Category: Cybersecurity & Resilience

Ransomware Hits 2026 Peak: Is Your Channel Ready for AI-Driven Attacks?
August 26, 2026

Ransomware Hits 2026 Peak: Is Your Channel Ready for AI-Driven Attacks?

NCC Group's July 2026 Threat Intelligence Report reveals 894 ransomware cases—a 22% surge and 2026 peak. The emergence of JADEPUFFER, the first fully autonomous AI attack agent, signals a critical...
EU Age Verification App: A €2M Lesson in Misplaced Security Spend
August 25, 2026

EU Age Verification App: A €2M Lesson in Misplaced Security Spend

The European Commission's €2M age verification app was twice bypassed in four months because security spending focused on obfuscation rather than attestation, revealing procurement failures in prioritizing controls....
Why AI Learned to Attack Before It Learned to Defend
August 24, 2026

Why AI Learned to Attack Before It Learned to Defend

Fernando Montenegro, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on how offensive AI succeeds because it's easier to verify than defensive security, shifting the need for vendors to...
Can Frontier Virtual Patching Close the AI Exposure Gap
August 24, 2026

Can Frontier Virtual Patching Close the AI Exposure Gap?

Fernando Montenegro, VP at The Futurum Group, shares insights on how Palo Alto Networks connects AI vulnerability discovery with pre-disclosure network protection....
Brinqa Buys PlexTrac to Put Proof Behind Exposure Management
August 24, 2026

Brinqa Buys PlexTrac to Put Proof Behind Exposure Management

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Brinqa's acquisition of PlexTrac and what adding offensive security validation to an exposure management platform does, and does not, prove about remediation....
Thales CMD 2024: Cybersecurity Ambition Meets a $338B Market
August 22, 2026

Thales CMD 2024: Cybersecurity Ambition Meets a $338B Market

Thales positioned cybersecurity as a core growth pillar at its November 2024 Capital Markets Day, targeting a market expanding from $195B to $338B by 2029 at 11.6% CAGR, driven by...
FPT IS Bets on Vietnam's Data Privacy Law as a Platform Moment
August 22, 2026

FPT IS Bets on Vietnam’s Data Privacy Law as a Platform Moment

Vietnam's strict new data protection laws drive enterprise urgency. FPT IS launches a four-layer Data Privacy Management Platform to meet compliance demands and position itself as a strategic infrastructure partner....
DigiCert's PQC Event Franchise Shifts from Awareness to Action
August 21, 2026

DigiCert’s PQC Event Franchise Shifts from Awareness to Action

DigiCert's third annual World Quantum Readiness Day on September 17, 2026, marks a strategic shift from quantum awareness to active post-quantum cryptography deployment, addressing enterprises' top challenge: cryptographic agility....
OPSWAT's OTCEP Invitation: OT Security Credibility or Contract Pipeline?
August 21, 2026

OPSWAT’s OTCEP Invitation: OT Security Credibility or Contract Pipeline?

OPSWAT's CTO presentation at Singapore's OTCEP Forum signals peer-level recognition in OT Security, positioning the vendor to convert high-visibility relationships into durable contracts....
Can NXP MCX A5 MCUs Secure the Industrial Edge Before Agentic Attackers Arrive?
August 20, 2026

Can NXP MCX A5 MCUs Secure the Industrial Edge Before Agentic Attackers Arrive?

Brendan Burke and Olivier Blanchard, Research Directors at Futurum, share their insights on why NXP's MCX A5, the first MCU to combine a 10BASE-T1S digital PHY, topology discovery, and post-quantum...
Thales-Systematic Deal: Interoperability Is Now a Sovereign Imperative
August 20, 2026

Thales-Systematic Deal: Interoperability Is Now a Sovereign Imperative

Thales and Systematic's partnership integrates command-and-control software with SAMP/T NG air defence systems for Denmark, showing that integration capabilities now outrank feature innovation in enterprise cybersecurity....
Peraton's $117M Army Recompete: A Cyber Partnership Blueprint
August 18, 2026

Peraton’s $117M Army Recompete: A Cyber Partnership Blueprint

Peraton secures $117M Army cyber contract through 2031, demonstrating how proven partnerships drive national security and recurring revenue for defense contractors....

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