SentinelOne’s Identity Catch-Up Tests Its Endpoint-Led Platform Story
Fernando Montenegro, VP and Practice Lead, Cybersecurity at Futurum, examines SentinelOne’s identity portfolio expansion and its approach to securing human and non-human identities, including autonomous AI agents, browsers, and AI workflows.
Futurum Research: Cybersecurity Buyers Prioritize Integration Over Cost Savings
Fernando Montenegro shares insights on new research revealing that cybersecurity buyers overwhelmingly prioritize operational integration over total cost of ownership when choosing security platforms.
How Fast Can Arctic Wolf Turn Sevco’s Visibility Into an Advantage?
Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Arctic Wolf’s acquisition of Sevco Security and the challenge of integrating exposure management into an MDR platform.
Cybersecurity in the Age of AI: Moving from Fragile to Resilient
In this Futurum Research report, Cybersecurity in the Age of AI: Moving from Fragile to Resilient, created in collaboration with N-able, we outline a modern framework for business resilience built on three pillars—minimize exposure, reduce impact, and maintain continuity—and explain how to apply AI safely using generative AI for interpretation and deterministic AI for action.
Do AI Factories Signal a New Mandate for Certified Security? – Report Summary
Fernando Montenegro at Futurum explores how the rise of AI factories mandates a shift toward hardware-enforced security and validated reference architectures to protect intelligence workloads without degrading GPU performance.
Palo Alto Networks Q2 FY 2026: ARR Accelerates as Platform Strategy Scales
Fernando Montenegro, VP & Practice Lead for Cybersecurity & Resilience at Futurum, analyzes Palo Alto Networks’ Q2 FY 2026 results, highlighting platformization momentum, SASE and AI SOC traction, and identity/observability expansion.
No More Playing Koi: Can Palo Alto Networks Secure the Modern Supply Chain?
Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Palo Alto Networks’ acquisition of Koi Security, a move that shifts endpoint defense from file scanning to marketplace governance.
Can Proofpoint Secure the Intent of the Autonomous Agent?
Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Proofpoint’s acquisition of Acuvity and the strategic move to secure autonomous AI agents and “Read-Write AI” workflows.
OpenAI Frontier: Close the Enterprise AI Opportunity Gap—or Widen It?
Futurum Research Analysts Mitch Ashley, Keith Kirkpatrick, Fernando Montenegro, Nick Patience, and Brad Shimmin examine OpenAI Frontier and whether enterprise AI agents can finally move from pilots to production. The analysis explores governance, trust, and the race to control the agent platform layer.
Commvault Introduces Geo Shield. Can One Platform Meet Sovereign Needs?
Fernando Montenegro, VP & Practice Lead for Cybersecurity & Resilience at Futurum, examines Commvault Geo Shield and its focus on sovereign deployment models that retain control over data location, operations, and encryption keys.
Is 2026 the Turning Point for Industrial-Scale Agentic AI?
VP and Practice Lead Fernando Montenegro shares insights from the Cisco AI Summit 2026, where leaders from the major AI ecosystem providers gathered to discuss bridging the AI ROI gap through critical infrastructure and trust.
Sovereign AI: What Nations Want (And What They’ll Actually Get) – Report Summary
Futurum’s Nick Patience, VP and AI Platforms Practice Lead, and Fernando Montenegro, VP and Cybersecurity & Resilience Practice Lead, share insights on why 100% national AI sovereignty is a myth and how nations such as the US, China, and the EU are pivoting toward strategic autonomy and hybrid infrastructure.
