2024 is nearing its close and companies are already planning development and marketing strategies for next year, but that hasn't slowed down the rate of tech related news. At Pipeline we have curated the most captivating stories from electoral cybersecurity to quantum innovations.

As we enter Q4, tech companies around the world are fighting for first place to share the most innovative stories before the end of the year. At Pipeline we have sourced the most exciting stories ranging from surprising acquisitions to revolutionary moves in AI.

The month’s top industry news stories are summarized below. To view current breaking news in real-time, visit Pipeline’s News Center, follow Pipeline on social media, or subscribe to receive our weekly industry enterprise and communications technology news summary.

Security & Assurance News

The Federal Communications Commission announced a data protection and cybersecurity settlement with T-Mobile to resolve the Enforcement Bureau’s investigations into significant data breaches that impacted millions of U.S. consumers. Plurilock Security and CrowdStrike formed a new partnership to secure critical infrastructure in democratic nations and economies against modern threats. Plurilock will provide sales and support of the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform to help power Plurilock’s Critical Services business unit. NEC has been commissioned by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to conduct cybersecurity capacity building exercises for Pacific island countries. Exercises were first conducted in Fiji for seven days from October 2 to 10, 2024, with 29 cybersecurity practitioners from government agencies and critical infrastructure operators from 13 countries participating. The NFL is leveraging Cisco’s industry-leading enterprise networking and cybersecurity solutions to connect and protect the NFL International Games.

Fortinet released its FortiGuard Labs Threat Intelligence Report: Threat Actors Targeting the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, which reveals and analyzes threats tied to U.S.-based entities, voters, and the electoral process. IBM is launching IBM Guardium Data Security Center, allowing organizations to protect data in any environment, throughout its full lifecycle, and with unified controls. Celona released Aerloc, a new suite of security capabilities that provide the next generation of private 5G wireless network security for Industry 4.0. Designed to address the unique challenges of securing increasingly digitized industrial IT and OT systems, Aerloc provides enhanced security and reliable connectivity without sacrificing agility. CrowdStrike formed a strategic partnership with Fortinet to unify best-in-class endpoint and firewall protection. By integrating AI-native endpoint security from the CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform and Fortinet’s FortiGate next-generation firewalls, customers and partners gain the flexibility, visibility and security across networks, applications and endpoints to stop breaches.

Nokia received the receipt of the Federal Information Processing Standards 140-3 Security Level 2 Validation certificate for its 1830 PSS, PSI-M, and PSS-24x products. This certification marks the first FIPS 140-3 Security Level 2 validation for Layer 1 optical transport systems in the industry, setting a new benchmark for secure network operations. Juniper Networks released its new Juniper Secure AI-Native Edge solution, with a new Security Assurance product, combining Juniper Mist’s award-winning AI-Native and cloud-native network operations with the industry’s leading efficacy security solution. Palo Alto Networks and Deloitte have expanded their strategic alliance into EMEA and JAPAC regions, making Palo Alto Networks AI-powered cybersecurity solutions and joint offerings available to Deloitte clients globally. The new agreement builds on the long-standing collaboration between the two organizations, accelerating the adoption of leading cybersecurity capabilities and helping clients realize the benefits of platformization.

Network and Mobile News

Cloudflare released Speed Brain, a new product that works with some of the most popular web browsers to speed up how webpages load by up to 45 percent faster, for free. Lightpath and Ciena deployed the industry’s first known 400 Gb/s protected optical circuit utilizing power-efficient and high-performance pluggable technologies. Huawei launched its brand-new Alpha series antenna. This marks a major breakthrough, as this series embodies the essential capabilities base station antennas will need in the mobile AI era: high efficiency, digitalization, and easy deployment. Aliro made an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to provide software and professional services that will enable AFRL to simulate, test, and operate entanglement-based quantum network infrastructure, including the innovative work of networking quantum computers with heterogeneous qubit platforms. Anritsu and