New: ESProfiler Services. Expert consultancy, augmented by AI.
ESPROFILER IconESPROFILER
Capability ExchangeCapability Exchange
Platform
How it worksHow you onboardHow you operate
Services
All ServicesSecurity Reality BaselineSecurity Consolidation Baseline
Use Cases
All
Resources
AllArticlesWebinarsEvents & ConferencesProduct Releases
AboutCareersStatus
Log InBook Demo

Our Resources

Insights, updates, and perspectives on cybersecurity, resilience, and the future of enterprise defense.

Featured2026-07-24|Webinars

The CISO's Inheritance: Taking Command of a Stack You Didn't Build

A live session for new-in-post CISOs: see how an inherited security stack becomes a board-ready plan with ESProfiler's Security Reality Baseline.

Read article
The CISO's Inheritance: Taking Command of a Stack You Didn't Build

Filter:

Search:

The New CISO's First 90 Days: A Security Stack Checklist
2026-07-21|Articles

The New CISO's First 90 Days: A Security Stack Checklist

A 12-week checklist for new CISOs reviewing an inherited security stack: inventory, framework coverage, overlap and board reporting, without breaking anything.

Read article
Why the Capability Matrix Doesn't Age Well
2026-07-16|Articles

Why the Capability Matrix Doesn't Age Well

The capability matrix takes weeks to build and months to go wrong. Why 'what breaks if removed' is the first column to fail, and what that costs at renewal.

Read article
The Four Problems Every New CISO Inherits
2026-07-15|Articles

The Four Problems Every New CISO Inherits

Board pressure, an unmapped stack, shadow AI, and a trust budget already draining. The four problems every new CISO inherits, and the one thing they share.

Read article
Six Questions Every Security Stack Should Answer
2026-07-13|Articles

Six Questions Every Security Stack Should Answer

Boards, auditors, and procurement expect answers about the security stack in days, not weeks. Six questions every estate should answer at any time.

Read article
iCOUNTER: Cyber Risk Intelligence Breakdown
2026-07-08|Articles

iCOUNTER: Cyber Risk Intelligence Breakdown

iCOUNTER builds threat intelligence around one customer at a time. How the cyber risk intelligence model works and why its direction is third-party risk.

Hanna Korostelova
Read article
What Dashboards Can't See: The Tribal Knowledge Behind Your Security Stack
2026-06-29|Articles

What Dashboards Can't See: The Tribal Knowledge Behind Your Security Stack

Security's most important context is rarely in dashboards or documents. It lives in people's heads: the workarounds, gaps, assumptions, fragile controls, and implementation realities that shape how a security stack actually works. Tribal Layer captures that knowledge and turns it into intelligence teams can act on.

Louis Holt
Louis Holt
Read article
Introducing Notebooks: The Future of Security Reporting
2026-06-26|Product Releases

Introducing Notebooks: The Future of Security Reporting

ESProfiler has launched "Notebooks", our new just-in-time, generative UI. No fixed layouts, no manual assembly. Just say what you need, and get instant, intelligent insights built around exactly what you need to know, presented in the cleanest and most intuitive format.

Joe Pavitt
Joe Pavitt
Read article
The Hidden Cost of Security Tool Overlap
2026-06-23|Articles

The Hidden Cost of Security Tool Overlap

Why your security stack probably covers less than you think, and costs more than it should.

Alan Miller
Alan Miller
Read article
Mate Security: The Pre-Built Context Model in AI SOC
2026-06-23|Articles

Mate Security: The Pre-Built Context Model in AI SOC

Mate Security builds a per-organisation context graph its AI SOC agents investigate against, instead of rebuilding context on every alert. A breakdown.

Hanna Korostelova
Hanna Korostelova
Read article
YAL.ai: AI Fraud Prevention Vendor Breakdown
2026-06-15|Articles

YAL.ai: AI Fraud Prevention Vendor Breakdown

YAL.ai is a pre-launch AI scam and fraud protection app. Why a fast-growing consumer vendor belongs on an enterprise security radar.

Hanna Korostelova
Hanna Korostelova
Read article
XBOW: autonomous offensive security, with the proof attached
2026-06-10|Articles

XBOW: autonomous offensive security, with the proof attached

XBOW is the first autonomous system to top HackerOne's US leaderboard. A look at the validation layer behind its AI penetration testing and its momentum.

Hanna Korostelova
Hanna Korostelova
Read article
AI-Enabled Cyberattacks Are Moving Post-Compromise: What It Means for Your Security Stack
2026-06-08|Articles

AI-Enabled Cyberattacks Are Moving Post-Compromise: What It Means for Your Security Stack

Anthropic's year-long study found AI-enabled attackers doubling and moving inside the network. Here is what it changes for post-compromise readiness.

Read article
Armadin: AI Red-Teaming Vendor Breakdown
2026-06-04|Articles

Armadin: AI Red-Teaming Vendor Breakdown

Armadin, Kevin Mandia's AI red-teaming startup, tops June's Market Momentum. What the platform does, who built it, and the consolidation question for CISOs.

Hanna Korostelova
Hanna Korostelova
Read article
Tribal Layer: Capture Your Security Stack's Hidden Context
2026-06-03|Product Releases

Tribal Layer: Capture Your Security Stack's Hidden Context

Tribal Layer captures the hidden human context behind your security stack, turning tribal knowledge into structured intelligence for better risk, procurement and technology decisions.

Louis Holt
Louis Holt
Read article
Artemis Security: AI-Native SIEM Vendor Breakdown
2026-06-02|Articles

Artemis Security: AI-Native SIEM Vendor Breakdown

Artemis Security was featured in the Capability Exchange Market Momentum ranking after a $70M raise. A breakdown of its AI-native SIEM platform and market bet.

Hanna Korostelova
Hanna Korostelova
Read article
ESProfiler launches Capability Exchange
2026-05-26|Product Releases

ESProfiler launches Capability Exchange

ESProfiler launches Capability Exchange: an independent registry of security vendors, products, and capabilities. Dive into the new product!

Read article
A CISO's guide to Infosec Europe 2026
2026-05-19|Articles

A CISO's guide to Infosec Europe 2026

How CISOs can walk Infosec Europe 2026 with a clear evaluation framework. Vendor questions, AI claims, and what to do at the end of day one.

Hanna Korostelova
Hanna Korostelova
Read article
ESProfiler at Infosecurity Europe 2026
2026-05-12|Events & Conferences

ESProfiler at Infosecurity Europe 2026

We'll be exhibiting at Infosecurity Europe at ExCeL London from 2 to 4 June, at booth G165.

Read article
Get ahead with Decision Windows
2026-04-21|Product Releases

Get ahead with Decision Windows

Security organisations are ever-evolving and changing, we have customers operating a security stack of 100's of individual security products, the operational overheads of this are enormous, and with Decision Windows, ESProfiler makes sure you're never overwhelmed, and are making smarter renewal decisions.

Joe Pavitt
Joe Pavitt
Read article
What Claude Mythos Means for Your Security Stack
2026-04-17|Articles

What Claude Mythos Means for Your Security Stack

Why the capability frontier is shifting faster than the stack can adapt, and how security leaders can react.

Read article
From Spend to Strategy: Turning Portfolio Complexity Into Board Confidence
2026-04-01|Webinars

From Spend to Strategy: Turning Portfolio Complexity Into Board Confidence

Join us for a 45-minute session covering security portfolio gap analysis, framework mapping, and real-time vendor capability tracking.

Read article
Introducing Universal Framework Support
2026-02-16|Articles

Introducing Universal Framework Support

Agents that autonomously model your security portfolio to any framework, consistently and at scale.

Louis Holt
Louis Holt
Read article
The First Year as a CISO
2026-02-02|Articles

The First Year as a CISO

Stepping into a CISO role at a large enterprise is rarely about starting from scratch. The challenge is inheriting scale.

Louis Holt
Louis Holt
Read article
Introducing Agent Tasks
2025-10-23|Articles

Introducing Agent Tasks

Agents that dramatically reduce the dog work in tasks like security consolidation

Louis Holt
Louis Holt
Read article
Introducing Our New Agentic Core
2025-10-21|Articles

Introducing Our New Agentic Core

I’m pleased to introduce the next evolution of our platform: a team of AI agents built to help security leaders get the business of security done.

Louis Holt
Louis Holt
Read article
ESPROFILER Joins Google for Growth Academy
2025-02-28|Articles

ESPROFILER Joins Google for Growth Academy

ESPROFILER joins Google for Startups Growth Academy to advance AI-driven cybersecurity, optimizing security investments and empowering businesses globally.

Louis Holt
Louis Holt
Read article
Herding the Cyber Security Market
2025-01-01|Articles

Herding the Cyber Security Market

One of the first big challenges we set our sights on at ESPROFILER is the difficulty of understanding and defining what security products actually do.

Louis Holt
Louis Holt
Read article

Ready to Optimize
Your Security Stack?

Talk to our team to see how ESPROFILER can help you gain full visibility and control over your security investments.

Book a Demo

Platform

  • Market Layer
  • Capability Layer
  • Commercial Layer
  • Tribal Layer
  • Architect Layer

Services

  • All Services
  • Security Reality Baseline
  • Security Consolidation Baseline

Company

  • About Us
  • Jobs
  • Resources
  • Changelog
  • Contact
ESPROFILER IconESPROFILERNCSC For Startups AlumniSupported By GoogletechUK Winner
© 2026 ESPROFILER. All rights reserved.
Policies & Terms