Jon Swartz Jon Swartz is senior content writer at Techstrong Group. Most recently, he was MarketWatch’s senior reporter based in San Francisco covering technology and Silicon Valley.
Previously, Swartz was USA Today’s San Francisco bureau chief. He has also written for Forbes, The (London) Independent, London Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and New Orleans Times-Picayune. He has won numerous journalism awards and is a two-time finalist for the Loebs, the Pulitzers of business reporting. Additionally, he frequently appears as a panelist on Fox Business and NBC Bay Area’s Press:Here program.
He has been nominated four times for the Pulitzer Prize. Swartz is co-author of “Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your Money and Identity” and sole author of “Young Wealth.”
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AI Revolution Reshapes CISO Spending for 2026: Security Leaders Prioritize Defense Automation
Jon Swartz | | AI Generated Code, AI security survey, Blackstone, CISO, Glilot Capital Partners, Rakuten, VC
The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing a fundamental shift as chief information security officers (CISOs) shift their 2026 budgets to artificial intelligence (AI) and realign traditional defense strategies. Nearly 80% of senior security executives are prioritizing AI-driven solutions to counter increasingly sophisticated threats, a new report from Glilot Capital Partners reveals ... Read More
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Operant AI’s Agent Protector Aims to Secure Rising Tide of Autonomous AI
Jon Swartz | | #financialservices, AI agents, AI in SaaS, AI Zero Trust, Autonomous Agents, CrewAI, Gartner, healthcare, MCP, Operant AI, shadow agents
As the enterprise world shifts from chatbots to autonomous systems, Operant AI on Thursday launched Agent Protector, a real-time security solution designed to govern and shield artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The launch comes at a critical inflection point for corporate technology. Gartner predicts that by the end of 2026, 40% ... Read More
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The ‘Absolute Nightmare’ in Your DMs: OpenClaw Marries Extreme Utility with ‘Unacceptable’ Risk
Jon Swartz | | Agentic AI, AI Bots, Alibaba Cloud, Barracuda, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, DigitalOcean, Elon Musk, Moltbook, OpenClaw, Remote Code Execution, Skynet, slack, Snyk, Telegram, Tenable, Tencent Cloud, WhatsApp, Zenity Labs
It is the artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that users love and security experts fear. OpenClaw, the agentic AI platform created by Peter Steinberger, is tearing through the tech world, promising a level of automation that legacy chatbots like ChatGPT can’t match. But as cloud giants rush to host it, industry ... Read More
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The ‘Invisible Risk’: 1.5 Million Unmonitored AI Agents Threaten Corporate Security
A massive “invisible workforce” of autonomous digital workers has arrived in the corporate world, but new research suggests it may be operating largely out of control. Large enterprises across the U.S. and UK have already deployed 3 million AI agents, according to a study released by Gravitee, an open-source leader ... Read More
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CrowdStrike Acquires Browser Security Startup Seraphic in Latest Buying Spree
Jon Swartz | | acquisitions, CrowdStrike, CrowdStrike Falcon, Falcon Fund, Onum, Pangea, security browser, Seraphic, SGNL, Shadow AI
CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Seraphic Security, a browser security startup, marking the cybersecurity giant’s fourth acquisition since August and its second in less than a week. While CrowdStrike did not disclose financial terms, Israeli publication Calcalist reported the deal is worth ... Read More
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CrowdStrike Acquires SGNL for $740 Million to Thwart AI-Powered Cyber Threats
Jon Swartz | | acquisition, AI agents, AI cyberattacks, Anthropic, CrowdStrike, CrowdStrike Falcon, CyberArk, google, Microsoft, Onum, Palo Alto Networks, SGNL, The Futurum Group, Wiz
CrowdStrike Inc. said Thursday it will acquire identity security startup SGNL in a deal valued at $740 million – the latest move by the cybersecurity giant to fortify its defenses against increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cyberattacks. The acquisition centers on SGNL’s continuous identity technology, designed to prevent hackers from ... Read More
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ServiceNow Announces $7.75 Billion Acquisition of Cybersecurity Firm Armis
Jon Swartz | | acquisition, AI agent, AI and Cybersecurity, alphabet, Armis, Bill McDermott, CyberArk, goldman sachs, IPO, Moveworks, Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, Veza, Wiz
ServiceNow Inc. agreed Tuesday to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis for $7.75 billion in its largest acquisition, as companies face increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI)-driven cyberattacks. The enterprise software giant said it plans to integrate Armis’ security capabilities, including device scanning and threat detection, into its platform. The deal represents a ... Read More
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ServiceNow in Advanced Talks to Acquire Armis for $7 Billion: Reports
Jon Swartz | | acquisition, AI search tools, Armis, government, healthcare, KODE Labs, Mondelez, Moveworks, NASDAQ, ServiceNow, United Airlines, Veza
ServiceNow Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Armis in a deal that could reach $7 billion, its largest ever, according to reports. Bloomberg News first reported the discussions over the weekend, noting that an announcement could come within days. However, sources cautioned that the deal could still ... Read More
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ServiceNow to Acquire Identity Security Firm Veza
Jon Swartz | | acquisition, AI agents, AI Control Tower, Blackstone, cybercriminals, iam, ServiceNow, Veza
ServiceNow Inc. announced on Tuesday plans to acquire Veza in a move aimed at fortifying security for identity and access management. The acquisition will integrate Veza’s technology into ServiceNow’s Security and Risk portfolios, helping organizations monitor and control access to critical data, applications, systems, and artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The ... Read More
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Security Gap Widens as Organizations Rush to Deploy AI Agents Without Proper Identity Controls
Jon Swartz | | agentic AI agents, AI identity management, AI security risks, autonomous operations, EMA study, iam
Organizations are racing to implement autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agents across their operations, but a sweeping new study reveals they’re doing so without adequate security frameworks, creating what researchers call “the unsecured frontier of autonomous operations.” The research, released Tuesday by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), surveyed 271 IT, security, and ... Read More
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