Every January, IT teams and CISOs set their “New Year’s Cyber Resolutions.” For years, those lists focused on basics like updating firewalls, enforcing password rotations, and reminding employees not to click suspicious links.  But as we enter 2026, cybersecurity trends have shifted dramatically.  Agentic AI, deepfake-driven phishing, and sophisticated supply-chain attacks are redefining risk. Traditional, perimeter-focused security is no longer enough — and “checking control

Ransomware is no longer a simple encryption tool—it has evolved into a high-speed, AI-powered, identity-focused attack ecosystem capable of crippling entire organizations in minutes. In 2025, ransomware operators leverage automated reconnaissance, deepfake-enabled social engineering, cloud credential theft, and polymorphic malware that mutates faster than signature engines can update.  Because of this evolution, today’s SOC teams cannot wait for the encryption stage. By the t