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By Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) A data security startup founded by a longtime Israeli Military Intelligence leader raised $400 million to address security challenges related to the growth of agentic AI. The Blackstone-led Series F funding round will help New York-based Cyera evolve from its roots in data discovery and protection into the control plane for managing how AI interacts with sensitive data, said Chief Strategy Officer Jason Clark. Legacy security models built around user authentication and static permissions are fundamentally incompatible with autonomous, intent-driven agents, he said. "This is really...