Cybersecurity Benchmarks: Network, Data, Identity and Threat Detection
Cybersecurity tools protect networks, data and identities across the enterprise. We benchmark firewalls, DLP, identity and access, vulnerability scanning and threat detection on scores, features and pricing.
Explore Cybersecurity Benchmarks: Network, Data, Identity and Threat Detection
Comparison of Top 10 Firewall Audit Software
Firewall audit software helps validate compliance and manage firewall configurations in bulk. Explore a comparison of leading firewall audit tools based on two approaches: Values that are zero are not shown in the chart. Average percentage of features offered by each tool across four categories: notifications, reports and analytics, policy management, and user-based authorization. For…
Top Open Source UEBA Tools & Commercial Alternatives
At their core, UEBA solutions identify patterns in data, whether from real-time streams or historical datasets. After reviewing the documentation for each open-source UEBA framework and tool, I selected the leading open-source behavior analytics technologies that provide standard SIEM-like capabilities, alerting, support for the MITRE ATT&CK threat intelligence framework, and API-based ingestion from data sources.…
10 SOAR Use Cases with Real-World Workflow Examples
Generic SOAR use cases rarely hold up in practice; the right automation depends entirely on your environment, alert volumes, and how your SOC is structured. The use cases below are tailored to specific scenarios and include step-by-step workflow breakdowns. The workflows below reflect the traditional SOAR model; agentic platforms run many of these same cases…
Top 5 ZTNA Open Source Components
ZTNA is replacing VPNs in many organizations as part of a broader move toward zero-trust security.18 ZTNA open-source tools offer a cost-effective way to authorize access at each layer, securing remote access to resources. Explore the top 5 ZTNA open source solutions: For businesses See also the key considerations for selecting a ZTNA solution, and…
Top 10 IAST Tools: Evaluating Focus, Integration, and Features
Over the course of my 17 years in cybersecurity, including time as CISO at a fintech serving 125,000 merchants, I’ve gained experience with the evolution of interactive testing methods. Through working on Proofs of Concept (PoCs) with several vendors, I’ve gained insights that have helped me compile the list below. It includes IAST modules from…
Top 10+ ZTNA Solutions: Ratings, Size & Pricing
With around 22 million U.S. adults (~14% of the total employed population) working from home full-time,50 secure remote access is critical. Zero-trust network access (ZTNA) solutions address this need by ensuring that only authenticated, authorized users have access to sensitive resources. The ZTNA market is now valued at ~$30B in 2026 and is projected to…
9 Real-life RBAC Examples in 2026
Role-based access control (RBAC) is the dominant access management model in enterprise IT. 94.7% of organizations have used RBAC at some point, and 86.6% still consider it their top access control model as of 2026.61 Yet most published material treats RBAC as a theoretical framework. We focused on what actually happened when real organizations deployed…
IGA Solutions Compared: 12 Vendors with Features
Identity Governance and Administration (IGA) enables security administrators to manage user identities and access across the enterprise. We researched 12 IGA platforms, verifying vendor claims against official product documentation, testing access certification workflows, and cross-referencing customer deployments from One Identity, Omada, Oracle, IBM, Lumos, and more. See our analysis on value and performance comparison. *…
Top 10 Open source / Free DAST Tools Compared
We relied on our research on vulnerability scanning tools and DAST to select leading open-source DAST tools and free versions of proprietary DAST software. See our rationale by following the links on product names: As the cost and frequency of cyberattacks increase, businesses are increasingly adopting DAST tools to enhance their security posture. Open source…
Top 5 DNS Security Solutions: Features & Benchmark
We compared the top DNS security solutions, their features, pricing, and unique aspects to help you find the right protection for your network. Click the product names to see why we recommend them: With over 20 DNS security tools on the market, picking the right one isn’t straightforward. Most evaluations come down to five factors.…