Vendor Management – SECURETARGET

2026.04.17 ID: 588

AI‑Washing in Cybersecurity

The market is in a phase where “AI” has become a marketing label rather than a technical description. Vendors stretch, exaggerate, or outright misrepresent what their products actually do, and the industry is quietly normalizing it. I’ve personally seen platforms confidently branded as “AI‑driven” when, under the hood, they are nothing more than deterministic playbooks, […]

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2026.02.11 ID: 735

The One Question That Separates the Good Vendors from the Dangerous Ones

I have spent years watching organizations waste thousands of hours on vendor security assessments that produce nothing but noise. They send out hundred-question questionnaires. They demand SOC 2 reports. They ask for ISO certifications. They request NIST maturity scores. And at the end of all that paperwork, they still have no idea if the vendor […]

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2021.10.26 ID: 499

How to choose a vendor in context of infosec goods and services

a new label doesn’t create a new capability.” know what you actually need most people start with vendors before they start with themselves. that is the first mistake. if you don’t know what problem you are solving, every vendor suddenly looks “perfect”. it’s like walking into a hardware store without knowing if you need a […]

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2020.11.01 ID: 750

AI or Just Another Marketing Word?

Multiple reputable security solutions in the market that calls itself AI, including some I have personally used, is not even close to what I would consider an AI system. So I started asking a simple question: is there anyone actually checking these claims? The answer is not very encouraging. The term AI has become another […]

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