Somewhere right now, a threat actor is testing the perimeter of a company that believes it is well-defended. The organization has a firewall, an EDR solution, and a SIEM generating thousands of alerts per day. It also has a SOC team working two-shift rotations. And yet, within hours or days, an initial foothold will become lateral movement, lateral movement will become data exfiltration, and exfiltration will become a regulatory notification, a board presentation, and a headline. The Breach Is Already in Motion. Are You? The problem is rarely effort. It is timing and intelligence. By the time most organizations detect an active intrusion, the average dwell time is still measured in days, and the cost is measured in millions. CISOs in 2026 face a paradox: security budgets are larger than ever, yet the threat surface is expanding faster than those budgets can cover. More tools, more alerts, more noise — and less time to act on what actually matters. The answer is not more detection. The answer is earlier, smarter prevention. And that requires one thing above all: actionable threat intelligence. In 2026, Threat […]
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