Rethinking Cybersecurity in a Platform World

How Consolidation Is Forcing CISOs and CIOs to Rethink Security Architecture Rahul Neel Mani (@rneelmani) • January 26, 2026

For more than a decade, enterprise cybersecurity has relied on point solutions. Companies invested in separate tools - endpoint detection, firewalls, cloud security, and identity and access management - each designed to address a specific threat or compliance requirement. But that approach is starting to break down.

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One big reason? Scale. Most large enterprises juggle 40 to 70 different security tools. In a fast-moving business environment, that's not just overwhelming - it's becoming a real barrier to effective risk management.

Workflow orchestration giant ServiceNow's plan to acquire cyber exposure management vendor Armis is a good example of what's happening: Cybersecurity is being reorganized around platforms that consolidate visibility, prioritization and response in one place - rather than scattering them ...