Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

As we close out the first quarter of 2026, I find myself reflecting on a start to the year that was defined by product momentum, stronger market validation, growing trust from regulated organizations, and meaningful industry recognition. In just three months, AlgoSec introduced important platform enhancements, published fresh research on where network security is heading, strengthened its standing with government and highly regulated customers, and closed the quarter with three major awards.

CISA issued Emergency Directive 26-03 in response to active exploitation of vulnerabilities in Cisco SD-WAN management systems, specifically Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and SD-WAN Controller platforms. The vulnerabilities include an authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2026-20127) that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain administrative privileges and manipulate network configuration, and a path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2022-20775) that enables local privilege escalation to root.

On April 4, 2026, Fortinet released a hotfix for a critical vulnerability in FortiClient EMS (CVE-2026-35616) that allows unauthenticated remote threat actors to execute unauthorized code or commands via crafted requests. The flaw stems from improper access control in the API authentication. Fortinet has confirmed observing exploitation of CVE-2026-35616 in the wild. The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed by Defused, which had observed exploitation prior to Fortinet’s official disclosure.

Walking the halls of Moscone Center last week, the energy was high, but the conversation had a notably different edge than last year. In 2025, everyone was asking, "What can AI do?" This year, "How can we trust it?" As the theme "The Power of Community" echoed across the keynotes, one thing became clear: a community is only as strong as its foundation. For network and cybersecurity professionals to truly operate as one, we must move beyond fragmented data to a single, trusted source of truth.

Attackers inside OT environments don’t run, they walk slowly, blend in, and map everything before they act. Here’s why cyber deception technology is built for exactly that threat.

For SOC teams, the battle against cyber threats can feel like trying to solve a 3D jigsaw puzzle in a bouncy house with missing pieces and a timer blasting every few seconds. Despite the increase in security spending, most teams still struggle with inefficient investigations, alert fatigue, and the non-stop guessing game of prioritizing threats. That’s why we’re excited about our latest integration with Microsoft Security that we hope will help address these persistently common challenges.

Hybrid environments combine on-premises data centers with public cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. This creates complex east-west traffic and north-south flows where advanced cyber threats hide in encrypted tunnels. Fidelis Network addresses this challenge with patented Deep Session Inspection (DSI) technology. DSI captures communication sessions across monitored network segments, recursively decodes nested protocols, data, and extracts network forensic evidence for hybrid networks.