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Ransomware Trends 2026: Operational Shifts, Regulatory Pressure and Intelligence-Led Defense
Part 3 of Cognyte’s Ransomware Series From Gangs and Victims to Systemic Trends In the first two blogs of this series, we examined how ransomware gangs operate and evolve and why certain sectors, such as tech companies, government, financial services and healthcare, remain disproportionately targeted. Those discussions highlighted two foundational realities: ransomware is a mature criminal ecosystem and sector-specific exposure dramatically shapes attacker behavior. …
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From Signals to Decisions: How Data-Powered Border Security Enables Safer, Faster, Lawful Outcomes
Border and national security missions are increasingly defined by speed, complexity and accountability. Across U.S. Customs and Border Protection and its operational components, including U.S. Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations and specialized units such as BORTAC and BORSTAR, the difference between a successful interdiction, a timely rescue or a missed opportunity often comes down to one thing: whether fragmented data can be transformed into timely, actionable intelligence. Even the operational environment has…
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From Precrime to Proactive Threat Intelligence Monitoring: How Enterprises Are Adopting Next-Gen Cyber Defense
Cybercrime is evolving faster than ever. With the rise of AI-driven attacks and an expanding external threat landscape, organizations can no longer afford to wait until breaches occur. The latest Gartner® Emerging Tech Impact Radar: Preemptive Cybersecurity report highlights this shift through the category of Cybersecurity Precrime Platforms, a domain in which Cognyte’s LUMINAR was recognized as a key solution provider. Although this category originated in law enforcement, Gartner…
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LUMINAR AI co-pilot: Accelerating threat investigations with intelligence that speaks your language
Security teams face more cyber threats, that generate more data, resulting in more pressure than ever before. Analysts spend valuable hours combing through reports and dashboards, trying to piece together fragmented information instead of focusing on what matters most: mitigation and action. Our AI-powered external threat intelligence solution, LUMINAR, gives security leaders the visibility they…
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Maritime Domain Awareness: Countering Hidden Threats
Smuggling networks, state-backed sabotage and other threats make today’s maritime domain a contested space. Governments and coast guards face the challenge of securing vast sea zones and coast lines where criminal activity, conflict and commerce overlap. One of the most striking examples is the rise of “narco subs” operated by cartels. These low-profile fiberglass vessels…
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The Role of Border Intelligence in Combatting Today’s Border Threats
Borders today are flashpoints. Alongside traditional military threats, security forces must confront cross-border crime, irregular migration, sanctions evasion and hybrid warfare tactics. Relying on siloed sensors or single-domain analysis is no longer enough. Vital clues and information must be sifted through and analyzed across communications networks, electromagnetic spectrum, imagery domains and in the field. Modern…
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AI and National Security: Promise and Peril
Artificial Intelligence isn’t just transforming how people work, communicate and seek out information. It’s rapidly revolutionizing the way nations protect themselves. For national security and intelligence agencies, AI offers incredible potential: the ability to analyze information on a scale human analysts simply can’t match and ultimately reach faster insights and make smarter decisions. But there’s…
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Ransomware Will Make Your Healthcare Organization Sick
Ransomware is a major attack vector in healthcare organizations. While most enterprise data is sensitive, healthcare data is exceptionally so. This information is vital to patients’ health and safety; and healthcare organizations are often considered part of a nation’s critical infrastructure. A ransomware attack against these organizations can have severe, even deadly, consequences. What is…
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Public Safety Predictive Analytics: Gartner’s Vision and Cognyte’s Role
In today’s fast-paced world, public safety agencies are turning to technology to stay ahead of threats. The most innovative agencies are transforming public safety by replacing reactive responses with proactive strategies. Predictive analytics, which leverages historical and real-time data, is rapidly reshaping how law enforcement, emergency responders and risk managers anticipate events before they happen…
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The Role of Intelligence in National Security
The preeminent responsibility of every government is the welfare of its citizens. It’s not an easy task—there are many adversaries intent on disrupting the nation’s safety and stability. National security agencies are therefore essential in anticipating and neutralizing these dangers. To stay one step ahead of threats, these organizations gather and analyze intelligence from a…
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