SECURITY Signal 147
Black Hat vendors lead with AI across security categories; diagnostic tools outnumber remediation
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Andy Ellis's Black Hat vendor roundup finds AI leading vendor pitches across Identity, SaaS, AppSec, and Data categories, while diagnostic tools that merely report problems appear more plentiful than tools that actually fix them.
Security teams evaluating vendors should expect AI-centric marketing even where AI adds marginal value, and should scrutinize whether tools actually remediate issues or just surface them. The market's bias toward diagnostic tools over remediation suggests visibility still sells better than action.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
Almost every vendor in Identity, SaaS, AppSec, and Data categories now leads with AI in their pitches.
Existing unsolved security problem areas have gotten worse rather than being resolved.
Tools that merely report on problems appear frustratingly plentiful compared to tools that stop adversaries or prevent problems.
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