Category: Cybersecurity & Resilience

Cisco Live 2026: Platform, Silicon, and Security for the Agentic Era
June 8, 2026

Cisco Live 2026: Platform, Silicon, and Security for the Agentic Era

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, covers Cisco Live 2026 and analyzes Cisco's transformation from product portfolio to integrated platform, with a focus on agentic security, infrastructure scale, and the orchestration...
Can Cisco Cloud Control Make AgenticOps Practical for Enterprises
June 5, 2026

Can Cisco Cloud Control Make AgenticOps Practical for Enterprises?

Tom Hollingsworth, Networking Technology Advisor and Event Lead at Futurum, examines how Cisco Cloud Control combines AI agents, operations, security, and resilience into a unified control plane for critical infrastructure....
Brave Origin Bets on Minimalism and Paid Privacy to Challenge Big Tech Browsers
June 5, 2026

Brave Origin Bets on Minimalism and Paid Privacy to Challenge Big Tech Browsers

Brave Origin's paid privacy model tests whether users will pay for minimalist, data-free browsing. This launch signals a fundamental shift in browser monetization and poses significant competitive risks to data-driven...
IBM and Red Hat Bet $5B on Curating the Open Source Supply Chain
June 3, 2026

IBM and Red Hat Bet $5B on Curating the Open Source Supply Chain

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on IBM and Red Hat's $5 billion Project Lightwell and what a curated open source...
The Autonomous IT Imperative
June 2, 2026

The Autonomous IT Imperative

In our latest Market Report, The Autonomous IT Imperative, completed in partnership with Tanium, Futurum Research examines why traditional IT operations and security models are reaching their limits—and how Autonomous...
Does Sophos' Agentic SOC Data Change the MDR Conversation
May 29, 2026

Does Sophos’ Agentic SOC Data Change the MDR Conversation?

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Sophos' agentic SOC production data, examining what the 89-second response time and 52% AI resolution rate mean for the MDR market and Sophos' platform...
Netskope Expands Sovereign SASE to 24 Countries as Regulatory Pressure Mounts
May 29, 2026

Netskope Expands Sovereign SASE to 24 Countries as Regulatory Pressure Mounts

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Netskope's expanded NewEdge data sovereignty offering across 24 countries, examining what full four-component sovereignty requires and what the Deloitte partnership signals for enterprise buyers....
Can Google's AI Threat Defense Set the Pace for Enterprise Cyber Defense?
May 28, 2026

Can Google’s AI Threat Defense Set the Pace for Enterprise Cyber Defense?

Fernando Montenegro and Mitch Ashley, VPs at Futurum, analyze Google Cloud's Google AI Threat Defense, an autonomous platform uniting Wiz, Mandiant, CodeMender, and Gemini to automate vulnerability discovery and remediation...
Can Zscaler and Its GSI Partners Govern the Agentic Enterprise
May 27, 2026

Can Zscaler and Its GSI Partners Govern the Agentic Enterprise?

Fernando Montenegro, VP & Practice Lead for Cybersecurity & Resilience at Futurum, examines how Project AI-Guardian positions AI governance, AI visibility, and Zero Trust controls at the center of enterprise...
Can Zscaler Own the AI Agent Control Plane?
May 27, 2026

Can Zscaler Own the AI Agent Control Plane?

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Zscaler's acquisition of Symmetry Systems and its access graph technology, and the impact on AI agent identity and data governance at enterprise scale....
Cyera's Platform Ambition Takes Shape With Two More Acquisitions
May 27, 2026

Cyera’s Platform Ambition Takes Shape With Two More Acquisitions

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Cyera's acquisitions of Ryft and Genie Security, extending its platform into agentic AI data access and endpoint DLP as the DSPM market consolidates....

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