CrowdStrike scoops Onum. Cato and Varonis make AI security buys. Gartner unveils Cool Vendors in Agentic AI TRiSM. Google launches SecOps Labs. Plus Cloud 100, PMM jobs, events, memes, and a $400K tip.

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🧭 What’s Inside:

📰 Industry Updates

• CrowdStrike acquires Onum, reports strong Q2’26

• Cato Networks acquires Aim Security

• Varonis buys SlashNext for AI email security

• Gartner: Cool Vendors in Agentic AI TRiSM

• Google launches SecOps Labs

🎧 Content Plugs

• Release vs. Launch process

• Val Tsanev on the “fatal mistake” of cyber websites

• Jason Oakley’s product page formula

• Kieran Flanigan: rise of the “Super IC”

🚀 Startups & Funding

• 17 cyber firms in Forbes Cloud 100

• SOC Jedi.AI drops an AI-generated SOC debate video

😂 Meme Highlight

• Mike Privette nails the state of the industry

🔭 Things Ahead

• Splunk .conf25 (Boston, Sept 7–10)

• CrowdStrike Fal.Con (Vegas, Sept 15–18)

• Gartner SRM Summit (London, Sept 22–24)

• MCP & AI Agent Security Conf (Sep 30)

• ICS Cybersecurity Conf (Atlanta, Oct 28–30)

• Forrester SR Forum (Austin, Nov 3–4)

💼 Cyber PMM Gigs

• Entrust – Director of Solutions Marketing

• Gravwell – Product Marketing Manager

• Datadog- Sr. PMM

💡 Tip

Keith Richman: Narrative > Writing. OpenAI’s $400K comms hires prove it.

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