Token Protection and DBSC closed some doors in 2026 but left the SOC with a messier detection surface than the vendor decks suggest. Here is what the incident actually looks like in the SIEM, where the first round of tuning has to land, and what most teams get wrong on revocation.
Device Bound Session Credentials are landing in Chrome and Edge, but the gap between the protocol promise and what your SIEM sees is wider than the vendor decks suggest. A defender-oriented look at what detection actually requires right now.
NIST has finalized the first wave of post-quantum standards and the federal mandates are no longer aspirational. Here is what ISSOs, architects, and crypto inventory owners need to have on paper in 2026.
Agentic systems with tool calls, MCP servers, and dynamic context don’t fit the static system boundary model RMF was built for. Here is how to draw a defensible boundary in 2026.
RMF Control SR-9: Tamper Resistance and Detection requires organizations to implement anti-tamper technologies and techniques to protect systems and system components from unauthorized modification or disruption. This is important for protecting information systems from unauthorized access and ensuring that systems are performing as expected. Supplemental Guidance The Risk Management Framework (RMF) is a cybersecurity framework …
RMF Control SI-15: Information Output Filtering requires organizations to validate information before it is output to users or systems. This is important for protecting information systems from unauthorized access and disclosure. Supplemental Guidance The Risk Management Framework (RMF) is a cybersecurity framework that provides a process for managing cybersecurity risk to systems and organizations. RMF …
RMF Control SC-40: Wireless Link Protection requires organizations to protect external and internal wireless communication links that may be visible to individuals who are not authorized information system users. Adversaries can exploit the signal parameters of wireless links if such links are not adequately protected. There are many ways to exploit the signal parameters of …
RMF Control SA-10: Developer Configuration Management requires organizations to ensure that software and firmware components distributed to the organization are exactly as specified by the master copies. This is important for protecting information systems from unauthorized changes and ensuring that systems are performing as expected. Supplemental Guidance The Risk Management Framework (RMF) is a cybersecurity …
RMF Control RA-4: Risk Assessment Update requires organizations to update their risk assessments on a regular basis to ensure that they are accurate and up-to-date. This is important because cybersecurity risks are constantly changing, and organizations need to be aware of the latest threats and vulnerabilities in order to protect their systems and data. Supplemental …
RMF Control PT-3: Personally Identifiable Information Processing Purposes requires organizations to identify and document the purpose(s) for processing personally identifiable information (PII), describe the purpose(s) in the public privacy notices and policies of the organization, restrict the processing of PII to only that which is compatible with the identified purpose(s), and monitor changes in processing …
