Webinar Description
Key Takeaways
- Analysis of 338 million attack simulations conducted in production enterprise environments
- Findings from the Blue Report 2026 examining security control effectiveness
- Detection gap analysis revealing organisations log 58% of attacks but alert on only 14%
- Focus on breach and attack simulation, exposure validation, and detection engineering
- Relevant to CISOs, security architects, SOC teams, and security engineers
- Alignment with MITRE ATT&CK, CTEM, DORA, HIPAA, and NIST CSF frameworks
Introduction
Picus Security presents a technical webinar examining what happens after perimeter defences fail, drawing on empirical data from 338 million attack simulations executed in real-world production environments. The session targets enterprise security professionals seeking to understand how their detection and response capabilities perform against modern adversarial techniques. With organisations increasingly recognising that prevention alone cannot guarantee protection, the findings from the Blue Report 2026 offer a timely examination of where security controls succeed and where critical gaps remain.
About This Event
This virtual webinar is led by Sıla Ozeren and Candid Wüest, both subject matter experts in security validation. The session centres on the Blue Report 2026, a comprehensive analysis built entirely on simulation data gathered from enterprise environments. Rather than relying on theoretical models or vendor benchmarks, the report reflects how security tools perform when confronted with attack techniques in actual production settings.
The webinar format emphasises practical, data-driven insights that security teams can apply directly to their operational environments. Attendees will receive detailed breakdowns of prevention rates, detection efficacy, and the operational challenges that emerge when sophisticated threats bypass initial defences.
The Detection Gap in Enterprise Security
One of the central findings explored in this session is the significant disparity between logging and alerting capabilities. According to the research, organisations successfully log 58% of simulated attacks but generate alerts for only 14%. This gap represents a substantial blind spot in security operations, where malicious activity may be recorded but never surfaces for analyst review or automated response.
The implications extend beyond simple configuration issues. Closing this detection gap requires dedicated detection engineering work, including tuning correlation rules, refining alert thresholds, and ensuring that logged events translate into actionable intelligence. For security operations centres already managing alert fatigue, understanding which attack techniques evade detection entirely becomes essential for prioritising engineering efforts.
Attack Techniques Under Examination
The webinar addresses several categories of adversarial behaviour that consistently challenge enterprise defences. Credential theft techniques remain a persistent concern, as attackers who obtain valid credentials can move laterally without triggering traditional perimeter alerts. Evasion techniques designed to circumvent endpoint detection and response tools also feature prominently in the analysis.
Attack-path analysis forms another core component, examining how threats propagate through environments once initial access is achieved. This perspective shifts focus from isolated indicators of compromise toward understanding the full sequence of attacker actions, providing defenders with a more complete picture of their exposure.
Regulatory and Framework Alignment
The session situates its findings within established security frameworks and regulatory requirements. Organisations operating under DORA, HIPAA, or NIST CSF face increasing pressure to demonstrate that their security controls function as intended. Breach and attack simulation provides a mechanism for continuous validation, offering evidence that can support compliance reporting and risk assessments.
The MITRE ATT&CK framework serves as a common reference point throughout the analysis, enabling defenders to map simulation results against known adversary behaviours. This alignment helps security teams communicate findings in standardised terminology and prioritise improvements based on technique prevalence.
Who Should Attend
The webinar is designed for security operations teams, CISOs, security architects, and engineers responsible for threat detection and incident response. Professionals working in regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, and critical infrastructure sectors including oil and gas and IT/OT environments will find particular relevance in the compliance-oriented discussion. The technical depth assumes familiarity with enterprise security tooling and detection concepts, making it most suitable for practitioners actively involved in security validation and control assessment.
Conclusion
With attack techniques growing more sophisticated and perimeter defences increasingly insufficient as a sole protection strategy, understanding real-world security control performance has become a strategic imperative. This webinar offers enterprise security professionals an opportunity to benchmark their detection capabilities against a substantial body of empirical evidence and identify where focused engineering work can yield measurable improvements.