Xage Security Delivers Critical Asset Protection, Providing Comprehensive Asset Defense as AI-enabled Threats Grow Exponentially

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Or sign-in if you have an account.Proven Zero Trust controls now shield applications, cloud services, enterprise AI agents and other digital assets from AI-driven cyber attackTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman, and others.Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication.Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Exclusive articles from Barbara Shecter, Joe O'Connor, Gabriel Friedman and others.Daily content from Financial Times, the world's leading global business publication.Unlimited online access to read articles from Financial Post, National Post and 15 news sites across Canada with one account.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword.REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK.Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountThreat actors are using AI to discover and exploit software vulnerabilities at a greater scale and faster than human security teams can deploy patches.Xage is extending its proven Critical Asset Protection beyond industrial assets to modern digital systems, comprehensively covering everything from critical business applications to dynamic, ephemeral and machine-driven workflows.New capabilities use identity-based microsegmentation to hide assets, broker access, restrict lateral movement, and control human and machine actions – all without costly architectural redesigns.PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xage Security, the leader in identity-based Zero Trust for high stakes environments, today announced the expansion of Xage Critical Asset Protection from industrial systems to critical business applications, workloads, infrastructure, cloud services, AI systems, and other digital assets.Get the latest headlines, breaking news and columns.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Top Stories will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againMicrosoft reports that threat actors are incorporating exploits for known vulnerabilities faster than before, increasing pressure on the window between disclosure, patch availability, and deployment. At the same time, the 2026 Verizon DBIR found that organizations faced 50% more critical vulnerabilities to patch on average than the previous year. Adversaries can use AI to discover more vulnerabilities, automate reconnaissance, generate exploits, and adapt attacks faster. Meanwhile, organizations are adding more AI systems, agents, applications, workloads, and connected infrastructure, all of which needs to be protected and controlled.These shifts mean modern digital assets require the same preemptive protections once reserved for vulnerable legacy industrial systems. Xage reduces organizational exposure before an exploit is launched by hiding assets from unauthorized discovery, brokering every interaction, and restricting communications to explicitly approved actors, actions and paths.Preemptive Protection for Digital AssetsPatching and detection are increasingly insufficient as the primary defense against AI-accelerated attacks. Detection often occurs only after an attacker has established access. Meanwhile patching, while important, can require downtime, testing, specialized expertise, or vendor support – in other words, patching is too slow given the speed at which attackers can now move.Xage provides a more practical approach by combining access control with identity-based microsegmentation, applied directly to interactions between assets. Modern digital assets introduce a different protection challenge. While some critical business applications may be long-lived, things like cloud workloads and AI resources can be created, scaled, moved, or retired rapidly. Traditional approaches to contain risk like firewall rules and network zones are too complex to implement the narrow permissions needed in the age of accelerated AI attacks, a challenge that is compounded when identities and communication paths become dynamic.This advertisement has not loaded yet.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Xage meets this new reality by applying granular, just-in-time controls comprehensively, allowing organizations to hide resources, broker connections, and authorize only approved identities, actions, and communication paths without redesigning the underlying network.The expansion of Critical Asset Protection enables organizations to:Hide assets from unauthorized discovery, reconnaissance, and vulnerability scanning.Broker access so human and non-human identities do not connect directly to protected resources.Verify every identity and apply least-privilege policy before and during access.Apply connectivity just-in-time and policy as assets, identities, and access requirements change.Restrict communications and lateral movement to explicitly approved identities, actions, and paths.Protect dynamic, ephemeral, and legacy assets without waiting for patches or redesigning the network.“Organizations need to assume that any asset could contain an exploitable weakness and prevent attackers from reaching or interacting with it in unauthorized ways,” said Duncan Greatwood, CEO at Xage Security. “The security industry has spent decades trying to eliminate vulnerabilities faster than adversaries can exploit them. AI makes that race increasingly unwinnable. The next era of cybersecurity will be defined by controlling exposure. That means governing every interaction with and between assets, so that a vulnerability does not automatically become a path to compromise.”As legitimate AI components themselves become an increasingly rich target for attackers, Critical Asset Protection is also needed to avoid “AI-on-AI violence” where an attacker’s AI can be used to accelerate the compromise of an organization’s legitimate AI systems.For more information about Xage Critical Asset Protection, visit the product page or watch the recent on-demand webinar, Cover Your Assets: Stop AI-Era Threats Before They Stop Operations.Xage Security is the leader in Zero Trust for high stakes environments. The Xage Fabric Platform applies identity to everything, creating a unified policy and enforcement layer across users, machines, applications, workloads, and AI agents. The platform combines secure remote access, privileged access management, microsegmentation, and AI security in a single architecture that continuously authenticates, authorizes, and governs every interaction. By helping organizations block cyber threats, ensure resilience, and streamline operations, Xage enables them to accelerate innovation with confidence. Learn why organizations like the U.S. Air Force, Kinder Morgan, and ScottsMiracle-Gro choose Xage at xage.com.Oliver CowleyMerritt Group for Xage Securityxage@merrittgrp.comNotice for the Postmedia NetworkThis website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.