Decision Insights Record

ISC2 announced the launch of its Academic Advisory Council to align cybersecurity education with workforce needs, emphasizing AI-related security, governance, and responsible use.

Telecom capex rose about 5% year over year in 1H26, while the longer-term outlook remains muted as spending shifts to capacity.

AppViewX expanded Agent Identity Security to discover shadow agents, govern MCP servers, stop agents at runtime, and issue quantum-resilient identities.

Netskope launched AgentSkope Marketplace to help SOC and NOC teams find, size and track AI agents.

ScyllaDB says its X Cloud release adds Full-Text Search using BM25-ranked keyword retrieval, running alongside Vector Search.

Applied Materials and Intel are collaborating at Applied’s EPIC Center and Intel’s R&D campus on next-generation transistors, interconnects, and advanced packaging for AI chips.