{"id":69676,"date":"2026-09-10T20:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=69676"},"modified":"2026-09-10T20:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:56:00","slug":"ensign-infosecurity-and-trendai-strengthen-virtual-patching-against-evolving-ai-enabled-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=69676","title":{"rendered":"Ensign InfoSecurity and TrendAI\u2122 strengthen virtual patching against evolving AI-enabled attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Joint testing using Ensign&#8217;s proprietary AI assessment tool to identify new attack variations, enabling TrendAI<\/i><i><sup>\u2122<\/sup><\/i><i>\u00a0to rapidly enhance protection coverage<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">SINGAPORE<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Sept. 10, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Ensign InfoSecurity (&#8220;Ensign&#8221;), Asia Pacific&#8217;s largest pure-play cybersecurity services provider, and TrendAI\u2122, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, <span>today <\/span>announced the outcomes of a joint security testing initiative aimed at validating and strengthening cyber defences against increasingly adaptive AI-enabled attacks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmx.prnasia.com\/media\/MS1985670\/20260910064150EDT_image_1.jpg?id=OA2941112&amp;p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmx.prnasia.com\/media\/MS1985670\/20260910064150EDT_image_1.jpg?id=OA2941112&amp;p=medium600\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ensign researchers used <span>their <\/span>proprietary AI assessment tool to test and validate\u00a0TrendAI\u2122 TippingPoint<sup>\u2122<\/sup>, which uses advanced virtual patching to shield enterprise networks from exploits before vendor fixes are available. Unlike conventional security testing that follows a predetermined attack path, Ensign <span>uses<\/span> AI to adapt its approach when it encounters defensive controls, testing whether alternative attack paths can overcome them.<\/p>\n<p>During the assessment, Ensign identified opportunities to further strengthen TippingPoint<sup>\u2122<\/sup>\u00a0as threat actors adapt their attack techniques in response to existing defensive controls.<\/p>\n<p>TrendAI\u2122 worked closely with Ensign to validate the findings and rapidly introduced additional coverage to strengthen its TippingPoint\u2122\u00a0virtual patching protection.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise demonstrates an increasingly important consideration for cyber defence: stopping one attack attempt may no longer be sufficient when AI can rapidly adapt, retry and explore alternative ways of reaching the same objective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AI is changing what effective security testing looks like. Blocking the first attack is no longer enough if an AI-enabled attacker can adapt and try another route. Our testing showed why organisations need to continuously validate whether their security controls can stand up to this kind of adaptive behaviour,&#8221; said Paul Tan, Executive Vice President of Government &amp; Singapore Enterprises, Ensign InfoSecurity. &#8220;The value of this exercise was not simply in identifying where protection could be strengthened, but in how quickly Ensign and TrendAI\u2122 were able to turn those findings into stronger protection. This continuous cycle of testing, validating and strengthening defences is what organisations will increasingly need as AI-enabled attacks evolve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to frontier AI, the\u00a0speed and sophistication of cyberattacks <span>are <\/span>accelerating faster than most security teams can keep pace with. Adversaries are already using AI to probe, adapt and exploit weaknesses in real time. A reactive security posture is no longer good enough. This is why TrendAI\u2122\u00a0is partnering with Ensign to bring proactive, continuous validation to our customers. By combining Ensign&#8217;s threat discovery capabilities with TippingPoint\u2122&#8217;s virtual patching, we are helping organisations close the gap between when a vulnerability is discovered and when it is actually protected, giving security teams the head start they need against frontier AI threats,&#8221; said David Siah, Vice President, AMEA Channels, TrendAI\u2122.<\/p>\n<p><b>From testing controls to continuous validation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>AI is changing the speed and economics of cyberattacks, enabling attackers to automate tasks, adapt techniques and explore alternative attack paths more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>As attacks become more adaptive, security guardrails and controls remain essential, but organisations need to continuously validate that they remain effective as attack techniques evolve. Ensign uses leading AI models to test attack paths against an organisation&#8217;s security environment, identifying where controls hold, where alternative paths may exist and where defences can be strengthened.<\/p>\n<p>The Ensign and TrendAI\u2122 collaboration <span>demonstrates <\/span>how continuous testing can shorten the feedback loop between testing security controls, identifying areas for improvement and strengthening protection against evolving attack techniques.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Ensign\u00a0InfoSecurity<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ensign InfoSecurity is Asia Pacific&#8217;s largest pure-play cybersecurity services provider and a trusted global partner, delivering end-to-end security solutions across the cyber lifecycle. Headquartered in Singapore, Ensign is recognised for its deep capabilities spanning advisory and assurance, secure architecture and systems integration, threat intelligence, managed security operations, and incident response. Ensign also drives innovation through Ensign Labs, developing advanced proprietary solutions to address complex customer challenges. With over two decades of experience, Ensign provides resilient, intelligence-led security tailored to real business risks. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ensigninfosecurity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.ensigninfosecurity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About TrendAI\u2122<\/b><\/p>\n<p>TrendAI\u2122, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers <span>organisations <\/span>with full AI visibility, governance and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk. Trusted by the largest enterprises and governments across 185 countries, TrendAI\u2122 secures the entire organization, from identities to infrastructure to data. Global Fortune 500 companies rely on TrendAI\u2122 to cut risk and stop threats up to 115 days earlier, powered by world-leading threat and attack intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>AI Fearlessly.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trendaisecurity.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">trendaisecurity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">  <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p class=\"prntac\"><i>Joint testing using Ensign&#8217;s proprietary AI assessment tool to identify new attack variations, enabling TrendAI<\/i><i><sup>\u2122<\/sup><\/i><i>\u00a0to rapidly enhance protection coverage<\/i><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">SINGAPORE<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Sept. 10, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Ensign InfoSecurity (&#8220;Ensign&#8221;), Asia Pacific&#8217;s largest pure-play cybersecurity services provider, and TrendAI\u2122, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, <span>today <\/span>announced the outcomes of a joint security testing initiative aimed at validating and strengthening cyber defences against increasingly adaptive AI-enabled attacks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mmx.prnasia.com\/media\/MS1985670\/20260910064150EDT_image_1.jpg?id=OA2941112&amp;p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mmx.prnasia.com\/media\/MS1985670\/20260910064150EDT_image_1.jpg?id=OA2941112&amp;p=medium600\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ensign researchers used <span>their <\/span>proprietary AI assessment tool to test and validate\u00a0TrendAI\u2122 TippingPoint<sup>\u2122<\/sup>, which uses advanced virtual patching to shield enterprise networks from exploits before vendor fixes are available. Unlike conventional security testing that follows a predetermined attack path, Ensign <span>uses<\/span> AI to adapt its approach when it encounters defensive controls, testing whether alternative attack paths can overcome them.<\/p>\n<p>During the assessment, Ensign identified opportunities to further strengthen TippingPoint<sup>\u2122<\/sup>\u00a0as threat actors adapt their attack techniques in response to existing defensive controls.<\/p>\n<p>TrendAI\u2122 worked closely with Ensign to validate the findings and rapidly introduced additional coverage to strengthen its TippingPoint\u2122\u00a0virtual patching protection.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise demonstrates an increasingly important consideration for cyber defence: stopping one attack attempt may no longer be sufficient when AI can rapidly adapt, retry and explore alternative ways of reaching the same objective.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;AI is changing what effective security testing looks like. Blocking the first attack is no longer enough if an AI-enabled attacker can adapt and try another route. Our testing showed why organisations need to continuously validate whether their security controls can stand up to this kind of adaptive behaviour,&#8221; said Paul Tan, Executive Vice President of Government &amp; Singapore Enterprises, Ensign InfoSecurity. &#8220;The value of this exercise was not simply in identifying where protection could be strengthened, but in how quickly Ensign and TrendAI\u2122 were able to turn those findings into stronger protection. This continuous cycle of testing, validating and strengthening defences is what organisations will increasingly need as AI-enabled attacks evolve.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Due to frontier AI, the\u00a0speed and sophistication of cyberattacks <span>are <\/span>accelerating faster than most security teams can keep pace with. Adversaries are already using AI to probe, adapt and exploit weaknesses in real time. A reactive security posture is no longer good enough. This is why TrendAI\u2122\u00a0is partnering with Ensign to bring proactive, continuous validation to our customers. By combining Ensign&#8217;s threat discovery capabilities with TippingPoint\u2122&#8217;s virtual patching, we are helping organisations close the gap between when a vulnerability is discovered and when it is actually protected, giving security teams the head start they need against frontier AI threats,&#8221; said David Siah, Vice President, AMEA Channels, TrendAI\u2122.<\/p>\n<p><b>From testing controls to continuous validation<\/b><\/p>\n<p>AI is changing the speed and economics of cyberattacks, enabling attackers to automate tasks, adapt techniques and explore alternative attack paths more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>As attacks become more adaptive, security guardrails and controls remain essential, but organisations need to continuously validate that they remain effective as attack techniques evolve. Ensign uses leading AI models to test attack paths against an organisation&#8217;s security environment, identifying where controls hold, where alternative paths may exist and where defences can be strengthened.<\/p>\n<p>The Ensign and TrendAI\u2122 collaboration <span>demonstrates <\/span>how continuous testing can shorten the feedback loop between testing security controls, identifying areas for improvement and strengthening protection against evolving attack techniques.<\/p>\n<p><b>About Ensign\u00a0InfoSecurity<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ensign InfoSecurity is Asia Pacific&#8217;s largest pure-play cybersecurity services provider and a trusted global partner, delivering end-to-end security solutions across the cyber lifecycle. Headquartered in Singapore, Ensign is recognised for its deep capabilities spanning advisory and assurance, secure architecture and systems integration, threat intelligence, managed security operations, and incident response. Ensign also drives innovation through Ensign Labs, developing advanced proprietary solutions to address complex customer challenges. With over two decades of experience, Ensign provides resilient, intelligence-led security tailored to real business risks. For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ensigninfosecurity.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.ensigninfosecurity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>About TrendAI\u2122<\/b><\/p>\n<p>TrendAI\u2122, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers <span>organisations <\/span>with full AI visibility, governance and consolidated security that inspires confidence, drives innovation, and eliminates risk. Trusted by the largest enterprises and governments across 185 countries, TrendAI\u2122 secures the entire organization, from identities to infrastructure to data. Global Fortune 500 companies rely on TrendAI\u2122 to cut risk and stop threats up to 115 days earlier, powered by world-leading threat and attack intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>AI Fearlessly.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trendaisecurity.com\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">trendaisecurity.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">  <\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}