About Defender

Defender is the independent publication for security leaders evaluating Agentic AI, Edge AI and Physical AI.

Vendors make new claims every week about AI detection, autonomous response and security robotics. CSOs, GSOC leaders and integrators are the ones who have to figure out what works, what it costs and what it changes about their operations. Defender exists for that work.

What you get

• Practitioner interviews. Video and audio conversations with CSOs, security directors, GSOC leaders and integrators about what changed in their operations, and what didn’t.

• Analysis written for buyers. Vendor-agnostic breakdowns of AI claims, frameworks and the economics behind them.

• Crowd-sourced insight. Defender has always been built on human intelligence from the people doing the work. That’s still the core.

How Defender stays independent

Defender is independently owned and isn’t affiliated with any security manufacturer, integrator or monitoring company. No sponsor or vendor can buy coverage or review a story before it runs. Sponsored content, when we run it, is always labeled. The people who write for Defender work in this industry, and when a story involves a company a contributor has a financial or employment relationship with, the post says so.

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Dave