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LevelBlue is proud to be named at the Intelligent Insurer Cyber Insurance Awards US 2026, earning Cyber Security Consulting Services Provider of the Year and being recognized as Highly Commended for the Cyber Security Solution Provider of the Year. These recognitions reflect the continued evolution of the cybersecurity landscape and the growing importance of strong collaboration between insurers, enterprises, and security providers.

Organizations often lose precious hours and sometimes millions of dollars because they lack a well-defined and tested incident response plan. In many cases, response roles are loosely defined and disconnected from key stakeholders, including digital forensics teams, breach counsel, and cyber insurance providers. Even large organizations fall into this trap, resulting in delayed containment, inefficient recovery, and prolonged business interruption.

Managed Detection and Response (MDR) has become a foundational component of modern security programs. As attack surfaces expand and adversaries move faster, organizations increasingly rely on external providers to monitor, detect, and respond to threats around the clock. But not all MDR is created equal. The difference isn’t just tooling, staffing, or service-level promises. It comes down to the quality - and ownership - of the threat intelligence that powers detection.

Cyber risk in 2026 isn’t defined by a lack of security tools; it’s defined by how quickly weaknesses compound when organizations aren’t aligned. To understand how organizations are responding, we researched the priorities, concerns, and blind spots of three critical leadership roles: the CISO, CIO, and CTO.

For decades, security leaders have optimized defenses in two dimensions. Doors, locks, fences, cameras, access badges, identity systems, and multi-factor authentication have all been designed to control who and what moves through physical and digital perimeters. But as experts discussed during RSAC 2026, something fundamental has changed: the threat landscape has gone airborne.

Every so often, something comes along that forces you to recalibrate how you think about cyber risk. Not incrementally, but fundamentally. Claude Mythos feels like one of those moments. The cybersecurity industry has spent decades racing attackers to close vulnerabilities faster. Claude Mythos suggests that race may be entering an entirely new phase. One where speed itself becomes the defining risk factor.

LevelBlue is proud to share that we’ve been shortlisted as a finalist for the 2026 SC Media Awards Europe for our recently launched Resilience Retainer, recognized in the Best Incident Response Solution category. The SC Media Awards Europe program honors organizations that demonstrate outstanding leadership, innovation, and excellence across the cybersecurity landscape.

A CISO’s job never ends, and, according to a recent LevelBlue survey, the issues they are dealing with on a daily basis are piling up, causing some disconnect in priorities and a misunderstanding of how to accomplish specific cybersecurity goals. To help answer some of the more pressing questions CISOs face and to gain a different perspective on the survey’s results, we sat down with LevelBlue’s Chief Security & Trust Officer, Kory Daniels.

Navigating the labyrinth of the U.S. federal procurement system, especially for Defense Industrial Base (DIB) companies, can be challenging, particularly when trying to meet stringent cybersecurity compliance standards like the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).

A piecemeal security strategy is a losing one. Simply having a collection of disparate MDR security tools and services isn't enough to protect your organization. The real power lies in seamlessly integrating them into a unified and cohesive defense. LevelBlue understands the value of Managed Detection and Response (MDR), is unlocked when it’s not just a standalone MDR service, but the central nervous system of a comprehensive security ecosystem.