Security & Threat Intelligence · 25.07.2026, 15:29 UTC
Why Security Teams Need To Start Earlier
| Schweregrad | info |
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| Kategorie | Security & Threat Intelligence |
| Quelle | Rapid7 Blog ↗ |
| Veröffentlicht | 25.07.2026 UTC |
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Security leaders are facing an unusual set of circumstances. The drumbeat for better security prioritization has been rising for years in boardrooms around the world. The desire is there, but the processes of the past aren’t meeting the needs of the new moment we find ourselves in. That gap is not a technology problem. It's an operating model problem.At the opening keynote of Rapid7’s 2026 Global Cybersecurity Summit, Craig Adams, Chief Product Officer, Rapid7, Brian Castagna, CSO, Rapid7 and IDC’s Research VP, Craig Robinson framed a simple idea: cyber defense needs to start earlier.For more on this, download our new ebook, Preemptive Security: From Resilience to Action.Complexity is outpacing controlSecurity environments have never been more connected or more difficult to manage. Cloud adoption, SaaS sprawl, third-party dependencies, and identity growth have expanded the attack surface in ways most programs were not designed to handle. Many teams have responded by adding more tools and more telemetry. This has resulted in more fragmentation, more dashboards, and more opportunities for important information to slip through the cracks. Teams are spending more time stitching context together than they are effectively reducing risk. This shows up in daily operations with analysts moving between multiple systems to validate alerts, and leaders lacking the clear picture to explain risk to the business. In a time when exposure management and detection & response can live on one platform, that level of fragmentation makes no sense.Reactive security creates operational dragThe …