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Cogent has launched Attack Path Analysis, an AI security tool designed to map how attackers could reach a company’s most sensitive systems and data. It connects signals across cloud infrastructure, identity systems and code to identify chains of vulnerabilities, exposed credentials and excessive permissions. It checks the evidence behind...

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Robert Harrison4 days ago

AI security is becoming a critical infrastructure layer. You and @msperfectlex always give me another angle to think about.

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