Fernando Montenegro
Vice President & Practice Lead, Cybersecurity & Resilience
Practice Area
Cybersecurity
Futurum covers a broad spectrum of cybersecurity-related technologies, including application, cloud, data, endpoint, network security, identity and access management (IAM), and integrated risk management and Security Operations Center (SOC) markets.
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Keith Kirkpatrick
Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows
Mitch Ashley
Vice President & Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers, and Software Lifecycle Engineering
Nick Patience
Vice President & Practice Lead, AI Platforms
Olivier Blanchard
Research Director & Practice Lead, Intelligent Devices
Latest insights
All Cybersecurity insightsOPSWAT at GISEC 2026: Can You Secure What You Can’t Detect?
OPSWAT debuted its AI Content Inspector at GISEC Global 2026, introducing a new defense layer against semantic fraud and AI-generated content that bypasses traditional malware scans in enterprise environments.
HGC and Macroview Bet on AI SecOps Education to Win Enterprise Trust
HGC and Macroview Telecom co-launch an AI ASOC Workshop Series in October-November 2026, positioning themselves as trusted advisors helping enterprises modernize network and security operations amid critical SOC capacity gaps.
Forescout Brings National-Scale OT Security to Water Utilities
Forescout Technologies joins Project Watershed 250, a White House and Texas-backed initiative delivering continuous monitoring and AI-enabled defense to water and wastewater utilities across the nation.
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra: Benchmarks, Cyber Risks, and Market Impact
Nick Patience, VP and Practice Lead, AI Platforms at Futurum, shares his insights on GPT-6 Astra and what its cyber threshold and monitorability trade-offs mean for Anthropic and Google.
OPSWAT 5.15.0: Closing the Timeout Gap in Enterprise File Inspection
OPSWAT’s MetaDefender ICAP Server v5.15.0 introduces Smart Scan Timeout, a 30-day workload heat map, and mTLS support to address enterprise security teams’ top blockers in scaling perimeter file inspection.
Thales-KSSL Rocket Deal: A Sovereign-Security Signal for Cyber Buyers
Thales and Kalyani Strategic Systems Limited’s September 2026 alliance signals durable sovereign-security commitment to government and defence buyers, combining indigenous 70-mm rocket production with cyber-physical threat convergence capabilities.
Kaseya Bets on Compliance to Unlock Regulated-Industry MSP Deals
Kaseya’s Connect Edge summit unveiled FIPS 140-3 validated cryptography and native Apple MDM for Datto RMM, enabling MSPs to capture government, healthcare, and defense contracts previously locked behind compliance barriers.
PA Consulting Bets on Sovereign AI as Regulated Sectors Demand More
PA Consulting has joined a Cosine-led coalition to co-design Lumen Sovereign, the UK’s first fully sovereign frontier AI model targeting highly regulated sectors where data residency and governance are critical blockers to AI adoption.
PagerDuty’s Scoped OAuth: The Trust Layer Agentic Ops Requires
PagerDuty’s Scoped OAuth for Public Apps enforces least-privilege access control, giving admins visibility over third-party integrations—essential security for autonomous operations and AI agents at scale.
OPSWAT Closes File-Inspection Gaps With MetaDefender Core v5.22.0
OPSWAT’s MetaDefender Core v5.22.0 introduces a File Structure Validation Engine and FIPS 140-3 compliant database, positioning the platform for government and regulated-sector growth as the SLE market expands.
MANTECH Bets on AI-Native CTO to Lead Defense IT Transformation
MANTECH promoted Brandy Durham to CTO as part of a C-suite restructuring adding innovation and cyber leadership roles, positioning the defense IT contractor as AI-first amid forecasted cybersecurity market growth to $337.8B by 2029.
Okta Q2 FY 2027 Earnings Beat and Raise on Core Identity Strength
Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers at The Futurum Group, reviews Okta’s Q2 FY 2027 earnings, where core identity strength and new products drove a beat and raise while agentic identity stayed an early, forward-looking driver.
Research Reports
All Cybersecurity reportsThe Governance Gap: Why Scaling AI Requires More Than Monitoring
In our latest market brieft, The Governance Gap: Why Scaling AI Requires More Than Monitoring, completed in partnership with IBM, Futurum Research examines why AI governance must evolve from periodic oversight into continuous operational infrastructure built around visibility, control, and…
The Enterprise Imperative for Digital Sovereignty: Architecture, Control, and Competitive Advantage
In our latest Market Brief, The Enterprise Imperative for Digital Sovereignty: Architecture, Control, and Competitive Advantage, completed in partnership with IBM, Futurum Research explores why AI is changing the sovereignty conversation and how enterprises can evaluate sovereign platforms for…
The Autonomous IT Imperative
In our latest Market Report, The Autonomous IT Imperative, completed in partnership with Tanium, Futurum Research examines why traditional IT operations and security models are reaching their limits—and how Autonomous IT can help organizations improve resilience, reduce operational friction, and…
Vulnerability Management at Scale: Moving from Telemetry Overload to Orchestrated Remediation
In our latest Market Brief, Vulnerability Management at Scale: Moving from Telemetry Overload to Orchestrated Remediation, completed in partnership with Brinqa, Futurum Research examines how enterprises can move beyond telemetry overload toward contextualized, orchestrated vulnerability remediation.
Closing the AI Confidence Gap: Cloud-Native Security as a Key to Agentic AI Adoption
In our latest market report, Closing the AI Confidence Gap: Cloud-Native Security as a Key to Agentic AI Adoption, completed in partnership with Google Cloud, Futurum Research explores how enterprises can move beyond fragmented security approaches to adopt platform-native models that enable secure…
Data Fitness for AI-Driven Operations
In our latest market brief, Data Fitness for AI-Driven Operations , completed in partnership with NETSCOUT, Futurum Research explores why observability alone is insufficient as AI moves toward autonomous execution, and why fit-for-purpose telemetry is becoming a strategic prerequisite for…