Tenable launches CyberAgents Exchange AI Inspector to vet community-built agents

What changed: Tenable announced the CyberAgents Exchange AI Inspector — a security review process that combines OpenAI GPT cyber models, Tenable’s researcher review, and its Tenable One analysis to inspect agents, skills, MCP servers and multi-agent playbooks before deployment.

Why it matters: Founders and security teams can use a curated inspection path to catch risky components before they run in production, reducing the chance that a third‑party skill or playbook becomes an enterprise liability.

Try/watch: Ask your security or procurement team to add the Exchange as a checklist item for any external agent or skill you plan to run; monitor the Exchange’s published contributor list and inspection outputs for signals about components you rely on.

Proofpoint ships a SOC Analyst Agent to speed security investigations

What changed: Proofpoint introduced the Proofpoint SOC Analyst Agent, an agentic capability that uses OpenAI Daybreak models to turn natural-language questions into structured, traceable investigation findings across Proofpoint data, and it is in private preview with GA expected by end of Q3 2026.

Why it matters: Security teams and small SOCs can get faster context and recommended next steps without swapping consoles or writing complex queries — speeding mean time to investigate while keeping humans in control of consequential actions.

Try/watch: If you use Proofpoint, request preview access or a demo and test the agent on routine triage workflows to measure time saved and to verify the traceability and evidence outputs that regulators or auditors would require.

Specter launches Specter Agent to automate private‑market research workflows

What changed: Specter published Specter Agent, an agent built into its private‑markets workspace that searches proprietary datasets and the web, builds saved searches and lists, and supports repeatable “Skills” for sourcing and diligence — available today inside Specter.

Why it matters: Investors, founder‑operators, and corporate development teams can scale sourcing and pre‑meeting research without hiring additional researchers, because the agent runs repeatable screening and assembles the context you need for decisions.

Try/watch: If you’re in VC/PE or fundraising, try Specter Agent on one recurring sourcing thesis and measure how much research time it replaces versus the quality of leads it surfaces; require source links for every claim the agent summarizes.