Cyber: 3 Decisions Cisos Need To Make To Prevent Downtime Risk In 2026

Beyond the direct impact of cyberattacks, enterprises suffer from a secondary but potentially even more costly risk: operational downtime, any amount of which translates into very real damage. That's why for CISOs, it's key to prioritize decisions that reduce dwell time and protect their company from risk.

Three strategic steps you can take this year for better results:

Any efficient SOC is powered by relevant data. That's what makes targeted, prioritized action against threats possible. Public or low-quality feeds may have been sufficient in the past, but in 2026, threat actors are more funded, coordinated, and dangerous than ever. Accurate and timely information is a deciding factor when counteracting them.

It's the lack of relevant data that doesn't allow SOCs to maintain focus on the real risks relevant here and now. Only continuously refreshed feeds sourced from active threat investigations can enable smart, proactive action.

STIX/TAXII-compatible Threat Intelligence Feeds by ANY.RUN allows security teams to focus on threats targeting organizations today. Sourced from the latest manual investigations of malware and phishing done by 15K SOC teams и 600K analysts, this solution provides:

By delivering relevant intel to your SIEM, EDR\XDR, TIP, or NDR, TI Feeds expand threat coverage and offer actionable insights on attacks that have just happened to companies like yours.

Result: Up to 58% more threats detected for a reduced chance of business disruption.

Expand coverage and identify up to 58% more threats in real time

As a CISO, one of the most effective things you can do to mitigate burnout and improve SOC performance has more to do with analysts' daily operations rather than overall management.

Analysts show better results when they can stay focused on real threats and actually do the job that matters. But false positives, duplicates, and other noise in threat data drain them. It slows down response and increases the risk of missed incidents.

Source: The Hacker News