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H1 2026 Cyber Threat Intelligence Report: What Alert Data Reveals

The alert data has spoken: attackers are spending less time breaking in and more time operating once they're inside. Here's what Critical Start's H1 2026 Cyber Threat Intelligence Report reveals about the shift and what security leaders should do about it.

Critical Start
September 3, 2026
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6 min read
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Wrapped: 6 Takeaways From Our Live SOC Sessions

Five live SOC sessions, one theme: verifiability. Six takeaways on trusting AI, cutting alert noise, and speeding up containment, plus six steps you can take now.
Critical Start
November 5, 2026
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7 min read
Webinar

What you asked our SOC

AI can investigate in minutes, but who’s accountable for the verdict? Critical Start CTO Randy Watkins shows how a verifiable, human-validated SOC earns trust, with a live look at the PHP to Shell response.
Randy Watkins, Co-Founder, CTO
November 5, 2026
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47 minutes
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How SOC Analysts Use AI: Q&A on Speed, Validation & PHP2Shell Response

Three Critical Start SOC leaders take seven live questions on where AI saves analyst time, where humans still make the call, and how the team handled PHP2Shell in under 24 hours.
November 3, 2026
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7 min read
Webinar

Ask Our SOC Anything: The Halloween Edition

Critical Start’s SOC leaders answer your toughest questions on AI-assisted investigations, AiTM phishing, rules of engagement, and what really breaks when alert volume spikes 10X.
November 3, 2026
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25 min
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You Asked. Savannah Answered. Live SOC Session 3 Recap

Savannah Overly, Senior SOC Engineer, answers eight audience questions on SOC AI, the Trusted Behavior Registry®, phishing red flags and how to help your SOC work faster.
Critical Start
October 26, 2026
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5 min read
Webinar

Ask Our SOC Anything: What Your SOC Wishes You Knew

From alert fatigue to AI accuracy to the phishing tricks that make analysts’ radar light up, Critical Start’s Savannah Overly answers customers’ most pressing SOC questions, unfiltered.
Savannah Overly, Senior SOC Engineer, Critical Start
October 26, 2026
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28 minutes