Return on Security

Your weekly 5-minute briefing on the cybersecurity market, providing key trends and analysis. The business of the cyber industry with zero fluff.

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Guides

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Sep 11, 2026

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12 min read

The AI-Era GRC Market: What Investors Fund, What Practitioners Need, and Which Platforms Survive

A security practitioner's guide to the GRC software market, the limits of audit automation, and the AI-driven shift toward better decisions.

Ayoub Fandi

Guides

Jun 27, 2025

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5 min read

The Foolproof Guide to Building a Miserable Security Program

Want to guarantee frustration, wasted budget, and career stagnation? Follow this advice for spectacular security program failure.

Mike Privette

Deep Dive

Aug 12, 2026

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8 min read

A Tale of Two Planes

Most AI security focuses on governing agents, but the real risk lies in the data. Discover why unifying your identity and data control planes is the future of AI

Mike Privette

Point of View

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Jul 2, 2026

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8 min read

Quantum Security Is a One-Company Market

Quantum computing raised $3.9 billion in 2025. The security built to survive it raised 15 times less, and one company is 78% of every dollar ever invested. Washington just mandated the migration anyway.

Mike Privette

Deep Dive

Apr 15, 2026

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10 min read

Governing the Ungovernable: Why AI Governance is the Blueprint for Everything Else

Traditional risk management is failing in the AI era. Discover why AI governance requires a strategic shift from static checklists to real-time orchestration, and how this new framework becomes the blueprint for the future of all corporate governance.

Mike Privette

Point of View

Nov 5, 2025

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5 min read

The AI Security Absorption Has Begun

Three years of funding data reveal AI Security represents just 9% of cybersecurity deals and 3% of funding. We're not witnessing a revolution. We're watching absorption into existing security categories, just as cloud security was before it.

Mike Privette

From the Archives

Newsletter

Oct 26, 2026

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4 min read

💰 Security, Funded #267 - Shell Happens

The weekly economic brief for cybersecurity operators, founders, and investors. The funding, M&A, and category movements that actually moved the industry during the week of October 19th, 2026.

Mike Privette

Newsletter

Oct 19, 2026

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4 min read

💰 Security, Funded #266 - Varonis & Chill

The weekly economic brief for cybersecurity operators, founders, and investors. The funding, M&A, and category movements that actually moved the industry during the week of October 12th, 2026.

Mike Privette

Point of View

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Oct 19, 2026

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1 min read

If You Can't Beat Them, Buy Them

AI hasn’t made cybersecurity go away or be a “solved problem,” but it has given AI companies more reasons to own security capabilities.

Mike Privette

Newsletter

Oct 12, 2026

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5 min read

💰 Security, Funded #265 - Breach for the Stars

The weekly economic brief for cybersecurity operators, founders, and investors. The funding, M&A, and category movements that actually moved the industry during the week of October 5th, 2026.

Mike Privette

Newsletter

Oct 5, 2026

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6 min read

💰 Security, Funded #264 - Armadin to the Teeth

The weekly economic brief for cybersecurity operators, founders, and investors. The funding, M&A, and category movements that actually moved the industry during the week of September 28th, 2026.

Mike Privette

Newsletter

Sep 28, 2026

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6 min read

💰 Security, Funded #263 - Ctrl+C, Ctrl+VC

The weekly economic brief for cybersecurity operators, founders, and investors. The funding, M&A, and category movements that actually moved the industry during the week of September 21st, 2026.

Mike Privette

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