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Security teams spent years bracing for quantum computing to break their encryption. AI got there first. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) surveyed 100 CISOs at companies with more than 1,000 employees about their 2027 plans, and found that all seven of their most-selected priorities now involve AI. A year earlier, exposure and vulnerability management topped the list;…

Digitalization is changing how ships, ports, offshore platforms, and logistics networks operate. Navigation, cargo handling, propulsion, communications, maintenance, and business applications are increasingly connected. These links improve efficiency and visibility, but they also expose maritime operations to ransomware, supply-chain compromise, navigation interference, and attacks on operational technology (OT).

Fifth Third led a strategic investment in Payload, Priority Commerce agreed to acquire IntelliPay, and CSI acquired Qolo in a series of summer transactions, PYMNTS reported. Together, the deals point to buyers valuing payments technology already integrated into the software customers use, not just standalone processing capacity. For operators, that means the entity holding payment…