Accenture has acquired Dragos, runZero, and NetRise for more than $4 billion. Separately, One Identity will become an independent company with a new global headquarters in Cork, Ireland. SandboxAQ announced a definitive agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce's CHIPS Research and Development Office for a $500 million CHIPS R&D award. OpenAI released Daybreak, which includes new tools, partnerships, and the full version of GPT‑5.5‑Cyber to accelerate end-to-end patch automation. SpyCloud launched SpyCloud Research Agent, an AI-powered investigation agent. N-able launched Shadow AI Visibility across unified endpoint management and security operations. Secure Code Warrior introduced its AI Adoption Model. ExtraHop reported that nearly half of ransomware victims suffer data theft before detection. Zoom and BrightHire introduced deepfake detection built into live interviews. Bitdefender launched RealCheck, a deepfake detection solution assessing video content manipulation likelihood and malicious intent. Commvault signed a multi-year strategic partnership with Microsoft to integrate its AI and cyber resilience platform as a native ISV Service on Microsoft Azure. Seemplicity introduced AI Analysts to provide autonomous vulnerability response.