
Proofpoint launches Flex model for shifting security spend
Qualifying customers can reallocate committed spend at anniversaries and apply Flex Credits when adding products.
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Qualifying customers can reallocate committed spend at anniversaries and apply Flex Credits when adding products.

The founder says a September 8 US directive halted new American sales while two existing US customers remain.

Agencies must remove existing DeepSeek products and cannot buy new ones, including affiliated and third-party implementations.

The October 2026 supply-chain order covers affiliates and third-party products, not private DeepSeek use.

The Pentagon's Tradewinds program fast-tracks military AI buys, including kill-chain tools, using five-minute videos.
DHS plans a $626 million Network, Cloud and Cybersecurity Services 2.0 contract, with award targeted for late November.

A US appeals court allowed the government to blacklist Anthropic without proving malicious motive.
A reverse-auction procurement platform learns LLM quality and price, finding 10–71% margins across Llama and Qwen tasks.

A buyer's guide compares pricing and features of 12 multi-cloud security platforms including Wiz, Prisma Cloud, FortiCNAPP, and Defender for Cloud.

A 2026 buyer's guide compares 12 DSPM vendors' features and pricing, warning per-TB data-volume billing inflates long-term cloud security costs.

GBHackers compares 12 Kubernetes security vendors including Sysdig, Wiz, Aqua, and Cisco Isovalent on features, pricing units, and procurement strategy.

GBHackers' 2026 buyer's guide compares 12 CASB-capable vendors, arguing standalone CASB pricing has dissolved into per-user SSE subscriptions.

SOCRadar announces its threat intelligence platform is available via Microsoft Marketplace to simplify procurement for security teams.

SOCRadar now offers its threat intelligence platform through AWS Marketplace to streamline security teams' procurement process.

A buyer's guide compares 12 unified endpoint management platforms, recommending Microsoft Intune, Jamf and Omnissa for common scenarios.

OpenAI and GSA agreed to provide ChatGPT to federal, state, local, and tribal governments with $0 licenses, 50% off usage, and cyber-defense access.

Op-ed argues the 200-company Collective Cyber Defense letter's three endorsed metrics should become standard vendor procurement questions.

ICE seeks a federal contractor to access national voter registration and history files, citing fraud detection ahead of the midterm elections.
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