https://dlptest.com/blog/ Funding, M&A, and product news across DLP, DSPM, and insider risk — practitioner notes from DLP Test. en-us Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT https://dlptest.com/proofpoint-acquires-varonis-6-3-billion/ https://dlptest.com/proofpoint-acquires-varonis-6-3-billion/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT Proofpoint has signed a $6.3B all-cash deal to acquire Varonis, paying a 52% premium over pre-rumor pricing. The merger fuses human-risk telemetry with identity-and-access data graphs, reshaping the DSPM/DLP competitive landscape for 2027. https://dlptest.com/harmonic-security-50m-series-b-workforce-ai/ https://dlptest.com/harmonic-security-50m-series-b-workforce-ai/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:00 GMT Harmonic Security closed a $50M Series B led by Crosspoint Capital, bringing total funding to $76M, to expand real-time classification and control of employee generative AI use across browsers, desktop tools, and agentic workflows. https://dlptest.com/rein-security-raises-25m-series-a-ai-agent-runtime/ https://dlptest.com/rein-security-raises-25m-series-a-ai-agent-runtime/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:00:00 GMT Rein Security closed a $25M Series A, co-led by Glilot Capital and Sienna Venture Capital, bringing total funding to $35M. Its sidecar runtime technology enforces data-sensitivity-aware guardrails on AI agents as they execute actions. https://dlptest.com/reco-raises-55m-att-ventures-agent-security/ https://dlptest.com/reco-raises-55m-att-ventures-agent-security/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT Reco's latest $55M round, with a strategic check from AT&T Ventures — a former customer — pushes total funding to $140M as the company builds out mapping of agent identities, permissions, and data access across 280+ SaaS and AI integrations. https://dlptest.com/island-raises-400m-series-f-6-4-billion-valuation/ https://dlptest.com/island-raises-400m-series-f-6-4-billion-valuation/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT Island's enterprise browser platform raised a $400M Series F led by Evolution Equity Partners, more than doubling its 2024 valuation to $6.4B. The company is explicitly framing its roadmap as browser-to-DLP-to-SASE consolidation. https://dlptest.com/cyera-raises-400m-series-g-extension-12b-valuation/ https://dlptest.com/cyera-raises-400m-series-g-extension-12b-valuation/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:30:00 GMT Cyera closed a $400M Series G extension backed by Goldman Sachs, pushing its valuation above $12B just months after its last raise—signaling near-continuous fundraising mode as it rolls up browser control and AI/agent governance startups. https://dlptest.com/bigid-launches-agentiq-agentic-automation-data-security/ https://dlptest.com/bigid-launches-agentiq-agentic-automation-data-security/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT BigID's new AgentIQ layer ships four pre-built agents — remediation, AI governance enforcement, access exposure analysis, and privacy operations — operable from Claude, Copilot, GPT, or Gemini, pushing DSPM from dashboards toward autonomous, approval-gated remediation. https://dlptest.com/mind-raises-72-million-series-b-for-ai-native-dlp/ https://dlptest.com/mind-raises-72-million-series-b-for-ai-native-dlp/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT MIND, led by ex-Hexadite CEO, closed a $72M Series B led by Crosspoint Capital to build out AI-agent triage on top of content-and-context data classification, betting VC dollars on solving DLP's alert-fatigue problem. https://dlptest.com/kiteworks-acquires-bonfy-ai-runtime-data-classification/ https://dlptest.com/kiteworks-acquires-bonfy-ai-runtime-data-classification/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT Kiteworks has acquired Israeli startup Bonfy.AI, adding real-time data classification and policy enforcement across email, file sharing, SaaS apps, and AI agent traffic — a tuck-in that pushes Kiteworks toward runtime, agent-aware DLP. https://dlptest.com/securesky-acquires-soveren-real-time-dspm/ https://dlptest.com/securesky-acquires-soveren-real-time-dspm/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:00:00 GMT SecureSky's acquisition of Soveren pairs at-rest data classification with eBPF-based network detection of sensitive data in motion, signaling that runtime/DDR-style visibility is becoming the next DSPM battleground for exposure-management and MDR vendors. https://dlptest.com/proofpoint-varonis-acquisition-talks/ https://dlptest.com/proofpoint-varonis-acquisition-talks/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:30:00 GMT Bloomberg reports Thoma Bravo-backed Proofpoint is negotiating to acquire Varonis Systems, a deal that would combine two major data security platforms and reshape the competitive landscape for DLP, DSPM, and insider-risk vendors. https://dlptest.com/abnormal-ai-email-dlp-rules-launch/ https://dlptest.com/abnormal-ai-email-dlp-rules-launch/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:00:00 GMT Abnormal AI is extending its behavioral-AI email security platform with native DLP Rules, a new Control Center, and phishing-coach upgrades — a direct challenge to policy-based outbound email DLP from Proofpoint, Mimecast, and Microsoft Purview. https://dlptest.com/black-hat-usa-2026-data-security-roundup/ https://dlptest.com/black-hat-usa-2026-data-security-roundup/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Our full roundup of Black Hat USA 2026 for DLP and DSPM practitioners — every data-security launch worth knowing, the funding that landed during the show, and the agent research that should change how you scope controls. https://dlptest.com/obsidian-security-85m-series-d-agent-governance/ https://dlptest.com/obsidian-security-85m-series-d-agent-governance/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:30:00 GMT Obsidian Security closed an $85M Series D at a $1.1B valuation to govern AI agents like Copilot Studio and Claude inside SaaS environments, part of a broader wave of agent-identity governance funding alongside Zenity and Onyx Security. https://dlptest.com/hush-security-raises-30-million-for-ai-agent-governance/ https://dlptest.com/hush-security-raises-30-million-for-ai-agent-governance/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hush Security closed a $30M Series A with Akamai joining as a strategic investor, betting that AI agents need real identity governance — enrollment, scoped just-in-time permissions, and a kill switch — rather than the long-lived API keys most enterprises hand them today. https://dlptest.com/cyberhaven-extends-data-security-platform-chatgpt-enterprise-claude/ https://dlptest.com/cyberhaven-extends-data-security-platform-chatgpt-enterprise-claude/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cyberhaven added compliance-API integrations with ChatGPT Enterprise and Claude Enterprise, extending discovery, classification, and incident response into the AI apps themselves — a DSPM-style posture layer for GenAI workspaces rather than just runtime controls. https://dlptest.com/glow-emerges-from-stealth-with-180-million-endpoint-security/ https://dlptest.com/glow-emerges-from-stealth-with-180-million-endpoint-security/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT Glow left stealth on July 22 with a $180M Series A at a $1.2B valuation, pitching AI-agent endpoint control against the shadow-AI problem. It's adjacent to endpoint DLP, not a replacement — the mechanism is software allowlisting, not data-movement inspection. https://dlptest.com/neo-emerges-from-stealth-with-100m-to-control-and-secure-enterprise-ai-software/ https://dlptest.com/neo-emerges-from-stealth-with-100m-to-control-and-secure-enterprise-ai-software/ Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Neo Security left stealth with $100M — a $75M a16z/Bessemer-led Series A on top of a $25M seed — to build a real-time control layer for agentic software, inventorying AI agents and enforcing policy before autonomous activity exposes enterprise data. https://dlptest.com/teleskope-launches-teleskope-for-slack-native-dspm-remediation/ https://dlptest.com/teleskope-launches-teleskope-for-slack-native-dspm-remediation/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Teleskope launched Teleskope for Slack on the Slack App Marketplace, extending its agentic data security platform to discover, classify, and remediate sensitive data across Slack messages, files, canvases, and lists — live and historical — on Enterprise Grid. https://dlptest.com/fortinet-fortiendpoint-native-dlp-ai-controls/ https://dlptest.com/fortinet-fortiendpoint-native-dlp-ai-controls/ Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fortinet is expanding its FortiEndpoint platform with native DLP aimed at AI interactions, alongside AI visibility, endpoint risk scoring, and adaptive zero-trust access. The capabilities are slated for Q3 2026 availability, so treat them as roadmap for now. https://dlptest.com/first-recon-ai-launches-ai-security-runtime/ https://dlptest.com/first-recon-ai-launches-ai-security-runtime/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT First Recon AI has taken its AI Security Runtime to GA, pairing an inline policy engine that inspects every AI interaction with a Windows/macOS endpoint agent that blocks sensitive data from leaving managed devices en route to sanctioned or third-party AI tools. https://dlptest.com/cyera-in-advanced-talks-to-acquire-oasis-security-for-1-billion/ https://dlptest.com/cyera-in-advanced-talks-to-acquire-oasis-security-for-1-billion/ Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:00:00 GMT Globes reports DSPM leader Cyera is in advanced talks to buy non-human identity firm Oasis Security in an all-Israeli deal that could exceed $1B, signaling a push from data posture toward identity governance for the AI-agent era. https://dlptest.com/iboss-launches-ai-security-platform-for-shadow-ai-visibility-and-genai-data-controls/ https://dlptest.com/iboss-launches-ai-security-platform-for-shadow-ai-visibility-and-genai-data-controls/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 10:00:00 GMT iboss rolled out a free-tier AI Security Platform that inventories and risk-classifies GenAI tools across endpoints, attributing prompt history to users. The DLP substance sits behind a paid upgrade that enforces AI policy and prevents leaks on the same engine. https://dlptest.com/straiker-raises-64m-series-a-to-secure-the-agentic-workforce/ https://dlptest.com/straiker-raises-64m-series-a-to-secure-the-agentic-workforce/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT Straiker landed a $64M Series A to discover AI agents, test them adversarially, and block threats at runtime. The data-security hook: as autonomous agents reach into sensitive stores, "who and what can touch what data" becomes a problem your DSPM and DLP stack doesn't yet watch. https://dlptest.com/varonis-weighs-sale-after-private-equity-takeover-interest/ https://dlptest.com/varonis-weighs-sale-after-private-equity-takeover-interest/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT Varonis is reportedly exploring strategic options including a possible sale after preliminary interest from Blackstone, Thoma Bravo and Vista Equity Partners. A take-private would ripple into DSPM and insider-risk shortlists where it competes with Cyera, Sentra and Microsoft Purview. https://dlptest.com/ent-emerges-from-stealth-with-100-million-seed-round/ https://dlptest.com/ent-emerges-from-stealth-with-100-million-seed-round/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT Ent emerged from stealth with a $100 million seed round led by Decibel to build an intent-aware workspace security platform: a lightweight endpoint agent that uses on-device AI to read human and AI-agent intent and intervene before data-loss or insider-risk incidents occur. https://dlptest.com/cisco-acquires-astrix-security-for-ai-agent-identity-controls/ https://dlptest.com/cisco-acquires-astrix-security-for-ai-agent-identity-controls/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Cisco completed its acquisition of Astrix Security, an Israeli non-human identity security startup, in a deal Calcalist reports at roughly $400 million as agent credentials become a new data-access risk. https://dlptest.com/microsoft-purview-adds-runtime-dlp-for-ai-agent-prompts/ https://dlptest.com/microsoft-purview-adds-runtime-dlp-for-ai-agent-prompts/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Microsoft is adding Purview controls that inspect, block, and audit sensitive data in AI agent prompts before model processing, extending familiar DLP workflows into Foundry-built apps and agents. https://dlptest.com/archestra-raises-10m-seed-for-ai-agent-data-access-guardrails/ https://dlptest.com/archestra-raises-10m-seed-for-ai-agent-data-access-guardrails/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Archestra raised a $10 million seed round led by 20VC for its open-source layer that brokers AI-agent access to sensitive enterprise data, adding policy checks, audit trails, and guardrails against exfiltration. https://dlptest.com/cyera-raises-300-million-at-12-billion-valuation/ https://dlptest.com/cyera-raises-300-million-at-12-billion-valuation/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Calcalist reports that Cyera raised $300 million at a $12 billion valuation, only five months after its $400 million Series F. The round reinforces investor appetite for DSPM, DLP, and AI data-security platforms.