybersecurity platforms and configuration management database tools. AQtive Guard works across the leading cloud providers including Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud (GCP). This unified global inventory forms the crucial foundation for LQM analysis. AI-powered insights, prioritisation and risk analysis: Applies SandboxAQ's industry-leading Cyber LQM to the unified inventory. By leveraging meta-data for advanced filtering and clustering, the platform enables efficient, noiseless exploration and accurate root-cause analysis, and delivers prioritised, actionable insights with contextual guidance for remediation and risk reduction, effectively reducing false positives. An integrated GenAI assistant further supports teams in understanding how to navigate relevant standards and regulatory frameworks. Automated remediation and lifecycle management: Streamlines and automates the entire lifecycle of identities and cryptographic keys – including issuance, rotation, and revocation – reducing manual overhead and minimising the risk associated with stale or compromised secrets. Compliance and NIST standards: Provides targeted remediation recommendations, a powerful query engine with pre-built rulesets for major compliance standards (and custom query capabilities), and robust reporting to demonstrate compliance and significantly accelerate migration to new NIST standards. 0 0
TECHx
23-04-2025
- Business
- TECHx
SandboxAQ Launches AQtive Guard to Secure AI-Driven Assets
SandboxAQ has announced the general availability of AQtive Guard, a new platform designed to manage and protect Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and cryptographic assets. These assets are increasingly used by AI agents in enterprise environments. As AI agents grow in number and capability, organizations face evolving cybersecurity threats. Many of these threats are intelligent, fast-moving, and hard to detect. Traditional security tools struggle to keep up. AQtive Guard offers an AI-powered approach to this growing problem. The platform helps companies find and secure cryptographic elements such as keys, certificates, and algorithms. It also enables real-time control over NHIs, which are often overlooked. With its Discover module, AQtive Guard builds an accurate inventory of cryptographic assets. This helps organizations stay compliant with regulations and internal policies. The Protect module automates tasks like certificate renewal and credential rotation, improving security response time. To boost its capabilities, AQtive Guard integrates with leading cybersecurity tools. It connects directly with CrowdStrike Falcon®, allowing users to pull data from endpoints with one click. It also works with Palo Alto Networks, ingesting firewall logs for deeper visibility into network threats. According to SandboxAQ CEO Jack Hidary, AI agents will soon exceed one billion in number. These agents often hold the power to affect real-world operations. As a result, the risk to enterprise systems continues to rise. Marc Manzano, General Manager of Cybersecurity at SandboxAQ, said that real-time inventory and automated remediation are now critical. AQtive Guard is designed to act on threats from day one. The platform supports cloud environments like AWS and Google Cloud. It also applies SandboxAQ's Cyber Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) to reduce false positives and guide response efforts. A built-in GenAI assistant helps teams understand and navigate compliance standards. AQtive Guard streamlines key management, automates updates, and enforces cryptographic policies. It offers tools to help organizations migrate to the latest NIST standards quickly and efficiently.
Techday NZ
22-04-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
SandboxAQ launches AQtive Guard to secure AI agent identities
SandboxAQ has announced the launch of AQtive Guard, a platform designed to manage and secure Non-Human Identities (NHIs) and cryptographic assets used by AI agents across enterprise environments. The expansion of AI agents within business operations has created new vulnerabilities, with billions of such agents now operating within enterprise networks. These developments have led to increased risks posed by intelligent, adaptive cyber threats capable of evading existing security measures and exploiting system weaknesses more rapidly than previous technology could respond. AQtive Guard comprises two core components: the Discover module, which inventories NHIs and cryptographic assets including keys, certificates, algorithms, and libraries; and the Protect module, which enables automated remediation and policy enforcement such as credential rotation and certificate renewal. These features are designed to support compliance and help organisations meet regulatory requirements. The platform harnesses SandboxAQ's Large Quantitative Models (LQMs) to provide what the company describes as enhanced visibility, control, and remediation capabilities. This approach aims to address challenges associated with machine-to-machine communication security, increasing regulatory pressures, and the implementation of new NIST security standards. In conjunction with the launch, SandboxAQ announced that AQtive Guard will integrate with platforms operated by CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks. The integration with the CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity suite allows AQtive Guard to import data from CrowdStrike endpoints, providing customers with insight into their NHI and cryptographic inventories and vulnerabilities. "One-click ingestion translates to value from the first hour of use. AQtive Guard can then remediate the vulnerabilities as they are identified," the company stated. AQtive Guard also gains interoperability with Palo Alto Networks, ingesting firewall logs to improve visibility into network security posture and vulnerability detection, while supporting organisational compliance requirements. Speaking about the scale of the issue, Jack Hidary, Chief Executive Officer of SandboxAQ, said: "There will be more than one billion AI agents with significant autonomous power in the next few years." "Enterprises are giving AI agents a vastly increased range of capabilities to impact customers and real-world assets. This creates a dangerous attack surface for adversaries. AQtive Guard's Discover and Protect modules address this urgent issue." Marc Manzano, General Manager of Cybersecurity at SandboxAQ, emphasised the importance of the platform's real-time inventory and remediation capabilities: "As organisations accelerate AI adoption and the use of agents and machine-to-machine communication across all business domains and functions, maintaining a real-time, accurate inventory of NHIs and cryptographic assets is an essential cybersecurity practice." "Being able to automatically remediate vulnerabilities and policy violations identified is crucial to decrease time to mitigation and prevent potential breaches within the first day of use of our software." The core functions of AQtive Guard include: vulnerability detection and continuous inventory by integrating data from different sources and existing cybersecurity solutions, AI-powered insights for prioritisation and risk analysis, and automated lifecycle management of identities and cryptographic keys to reduce manual intervention and mitigate risks from outdated or compromised secrets. The platform also features an integrated GenAI assistant, which supports user compliance with standards and regulatory requirements. Additionally, the platform provides remediation recommendations specific to compliance and NIST standards, a query engine with pre-built and custom rulesets, and reporting tools intended to assist organisations in demonstrating compliance and accelerating migration to new NIST frameworks. AQtive Guard is available as a cloud-delivered platform and aims to offer rapid deployment and immediate impact for enterprise clients seeking to secure their cryptographic assets and NHIs.
TECHx
29-03-2025
- Business
- TECHx
NIST Adds SandboxAQ's HQC to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards
NIST Adds SandboxAQ's HQC to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards SandboxAQ has announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has selected HQC (Hamming Quasi-Cyclic) as the fifth algorithm in its suite of post-quantum cryptographic (PQC) standards. HQC, along with ML-KEM, will play a vital role in securing global communications, including the Internet, cellular networks, payment systems, and more. This is a significant milestone for SandboxAQ, marking its second major contribution to NIST's post-quantum standardization efforts. The selection of HQC reinforces the company's position at the forefront of quantum-resistant cryptography. HQC is a key encapsulation mechanism designed to safeguard the exchange of encryption keys against quantum threats. Unlike traditional encryption methods like RSA and elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC), which are vulnerable to quantum attacks, HQC is based on error-correcting codes, offering strong protection against future quantum decryption methods. NIST's final selection report highlights HQC for its security, computational efficiency, and scalability. These qualities make it suitable for widespread use in industries requiring robust encryption. Following multiple rounds of global cryptanalysis and peer review, HQC stood out as a reliable and secure solution. This achievement follows SandboxAQ's previous involvement with SPHINCS+, another PQC algorithm that NIST selected in 2022. With HQC now officially part of NIST's standards, SandboxAQ has contributed to two out of the five critical post-quantum protocols, further establishing its leadership in the cybersecurity space. HQC's development began in the early 2000s, and by the 2010s, SandboxAQ demonstrated that it solved a 40-year-old challenge in code-based key exchanges. Today, HQC is one of just two protocols that protect the confidentiality of nearly all global communications. SandboxAQ's work with NIST reflects the company's ongoing commitment to quantum-safe cryptography. According to Taher Elgamal, senior advisor at SandboxAQ, HQC provides strong protection against quantum decryption methods while maintaining efficiency for real-world applications. 'With both SPHINCS+ and HQC standardized by NIST, SandboxAQ is leading the way in developing PQC solutions for enterprises and governments,' Elgamal stated. Carlos Aguilar Melchor, Chief Cybersecurity Scientist at SandboxAQ, emphasized the importance of HQC in securing the future of global communications. 'HQC is a key part of the transition to a quantum-safe world, and its inclusion in NIST's standards is a win for global security,' he said. In addition to its contributions to cryptographic standards, SandboxAQ offers AQtive Guard, a cryptography management solution that provides real-time visibility and enhanced security. With its unique AI-driven approach, AQtive Guard helps organizations protect their systems against evolving quantum threats. As quantum computing advances, SandboxAQ remains committed to driving innovation in post-quantum cybersecurity and helping organizations stay prepared for the future of encryption.
