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DeScrypt: A Multi-Tool Framework for Automated Unpacking and Analysis of Malicious Scripts

WhitepaperDigital Forensics and Incident Response, Cyber Defense
  • 28 Sep 2026
  • Daniel Schalla

SANS 2026 Threat Hunting Survey: The Evolution of Threat Hunting

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence, Cyber Defense
  • 22 Sep 2026
  • Josh Lemon

Bot or Not? Detecting AI-Driven Web Traffic Using Network Metadata Analysis

WhitepaperCyber Defense, Artificial Intelligence
  • 22 Sep 2026
  • William Hatfield

Encuesta SANS SOC 2026: Diez Años Tomando el Pulso a la Ciberdefensa

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 22 Sep 2026
  • Christopher Crowley

WAFstat: External Verification of WAF Enforcement Posture: Measuring Observable WAF Enforcement Beyond Presence Fingerprinting

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 22 Sep 2026
  • Tiago Kiill

Continuous Enforcement vs Out-of-Band Validation: Mitigating Configuration Drift on Windows Server 2022 with Automated Remediation Loops

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 22 Sep 2026
  • Christopher Sandoval

Evaluating the Impact of Log Configuration on Lateral Movement Detection Using Windows Event Logs

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 22 Sep 2026
  • Michael Dobbs

Beyond the Tunnel: A Lab-Based Comparative Evaluation of Network-Layer VPN and Identity-Aware Reverse Proxy Architectures Against the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 17 Sep 2026
  • Henry Cheung

Assessing the Feasibility and Effectiveness of AI in CTI-Driven Threat Hunting

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence, Cyber Defense
  • 17 Sep 2026
  • Devron West

Agentic Security: Detection and Response at Machine Speed

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence, Cloud Security
  • 15 Sep 2026
  • Gee Rittenhouse, Eric Johnson

Zero Trust and AI in Cloud Environments: Securing Autonomous Agents and Modern Workloads

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence, Cloud Security
  • 15 Sep 2026
  • Dave Shackleford, Dr. Anton Chuvakin

Architecting the Agentic Cloud: Building Secure AI Agents with Azure

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence, Cloud Security
  • 15 Sep 2026
  • Wesley Kuzma, Chris Cochran