The role of intelligence is evolving, as threat actors gather greater access to tools that compromise organizations globally and geopolitics continues its transition to becoming either entirely digital or hybrid. Our 2026 report demonstrates that cyber intelligence is now more important than ever, in particular, the need for actionable insights. For example, the growth in the number of exploited vulnerabilities means remediation has to keep pace with these changes. In other words, reviewing security advisories, determining exposure, and implementing updates to manage the risk each must keep pace with well-funded threat groups.
This demonstrates exactly why vulnerability intelligence is quickly becoming a critical component of an organization’s threat intelligence strategy. Understanding these initial entry vectors, used by threat groups that previously relied almost entirely on weak or compromised credentials, is imperative given that we know the number of criminal groups are increasing (e.g., ransomware as detailed within the report).
