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AI-Driven Cybersecurity Solutions: Innovations Shaping the Future of Data Protection

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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — USA News Group – Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving battle for enterprises, governments, and even hackers. The need for new defenses is reaching the highest levels, as federal officials are acknowledging the potential for generative artificial intelligence (AI) to help better identify cyber threats, including data scientists from the National Institute of Health (NIH) and its parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) exploring the key benefits of this tech for analyzing vast data sets. At the local government level too, officials are considering AI for cybersecurity, marking a shift in how cybersecurity policies are carried out. But it’s clear that most institutions aren’t equipped to develop the tech necessary, nor the resources to keep up with the evolving abilities of the world’s hackers, bringing attention to the minds working behind the scenes to make data analysis safer and more effective. The market is constantly being updated by these innovators, with recent developments coming from groups such as Avant Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: AVAI), Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK), Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA), CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD), and Tenable Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TENB).

Emerging AI-focused tech company Avant Technologies Inc. (OTCQB: AVAI) has been actively developing solutions in AI infrastructure. As part of their strategies, Avant has been seriously exploring additional technologies in the biotechnology and healthcare sectors, recently unveiling AI-powered healthcare infrastructure to deliver intelligent healthcare solutions.

More recently, Avant has stepped up this potential offering, by announcing they’ll be implementing robust cybersecurity measures for their AI-driven healthcare solutions. As per the announcement, Avant is building comprehensive cybersecurity measures into the very foundation of its intelligent solutions, ensuring the highest protection for sensitive patient information.

This issue is topical, as earlier this year US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on safe, secure, and trustworthy AI, that emphasized the need to establish rigorous security standards, which brought an impact on healthcare cybersecurity.

Given Avant’s foundational experience in AI, the company plans to assess the industry’s leading frameworks to integrate with its healthcare AI technology. The plan is to prioritize patient data security throughout the entire development lifecycle by employing a multi-layered cybersecurity approach and protecting data at rest and in transit, while also strictly adhering to  HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) regulations.

“We are committed to enhancing our AI-driven application with state-of-the-art cybersecurity measures to protect our patient’s privacy,” said Danny Rittman, Chief Information Officer of Avant. “Our AI-driven healthcare solutions are developed to monitor and enhance our patient’s health, and it is our top priority to ensure the highest data security and privacy standards for our AI healthcare applications.  In addition to our advanced cyber measures, we intend to assess third party, industry-standard security platforms to establish a multi-layered, robust cybersecurity system.”

At its foundational level, Avant’s cybersecurity framework is made up of a ZTA (Zero Trust Architecture) and a multi-layer approach to protect sensitive patient data, ensuring the integrity of its AI-driven healthcare solutions. Their system facilitates robust data security measures, including encryption, access controls, and MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication).

Avant secures its AI Models through advanced access control, data minimization, and federated learning.  A secure network architecture, microsegmentation, vulnerability management, and endpoint protection form the infrastructure and network security foundation. Avant also plans to evaluate industry-leading cybersecurity platforms to strengthen its security posture, while committing to continuous monitoring and improvement on its security measures through real-time threat detection, incident response planning, and regular security audits.

The goal for Avant is to advance healthcare through AI, while setting a new industry data security and privacy standard. Avant plans to continue investing in cybersecurity measures to strengthen its solutions and maintain the trust of both healthcare providers and patients.

Also dealing in the healthcare field is Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK), a global leader in medical technologies, which recently announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire care.ai, a privately held company specializing in delivering AI-assisted virtual care workflows, smart room technology, and ambient intelligence solutions. The acquisition aligns with Stryker’s growing healthcare IT offering and its wirelessly connected medical device portfolio.

“This acquisition underscores our commitment and focus on our customers,” said Andy Pierce, Group President, MedSurg and Neurotechnology, of Stryker. “care.ai will help Stryker significantly accelerate our healthcare IT and digital vision to provide customers with real-time, smart and connected decision-making tools that enhance the lives of caregivers and their patients.”

Much like Avant’s ambitions, Stryker is committed to cybersecurity across its healthcare IT offerings. The company has a thorough global security program encompassing both corporate and product security that is committed to attaining and retaining external certifications including Global ISO 27001 and the SOC 2 certification of Stryker’s health cloud.

Leading identity and access management company Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ: OKTA) recently announced a SaaS Startup Competition, inviting early-stage startups, incorporated in the US, that are building applications using identity, privacy, and security enabled workflows to showcase their innovations. The winner of the competition may receive up to a $500,000 investment from Okta and access to a global network of identity management experts and venture capitalists.

“Okta’s platform helps startups develop identity-enabled applications,” said Austin Arensberg, Senior Director, of Okta Ventures. “Startups can capitalize on Okta’s robust tools to free up time so they can focus on building new products and applications without the complexities of managing identity infrastructure. This is an incredible opportunity for startups to showcase their creativity while building for the future. “

SaaS startups and enterprises are already driving innovation within the Okta Identity Cloud, utilizing its global network to help thousands of organizations securely manage identities with ease, flexibility, and reliability. This enables their customers to create seamless user experiences, strengthen cybersecurity, integrate authentication processes, and more.

Coming out of a near-catastrophic global technology outage, CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRWD) is moving forward to learn from the experience and prevent future occurrences. In particular, a somewhat overreliance on AI in cybersecurity was questioned in the aftermath. However, CrowdStrike continues to have faith in its multi-agent AI architecture that it can help to enhance analyst efficiency and tackle cyber security challenges.

Recently, CrowdStrike released its 2024 CrowdStrike Threat Hunting Report, which sounded the alarm that Nation-States can exploit legitimate credentials to pose as insiders. Key findings in the report included naming North Korea-Nexus Adversaries as a legitimate threat of posing as US employees, hands-on-keyboard intrusions increased 55% (with an increase of 75% in healthcare), and cloud-conscious adversaries targeting the control plane.

“In tracking nearly 250 adversaries this past year, a central theme emerged—threat actors are increasingly engaging in interactive intrusions and employing cross-domain techniques to evade detection and achieve their objectives,” said Adam Meyers, Head of Counter Adversary Operations at CrowdStrike. “Our comprehensive, human-led threat hunting directly informs the algorithms that power the AI-native Falcon platform, ensuring that we stay ahead of these evolving threats and continue to deliver the industry’s most effective cybersecurity solutions.”

Exposure management company Tenable Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TENB) was recently recognized as the Top Performer in Cloud Security by CRN in its 2024 Annual Report Card. Prior to this recognition, Tenable unveiled its industry-leading vulnerability intelligence data and response capabilities to expose and close priority threats that drive up risk. Delivered over two offerings called Vulnerability Intelligence, and Exposure Response, Tenable is delivering two powerful context-driven prioritization and response features available now in its products Tenable Vulnerability Management, Tenable One, and Tenable Cloud Security.

“Without threat context and research insights, every vulnerability is a priority, creating a high-stress, low efficiency whack-a-mole scenario for security teams,” said Gavin Millard, VP of product management for Vulnerability Management for Tenable. “Tenable is unleashing more than two decades of carefully curated exposure data to enable security teams to focus on the risk that matters most to their organization and communicate succinctly to stakeholders. The enriched intelligence and contextualization take prioritization and response to a new level, providing security teams with the critical data needed to identify and reduce risk.”

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Caladium Systems Launches Happiffie, India’s First AI-powered Celebration Platform

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CHENNAI, India, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Caladium Systems today announced the launch of Happiffie, India’s first AI-powered Celebration Growth Platform, introducing a smarter way for customers to discover, compare, book, and manage celebrations while helping businesses connect with high-intent customers through intelligent technology.

Designed for weddings, birthdays, corporate events, social celebrations, parties, festivals, and more, Happiffie brings together over 400 celebration occasions and 1,000+ celebration experiences on a single AI-powered platform.

India’s celebrations industry continues to rely heavily on referrals, manual coordination, inconsistent pricing, and fragmented vendor discovery. Happiffie addresses these challenges by combining AI-powered recommendations, transparent price discovery, secure bookings, payments, and event management into one seamless platform.

A key innovation is Happiffie’s Reverse Auction, where customers simply submit their celebration requirements and verified vendors compete by offering customised proposals. Instead of spending hours searching and negotiating, customers can compare multiple qualified offers and choose the vendor that best matches their preferences and budget.

“Customers can now book the experience of their choice with the vendor of their choice, in the budget of their choice. At the same time, vendors receive qualified business opportunities matched to their category, location and capabilities, creating value for both sides of the marketplace,” said Pradhyumna T Venkat, Founder & CEO, Happiffie.

“Every major industry eventually reaches a point where technology fundamentally changes how it operates. Travel did. Hospitality did. Mobility did. We believe celebrations are next,” added Pradhyumna.

The platform is powered by Experience Intelligence™, a proprietary framework that combines over 15 years of celebration industry expertise with Artificial Intelligence to deliver smarter recommendations based on customer intent, preferences, and celebration needs.

Whether planning a wedding, birthday, corporate event, baby shower, anniversary, or festival celebration, customers can manage the entire journey—from vendor discovery and quotations to payments and execution—through a single platform.

Alongside its launch, Happiffie has opened registrations for vendor partners across Chennai and Tamil Nadu, with a phased expansion planned across India. The platform aims to build one of the country’s largest AI-powered celebration ecosystems, helping businesses generate qualified leads and grow more efficiently.

“Our vision is not simply to build another marketplace but to create the technology infrastructure that powers celebrations. Reverse Auction is the first step towards building a smarter, more transparent, and AI-driven celebration economy that benefits both customers and businesses alike,” added Pradhyumna.

Built on the experience of planning and executing over 5,000 weddings and celebrations, Happiffie combines deep industry expertise with AI to simplify celebration planning and transform how India celebrates.

For more information, visit www.happiffie.com. Vendor registrations are now open at www.happiffie.com/vendor-registration.

About Happiffie

Happiffie is India’s first AI-powered Celebration Platform, connecting customers, venues, event professionals, and celebration businesses through one intelligent ecosystem. Built on over 15 years of industry expertise, the platform combines Artificial Intelligence with Experience Intelligence™ to deliver smarter celebration planning across more than 1,000 celebration experiences spanning weddings, corporate events, birthdays, social celebrations, parties, and festivals.

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Beko Publishes 2025 Integrated Report, Charting Years of Progress Toward Net Zero

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As Beko releases its 2025 Integrated Report, the company’s third consecutive inclusion on TIME’s global sustainability ranking — retaining the #1 position in its industry — underscores the progress documented within it.

ISTANBUL, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Beko published its 2025 Integrated Report, offering a comprehensive account of the company’s financial, environmental and social performance over the past year. In parallel, Beko has been named one of TIME Magazine’s World’s Most Sustainable Companies for the third year running, retaining the #1 position in its industry. The recognition, awarded in partnership with Statista, independently corroborates years of deliberate, measurable progress.

The report documents concrete results across Beko’s global manufacturing footprint. In 2025:

Energy efficiency projects across production sites saved 69,562 GJ of energy, avoiding 5,297 tonnes of CO₂e emissions.Waste recycling across all manufacturing facilities reached 98.6%, against a target of 99%.Renewable energy installed capacity reached 96 MWp, up from 90.2 MWp the prior year. Beko also reached 63.5% green electricity on the path to 100% across all manufacturing by 2030.Water efficiency and rainwater harvesting projects across locations delivered total water savings of 219,114 m3.

Behind these figures is a broader manufacturing transformation. Three of Beko’s manufacturing facilities have been recognised within the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network, with the Ulmi plant earning the additional, and rarer, designation of Sustainability Lighthouse. The principles behind Ulmi’s approach are being extended across Beko’s broader manufacturing ecosystem, as the company scales low-impact production. Beko currently operates 13 smart factories globally — equipped with artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotics capabilities — with a target of 17 by the end of 2026.

On the circular economy side, Beko’s refurbishment centres across multiple locations reintroduced more than 148,000 appliances into the market in 2025 alone. The company recycled 1.98 million WEEE units through its own recycling facilities since 2014, and used 31,665 tonnes of recycled plastics in its products in 2025.

Across its product portfolio, 72.6% of Beko’s turnover in 2025 came from low-carbon products — a figure that reflects both the scale of the company’s energy-efficient product range and growing consumer demand for appliances that address environmental concerns.

“Being recognised by TIME three years in a row matters because it reflects that sustainability is a foundational part of Beko’s business,” said Can Dinçer, CEO of Beko. “Our factories undergo a twin transformation where we encounter both decarbonization and digitalization. That progress is deliberate and measurable, and our Integrated Report sets out exactly how. As the world prepares for COP31, the most credible thing a company can do is demonstrate its work rather than declare it. That is what we are doing.”

TIME’s annual list evaluates more than 5,000 companies worldwide across environmental and social performance, transparency and ESG reporting. Beko’s continued inclusion under increasingly rigorous standards points to a business model where sustainability is structurally embedded across operations, supply chains and product portfolios.

In addition to its Integrated Report, the Company has also published its second TSRS-compliant sustainability report, prepared in accordance with the Türkiye Sustainability Reporting Standards (TSRS), Türkiye’s adoption of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards issued by the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The report is publicly available and provides detailed disclosures on the company’s climate-related risks, opportunities, governance, strategy and performance.

About Beko

Beko is an international home appliance company with a strong global presence, operating through subsidiaries in more than 55 countries with a workforce of around 45,000 employees and production facilities spanning multiple regions—including Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Beko has 22 brands owned or used with a limited license (Arçelik, Beko, Whirlpool*, Grundig, Hotpoint, Arctic, Ariston*, Leisure, Indesit, Blomberg, Defy, Dawlance, Hitachi*, Voltas Beko, Singer*, ElektraBregenz, Flavel, Bauknecht, Privileg, Altus, Ignis, Polar). Beko is the largest white goods company in Europe with its market share (based on volumes) and reached a consolidated turnover of 10.7 billion Euros in 2025. Beko’s 28 R&D and Design Centers & Offices across the globe are home to over 2,000 R&D employees and hold more than 4,500 international registered patent applications to date. The company has achieved the highest score in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) in the DHP Household Durables industry for the seventh consecutive year (based on the results dated 16 October 2025).** The company has been recognized as the 89th most sustainable company on TIME Magazine and Statista’s 2026 list of the World’s Most Sustainable Companies and has been the sector leader for three consecutive years. Beko’s vision is ‘Respecting the World, Respected Worldwide.’ 

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JustMarkets Releases Market Analysis on How Foreign Exchange Markets React to CPI Surprises

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HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JustMarkets today released a new market analysis examining how foreign exchange markets react to Consumer Price Index (CPI) surprises and outlining key considerations for traders preparing for inflation data releases. The analysis explains why the gap between actual CPI data and market expectations, rather than the headline inflation figure itself, is often the primary driver of currency market movements.

What people often miss on CPI day is that the number itself isn’t what moves the market. The common reaction is to check whether the headline number is high or low, but it’s all priced in advance. According to JustMarkets, the real driver of EUR/USD is the gap between the actual number and what the market was positioned for.

Even an unchanged reading can cause dollar weakness if traders expect higher inflation, while weaker numbers that beat consensus expectations may drive dollar strength. Citing Federal Reserve research, the price driver is a surprise component rather than the headline.

Why the Expectation Gap Is More Important Than the Level

Forex is driven by expectations for interest rate decisions, with inflation impacting central bank policy. Key factors influencing this reaction include:

Main factors:

Monthly CPI and core CPICore services inflationRevisions to the previous period dataCentral banks policy pricing

Year-over-year data is less important in terms of price impact than monthly and core data.

How to Calculate Surprise

Start with the simplest metric: Surprise = Actual CPI − Consensus CPI. 

Consensus comes from the economic calendar’s forecast and reflects the market positioning. And then you need to check the market reaction through rates. The sequence typically runs: CPI surprise → change in front-end yields → USD movement → the sentiment adjustment.

Traders frequently employ this methodology in combination with the JustMarkets Economic Calendar to track high-impact releases in real time.

What the Intraday Move Actually Looks Like

CPI reactions usually happen in three stages. The first one is a headline shock with the potential algorithm’s reaction within a few seconds. Then comes the interpretation stage, with a time frame of 15-60 minutes and analysis of core numbers and yield confirmation. And then either continuation or reversal happens.

Approaches to Trading CPI Day

There are two common approaches to CPI.

The momentum approach requires the consistency of headlines and core surprises with yields’ confirmation. Most traders wait until the first minute’s candle is closed to avoid false signals.The fade approach requires dislocations like the absence of yield confirmation to FX movement or dislocations between headlines and core numbers. In this case, traders wait 10−20 minutes for exhaustion of the initial move and reversal setup search.

Risk management is crucial. Most traders limit their position size to 0.25%-0.50% of their equity because of widening spreads and slippage. Sometimes the decision to trade off is more optimal during extreme volatility than forced entry.

One Way to Prepare for the Next CPI Day Release

A simple way to get ready is to monitor EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY pairs and an economic calendar with events’ importance. The workflow is simple: Economic calendar → release → Trading platform.

The final step brings traders to the execution platform. Many turn to JustMarkets, which offers CFDs on these currency pairs, with execution stability and fast market access that make it well suited for high-volatility macro events.

Disclaimer: For informational purposes only. Trading financial instruments involves significant risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Ensure you understand the risks involved and trade responsibly.

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