The Independent Defender
Covers the DSPM and enterprise data security market the way your vendors hope you won't. Vendor-neutral analysis, direct verdicts, and the market context that doesn't show up in product documentation. Twice monthly. Free.
The Independent Defender also covers the broader Defender family: attack surface management, non-human identity, and adjacent enterprise security categories. One list, one frequency, no upsells.
What it covers
Each issue is organized around what matters in the market right now, not what's in the press release queue. That means acquisition analysis when consolidation happens, architectural breakdowns when a platform releases something genuinely new, and buying-context pieces when the category shifts in ways that affect how evaluations should be run.
It does not cover vendor announcements as news, reprint press releases, or include sponsored content. When a vendor releases something worth covering, it's covered on its merits, with a note on what it means for buyers who are evaluating or already running the platform.
Who reads it
Security and data governance leads at mid-to-large enterprises, typically already in or approaching a DSPM evaluation. Security architects, data security engineers, and GRC practitioners who want market context without the vendor lens. People who have already read the vendor content and found it unhelpful.
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