Black Hat USA 2026 – Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 3)

Keypoints

• Above Security received strategic investment from CrowdStrike Falcon Fund and integrated with the Falcon platform.
• Several vendors launched new AI security tools to protect agents, assistants, and coding workflows.
• Palo Alto Networks introduced PAN-OS 12.2 Ceres and shared new Unit 42 threat research.
• ServiceNow, Rubrik, and Menlo Security expanded identity, incident response, and agent protection capabilities.
• Research from Dataminr and Prophet Security highlighted worsening patch delays, alert overload, and AI-driven attacks.