Black Hat State of Security Vendors

· Bruce Schneier · Aug. 25, 2026, 11:08 a.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses insights from Bruce Schneier about the presence of AI in the security vendor landscape at the Black Hat conference. It notes that almost half of the vendors did not explicitly mention AI yet its influence was evident. The post highlights a market division into tools that assess security issues, those that actively defend against threats, and preventative solutions, indicating a surplus of tools that merely inform users about vulnerabilities instead of providing solutions.
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