Cybersecurity
One of our seven practice areas — every brief we’ve published in this coverage area, newest first.
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Retiring VPN for ZTNA in 2026: A Phased Migration Playbook
A phased VPN to ZTNA migration playbook: inventory apps, run parallel, migrate app-by-app, and decommission before full coverage with the residual VPN in an enclave. Honest mechanics for Zscaler Private Access, Prisma Access, and Microsoft Entra Private Access.
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Data Breach Costs in 2026: The Benchmarks That Matter
IBM’s 2026 report puts the average cost of a data breach at a record $4.99M globally and $11.5M in the US. The benchmarks that matter, the AI-related cost drivers, and how to turn the numbers into defensible budget line items.
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From Awareness Training to Human Risk Management
Security awareness training is giving way to human risk management. What changed, where KnowBe4 sits after its AI-agent rebuild, and the checklist that separates real HRM platforms from rebadged SAT tools.
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Zscaler vs. Palo Alto SASE in 2026: How to Pick
Zscaler and Palo Alto now represent genuinely different SASE bets: pure cloud-proxy zero trust vs. single-vendor platform consolidation. A neutral decision framework covering analyst positions, enterprise browsers, pricing, and downsides.
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Phishing Click Rate Benchmarks 2026: KnowBe4 Data by Industry
KnowBe4’s 2026 benchmarks put the untrained phishing click rate at 33.2%, with healthcare at 42.7%. Here are the numbers by industry — and the thresholds that tell you whether your program is working.