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SANS 2026 Threat Hunting Survey: The Evolution of Threat Hunting

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

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

WhitepaperCyber Defense
  • 22 Sep 2026
  • Christopher Crowley

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

AI-Powered Penetration Testing: How Autonomous Offensive Security Works

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence
  • 4 Sep 2026
  • Chris Dale

AI-Powered Penetration Testing: How Autonomous Offensive Security Works

WhitepaperArtificial Intelligence
  • 4 Sep 2026
  • Chris Dale

SANS 2026 Security Awareness & Culture Report

WhitepaperSecurity Awareness
  • 27 Aug 2026
  • Lance Spitzner