ProductBeacon Research

State of Cyber 2026 · Collaterals

The published collateral set: the report and its four fronts, the two companion artefacts, and the supporting surfaces. Every node in the map and every card links straight to the live deliverable.

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State of Cyber 2026 collateral map: the report splits into four front chapters; the chapters feed two companion artefacts (Pre-Call Pack and Report Digest); methodology and author bio underpin all of them. Each node links to its page. THE REPORT State of Cyber Security Markets 2026 Front 1IRM Front 2DLP Front 3DSPM Front 4Convergence COMPANION ARTEFACT Pre-Call Briefing Pack COMPANION ARTEFACT Report Digest underpins every chapter FOUNDATION Methodology FOUNDATION Author / Disclosure Each of the four chapters also ships an audio companion (NotebookLM podcast). Five social cards (OG images) accompany the report, Pack, Digest, umbrella and methodology.

The report

The umbrella landing plus the four front chapters. The substance.

LandingState of Cyber 2026The report home: four fronts, reading paths for analysts, CISOs, and founders.
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Front 1Insider Risk ManagementThe IRM front. Vendor landscape, Pattern Claims, falsifiable tests.
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Front 2Data Loss PreventionThe DLP front. Identity-led DLP and the post-CyberArk trajectory.
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Front 3Data Security Posture ManagementThe DSPM front. Cyera, Sentra, BigID, Purview, and the DSPM Absorption Chain.
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Front 4Convergence SynthesisThe cross-front capstone. Where IRM, DLP, and DSPM collide.
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Companion artefacts

Same research substrate, two reading formats. Forward to an analyst or bring to a call.

Pre-Call PackPre-Call Briefing Pack60-minute analyst pre-read. Three Pattern Claims, three buyer choices, falsifiable tests.
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Report DigestReport Digest14-page chapter-by-chapter synthesis. Read after the call, or instead of the chapters.
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Foundation

How the research is built and who built it. Underpins every chapter.

MethodologyHow the research is builtSourcing rules, citation discipline, the Verifiable Proxy Rule, quarterly refresh.
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AuthorYohay EtsionOperator background, books, the independence disclosure, research-questions contact.
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Audio companions

NotebookLM podcast landing pages, one per front.

AudioIRM podcastNotebookLM audio companion for the Insider Risk Management front.
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AudioDLP podcastNotebookLM audio companion for the Data Loss Prevention front.
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AudioDSPM podcastNotebookLM audio companion for the Data Security Posture Management front.
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AudioConvergence podcastNotebookLM audio companion for the Convergence Synthesis.
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