Cybersecurity
One of our seven practice areas — every brief we’ve published in this coverage area, newest first.
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Microsegmentation Explained: Approaches, Rollout and Tools
Microsegmentation applies fine-grained policy to east-west traffic between workloads to limit lateral movement. This vendor-neutral brief, built on CISA, NIST and NSA guidance, compares enforcement approaches and covers rollout, failure points, zero trust fit and an evaluation checklist.
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SIEM vs XDR vs SOAR: What Each Does and How to Choose
A vendor-neutral comparison of SIEM, XDR and SOAR: what each does, how data retention and compliance logging differ, how vendors price them, and how to combine them by team size and compliance needs.
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What Is CNAPP? Components, CNAPP vs CSPM and CWPP
A vendor-neutral explainer on cloud-native application protection platforms: the components a CNAPP bundles, agentless versus sensor-based coverage, attack path analysis, CNAPP vs CSPM and CWPP, how cloud provider tools compare, and what to check before buying.
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EDR vs Antivirus: How EDR, NGAV and EPP Differ
Antivirus blocks known malicious files; EDR records endpoint activity so attacker behavior can be detected, investigated and contained. This vendor-neutral brief compares antivirus, NGAV and EPP, and EDR from NIST, OMB, CISA, MITRE ATT&CK, Gartner and Microsoft sources, with attack examples, coexistence rules and an evaluation checklist.
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SASE vs SSE: Components, Differences and When to Use Each
SSE is the cloud-delivered security half of SASE (SWG, CASB, ZTNA, often FWaaS and DLP); SASE adds SD-WAN. This vendor-neutral brief covers the components, NIST’s zero trust basis, when SSE alone is enough, single vs dual-vendor tradeoffs, migration and evaluation questions.
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What Is ITDR? Identity Threat Detection and Response
A vendor-neutral explainer on identity threat detection and response: the identity attacks it targets mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, the telemetry and responses it relies on, how it differs from EDR, XDR, ISPM, IGA and PAM, and what to check before buying.
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MDR vs EDR: Service vs Technology, and Where XDR Fits
EDR is endpoint technology; MDR is a service in which a provider’s analysts monitor, investigate and respond for you. This vendor-neutral brief defines EDR, XDR and MDR from NIST, OMB, CISA, NCSC, MITRE and Gartner sources and covers response authority, coverage and what to put in an MDR contract.
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What Is DSPM? Data Security Posture Management Explained
A vendor-neutral explainer on data security posture management: how DSPM discovers and classifies sensitive data and maps access, how it differs from CSPM, DLP and CIEM, how CNAPP platforms bundle it, and what to check before buying.
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Zscaler + Red Canary: SSE Vendor Moves Into the SOC
Zscaler closed its ~$675M Red Canary acquisition to build an agentic AI SOC. Our analysis of whether an SSE vendor can compete with CrowdStrike, Palo Alto, and Microsoft in security operations — and what MDR customers should renegotiate.
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Google Closes Wiz: What CNAPP Consolidation Means
Google completed its Wiz acquisition on March 11, 2026. What CNAPP consolidation means for AWS- and Azure-hosted Wiz customers, and a renewal checklist covering contract terms, roadmap independence, and alternatives.