Tag: Tools
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What Replaces the VPN in 2026
A field guide to what replaces the VPN in 2026, with the four approaches the enterprise is taking, the tradeoffs the enterprise is making, and the part about the right answer for the specific workload.
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The State of AI Coding in Q2 2026
Q2 2026 was the quarter the AI coding assistants stopped being a productivity toy and became a procurement line. Here is what the numbers look like, and what the implications are.
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What osquery Tables Actually Tell You in 2026
osquery in 2026 amounts to the most underused endpoint visibility tool in the typical enterprise. The enterprise deploys the EDR, the EDR catches the known threats, the EDR misses the unknown threats, the unknown threats sit on the endpoint unobserved. The osquery tables expose the endpoint state in a way the EDR cannot. The guide…
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A Field Guide to the CISO’s First 90 Days
The new CISO has 90 days to figure out what the security program actually does, what it does not, and what the board needs to know. Here is the playbook.
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State of the AI Stack: Q2 2026
The AI stack in Q2 2026 amounts to a stack that has settled into its shape, with the foundation models, the orchestration frameworks, the vector databases, the agent frameworks, the evaluation tools, the deployment platforms, the observability tools. The state of the AI stack in Q2 2026 amounts to a state where the buyers know…
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The Burp Suite Replacement Question
The Burp Suite replacement question in 2026 amounts to the question the typical application security team asks every 2-3 years, with the question prompted by the Burp Suite licence renewal, the new tool on the market, the security team turnover. The honest answer covers what the Burp Suite does, what the replacements do, and what…
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Tools the Engineering Team Should Pay For
The engineering team has a budget. The free tools cover most of the work. A handful of paid tools are worth the spend. Here is what is worth it in 2026.
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Tools the Security Team Should Pay For
The security team in 2026 has more tools than it has budget, more tools than it has people to run them, and more tools than it has processes to use them well. The field guide to the tools the security team should actually pay for, and the tools the security team should stop paying for.
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Security News Roundup: Q1 2026 in 7 Stories
Q1 2026 was a quarter that refused to be quiet. Seven security stories, each one of them big enough to be the whole quarter, all of them landing inside twelve weeks.
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The Tools Worth Paying For in 2026
The free and the cheap tools are fine for most teams. But there are a handful of products in 2026 that genuinely earn their price tag. Here is what is worth the spend, and what is not.