COMMENTARY I keep returning to one unsettling realization about 2025 as 2026 gets underway. Attackers were not misinterpreted by us. We misinterpreted failure.

The majority of the damage from the previous year was not caused by sophisticated tactics or unforeseen enemies. It resulted from common systems malfunctioning in ways that subtly changed people's decision-making processes. methods for out-of-band verification. Read only recovery consoles that are independent of the unsuccessful agent.

Playbooks for human-centered recovery. Indicators that are clearly safe to act versus do not act. clear instructions for leaders who are not technical.