Welcome to Issue #5 of SH Cyber Monthly, our latest edition cutting through the noise to examine what's actually happening across the cybersecurity market in 2026.
This issue takes a deliberately commercial lens. Rather than focusing solely on threats and technology, we look at where cybersecurity vendors are genuinely winning business, why so many are losing strong candidates at the offer stage, and what the most successful organisations are doing differently when it comes to building talent pipelines that don't rely on people actively looking for work.
We also dig into a topic that doesn't get discussed honestly enough: international expansion. The EMEA opportunity is real and the regulatory tailwinds from NIS2 and DORA are significant, but vendors are making the same structural mistakes time and again when they move beyond North America. This issue examines why, and what the pattern looks like before it becomes expensive.
Elsewhere, we explore how threat intelligence teams inside vendors are quietly generating commercial returns well beyond their original remit, why role clarity has become one of the most underrated hiring advantages a vendor can have, and what the Q2 market data tells us about where budgets and headcount are actually moving right now.
As always, we've included a full round-up of upcoming industry events across the UK, Europe, and the US, alongside the market intelligence and hiring trends you need to stay ahead.
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