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Core6 announced a partnership with Armis from ServiceNow that integrates its StorageGuard storage security posture management platform with Armis' continuous asset intelligence, extending cyber exposure management to storage and backup systems. The integration correlates Armis' real-time asset intelligence with StorageGuard's authenticated vulnerability and misconfiguration findings for storage and backup systems, closing a gap that has left storage arrays and backup platforms outside exposure management programs. Core6 founder and CEO Gil Hecht said several banks the FSB classifies as globally systemically important harden their storage and backup with StorageGuard. Nadir Izrael, GVP of Cybersecurity and Risk at ServiceNow, said the partnership enables security teams to shift from reactive threat response to autonomous, AI-driven security. The integration is available immediately for existing Armis from ServiceNow and Core6 customers.

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ordered a thorough investigation and the formulation of countermeasures after personal data leaks at multiple banks, financial companies, and government agencies in recent weeks. South Korea's Financial Services Commission, or FSC, said Lee Ook-won, the FSC chairman, convened an emergency meeting on Sunday, October 4, with financial industry associations, regulators, and executives of affected financial institutions, and warned that the financial sector must handle the situation with the highest level of caution. Lee Ook-won said relevant authorities cannot yet rule out the possibility that the perpetrators used artificial intelligence, or AI, in the attacks, and called for using AI-based approaches to defend against AI attacks and for broadly upgrading cybersecurity systems across the financial sector. The emergency meeting followed similar discussions on Friday, October 2, after Shinhan Bank and KB Kookmin Bank, along with other financial institutions, reported cyberattacks, while Hana Bank and Woori Bank were also affected by data leaks. Officials began on-site inspections after Shinhan Bank reported a data leak on September 30 and later expanded the investigation to other reported incidents. The FSC ordered financial institutions to comprehensively inspect security systems, tighten access controls, minimize connections from external systems, and strengthen consumer protection measures, and it will rapidly share information on attack patterns, IP addresses, and other threat data among financial institutions. Regulators believe the attacks may have been reconnaissance of multiple financial companies to find vulnerabilities rather than a targeted strike on any single institution, while attack traffic originated from IP addresses in several countries, including the United States, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom. The Sunday emergency meeting was moved up from its original date of October 7 after additional data leaks were detected at smaller financial institutions. Meanwhile, the People Power Party, South Korea's main opposition party, called on authorities to investigate the possibility of North Korean involvement, citing past cyberattacks that were blamed on North Korea and targeted South Korean financial institutions.

LeapXpert and Webex by Cisco announced a collaboration that extends Webex beyond internal collaboration into governed client messaging, starting with WhatsApp. The integration, available now on the Webex App Hub, lets Webex users message clients on WhatsApp without leaving the platform, signing in with their existing Webex credentials on desktop or mobile. It is the first of several channels LeapXpert plans to bring into Webex, and additional messaging channels will be rolled out. Every message is checked by data loss prevention in both directions, and the full conversation is captured by LeapXpert for archiving. With Webex used by 95% of the Fortune 500 and roughly 300,000 organizations worldwide, the partnership brings governed consumer messaging within reach of tens of millions of business users. A Leap Work account and a Webex license are required, and LeapXpert will showcase at WebexOne 2026, October 5 to 8, 2026, at booth B24.

Diskover Data announced a new collaboration with NetApp that extends the Diskover Platform's governed visibility and control to ONTAP and StorageGRID environments in media and entertainment, semiconductor design, and other file-intensive sectors. Under the collaboration, customers will be able to purchase Diskover Platform through NetApp beginning in November 2026, with the platform available now for NetApp ONTAP and StorageGRID environments. Diskover's DataDiscovery uses specialized scanners to index metadata in place across ONTAP and StorageGRID, capturing ownership, permissions, age, cost, and project context in a searchable, governed catalog. Diskover says customers typically reclaim 10 to 30 percent of their footprint, exceeding three million dollars in larger environments, with return on investment inside 30 to 60 days. Will Hall, Chief Executive Officer of Diskover Data, said the collaboration gives NetApp customers a governed, searchable view of the data behind their projects, while Sandeep Singh, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Platform at NetApp, said Diskover extends the NetApp ecosystem with specialized discovery for customers with file-intensive workloads.