John Grancarich, Chief Strategy Officer at Fortra, shared his 2026 cybersecurity outlook in VM Blog's 18th annual predictions series, outlining why Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) will become core infrastructure for modern data protection. He explains how DSPM fills visibility gaps across cloud, SaaS, and AI environments, works upstream of traditional tools like DLP and IAM, and reduces complexity by integrating context into existing security workflows.
Originally published in VMBlog.
Excerpt: "In the year ahead, visibility will become the most important priority in cybersecurity. You cannot protect what you cannot see. Most organizations still lack full visibility into where their sensitive data lives or if it is exposed. Establishing that visibility is the first step. Everything else -from policy enforcement to automation - depends on it.”
