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Smooth criminals talking their way into cloud environments, Google says reshape IT, Telecom & Cyber sourcing priorities

Published Mar 24, 2026, 5:04 AM CST•INTERNATIONAL•Full category signal

In 60 seconds

Top move

Re-rank the supplier conversation with Microsoft around Smooth criminals talking their way into and confirm what commercial flexibility still exists before market leverage deteriorates

Key takeaways

Re-rank the supplier conversation with Microsoft around Smooth criminals talking their way into and confirm what commercial flexibility still exists before market leverage deteriorates.[1]
The lead signals for IT, Telecom & Cyber are no longer just descriptive; they point to immediate sourcing implications around market direction.[2]
Lead move: RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No.[3]

What changed since last run

Lead coverage has rotated toward "Smooth criminals talking their way into cloud environments, Google says", shifting the brief toward more immediate execution implications.

Key facts

RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cyb
Groups like ShinyHunters and Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters increasingly used this and other types
"It's the interactive ones, the voice based ones, that are really creating a new challenge,"
The report found attackers used voice-based phishing as the initial infection vector in 11 pe
Team Talos published its year in review on Monday, describing 2025 as a year of pace and scal
Talos was shocked by how quickly criminals have been moving to exploit newly discovered vulne

Why it matters

The lead signals for IT, Telecom & Cyber are no longer just descriptive; they point to immediate sourcing implications around market direction. Lead move: RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No. That shifts IT, Telecom & Cyber focus toward market direction and changes the ask to Microsoft. The practical read-through is that buyers should tighten supplier challenge, pricing discipline, and contract optionality before the next decision gate

Cost / money

Signal: Team Talos published its year in review on Monday, describing 2025 as a year of pace and scale that put sustained pressure on security teams around the world, in part thanks to attackers' use of artificial intelligence. That shifts IT, Telecom & Cyber focus toward cost pressure and changes the ask to Cisco.[1]
Signal: With a digital twin, even your company's CEO - the one who spends all his time on the corporate jet - could make an appearance at your powwow about the break room coffee machine. That shifts IT, Telecom & Cyber focus toward cost pressure and changes the ask to Microsoft.[2]
Tighter availability often shows up later as expediting, standby, or substitution cost. The immediate job is to see where delays could become avoidable spend.[1]
Use this to refresh should-cost views and challenge any fast repricing. Keep the read-through directional unless the source itself provides hard commercial numbers.[2]

Supplier / commercial

This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because the signal changes the near-term supplier conversation, especially around price discipline, optionality, and execution readiness.[1]
This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, price caps/collars, and negotiation guardrails with 2025, 40, 2024 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect bundling platform offers.[2]
This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, exit/portability clauses, and negotiation guardrails with 2022, 2024, 2025 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect security advisory cadence.[3]
Keep dual-sourcing and standby options live. Maintain commercial optionality until supplier behavior is confirmed in quotes or execution plans.[1]

Safety / operations

Where supplier availability tightens, schedule pressure can spill into safety or quality risk if teams start accepting late substitutions or compressed mobilization windows.[1]
The operational risk is indirect: tight budgets or repricing battles often reappear later as reduced slack, substitutions, or execution compromises that buyers then have to manage.[2]
Fewer people offshore can reduce exposure and emergency-response load, but the operating model becomes more dependent on connectivity resilience, remote support readiness, and cyber hygiene.[3]

What to watch

Watch whether Smooth criminals talking their way into develops into a confirmed sourcing constraint rather than an isolated headline.[1]
Watch whether Cisco starts using Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to as a repricing reference in quotes, escalator asks, or budget resets.[2]
Watch whether Microsoft starts using If you love your boss imagine as a repricing reference in quotes, escalator asks, or budget resets.[3]
Smooth criminals talking their way into creates market direction. Trigger: RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No.[1]

Top stories

Story 1Go•Mar 23, 2026

Smooth criminals talking their way into cloud environments, Google says

Signal strongSource-grounded

Source notes [1]Read source

What happened

RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No. Groups like ShinyHunters and Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters increasingly used this and other types of interactive social engineering tactics that involve a human steering the conversation in real time in their 2025 attacks, according to Jurgen Kutscher, VP of Mandiant Consulting at Google Cloud. This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because the signal changes the near-term supplier conversation, especially around price discipline, optionality, and execution readiness

Buyer takeaway

For IT, Telecom & Cyber, this is mainly an availability and execution signal; sequencing, fallback coverage, and supplier responsiveness may matter more than list price

Cost / money

Tighter availability often shows up later as expediting, standby, or substitution cost. The immediate job is to see where delays could become avoidable spend

Supplier / commercial

Capacity pressure usually strengthens supplier leverage. Check who can still commit on timing, what backup coverage exists, and whether current contract language protects against slippage

Safety / operations

Where supplier availability tightens, schedule pressure can spill into safety or quality risk if teams start accepting late substitutions or compressed mobilization windows

What to watch

Watch lead times, crew or vessel allocation, and whether suppliers are quietly narrowing commitment windows before the next sourcing gate

Key facts

RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cyb
Groups like ShinyHunters and Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters increasingly used this and other types
"It's the interactive ones, the voice based ones, that are really creating a new challenge,"
The report found attackers used voice-based phishing as the initial infection vector in 11 pe

Story 2Go•Mar 23, 2026

Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to patch fast, ask questions later

Signal strongSource-grounded

Source notes [2]Read source

What happened

Team Talos published its year in review on Monday, describing 2025 as a year of pace and scale that put sustained pressure on security teams around the world, in part thanks to attackers' use of artificial intelligence. Talos was shocked by how quickly criminals have been moving to exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities, pointing to December's React2Shell as the perfect example. This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, price caps/collars, and negotiation guardrails with 2025, 40, 2024 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect bundling platform offers

Buyer takeaway

For IT, Telecom & Cyber, treat this as a cost-boundary signal rather than just a headline; buyer assumptions may need refreshing before the next quote or award decision

Cost / money

Use this to refresh should-cost views and challenge any fast repricing. Keep the read-through directional unless the source itself provides hard commercial numbers

Supplier / commercial

Suppliers with fresh cost justification may push harder on reopeners, indexation, shorter quote validity, or pass-through language. Buyers should separate real drivers from negotiation posture

Safety / operations

The operational risk is indirect: tight budgets or repricing battles often reappear later as reduced slack, substitutions, or execution compromises that buyers then have to manage

What to watch

Watch for shorter quote validity, reopeners, pass-through requests, or attempts to reset pricing on the back of weak evidence

Key facts

Team Talos published its year in review on Monday, describing 2025 as a year of pace and scal
Talos was shocked by how quickly criminals have been moving to exploit newly discovered vulne
Talos also noticed that attackers were settling on identity control points as primary targets
As for how attackers are actually gaining access, phishing is still where it's at: 40 percent

Story 3Go•Mar 23, 2026

If you love your boss, imagine how much more you'll love their AI twin

Signal strongSource-grounded

Source notes [3]Read source

What happened

With a digital twin, even your company's CEO - the one who spends all his time on the corporate jet - could make an appearance at your powwow about the break room coffee machine. Computer scientists have started to explore the possibility of AI bots that resemble actual corporate leaders in voice and/or appearance, based on the belief that managerial avatars might be tolerated or even worthwhile. This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, exit/portability clauses, and negotiation guardrails with 2022, 2024, 2025 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect security advisory cadence

Buyer takeaway

For IT, Telecom & Cyber, this is a staffing-shape signal: remote operating models can shift work offsite and change which suppliers, systems, and service levels matter most

Cost / money

The cost angle is directional, not quantified: moving work offsite can cut travel, rotation, and accommodation exposure, but only if the remote setup stays reliable

Supplier / commercial

Expect scope to move toward software support, communications uptime, cyber obligations, and clearer downtime liability instead of only offshore headcount or hardware supply

Safety / operations

Fewer people offshore can reduce exposure and emergency-response load, but the operating model becomes more dependent on connectivity resilience, remote support readiness, and cyber hygiene

What to watch

Watch bandwidth resilience, latency tolerance, cyber obligations, and who carries downtime cost if the remote link drops

Key facts

With a digital twin, even your company's CEO - the one who spends all his time on the corpora
Computer scientists have started to explore the possibility of AI bots that resemble actual c
They also note, "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (NVIDIA, 2022) and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman
" After interviewing 23 managers and workers about speculative scenarios where manager clone

VP Snapshot

Executive Risk & Action View

The biggest executive exposure for IT, Telecom & Cyber is market direction because today's lead stories point to faster-moving supplier and commercial decisions than the current brief cadence alone would suggest.

Overall

Cost

Supply

Schedule

Compliance

Top signals

180d+supplier

Signal 1: Smooth criminals talking their way into

This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because the signal changes the near-term supplier conversation, especially around price discipline, optionality, and execution readiness.

30-180dcost

Signal 2: Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to

This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, price caps/collars, and negotiation guardrails with 2025, 40, 2024 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect bundling platform offers.

Signal 3: If you love your boss imagine

This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, exit/portability clauses, and negotiation guardrails with 2022, 2024, 2025 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect security advisory cadence.

Recommended actions

Category ManagerDue 5d

Re-rank the supplier conversation with Microsoft around Smooth criminals talking their way into and confirm what commercial flexibility still exists before market leverage deteriorates.

This should improve negotiating posture and reduce surprise exposure against the commercial leverage now visible in the brief.

ContractsDue 10d

Email Cisco to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.

This should improve negotiating posture and reduce surprise exposure against the market direction now visible in the brief.

Category ManagerDue 21d

Email Microsoft to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around If you love your boss imagine, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.

This should improve negotiating posture and reduce surprise exposure against the market direction now visible in the brief.

Risk register

Risk	Trigger	Mitigation
Smooth criminals talking their way into creates market direction.	RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No.	Re-rank the supplier conversation with Microsoft around Smooth criminals talking their way into and confirm what commercial flexibility still exists before market leverage deteriorates.
Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to creates cost pressure.	Team Talos published its year in review on Monday, describing 2025 as a year of pace and scale that put sustained pressure on security teams around the world, in part thanks to attackers' use of artificial intelligence.	Email Cisco to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.
If you love your boss imagine creates cost pressure.	With a digital twin, even your company's CEO - the one who spends all his time on the corporate jet - could make an appearance at your powwow about the break room coffee machine.	Email Microsoft to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around If you love your boss imagine, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.

CM Snapshot

Category Manager Decision Detail

Today's priorities

Re-rank the supplier conversation with Microsoft around Smooth criminals talking their way into and confirm what commercial flexibility still exists before market leverage deteriorates.

This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because the signal changes the near-term supplier conversation, especially around price discipline, optionality, and execution readiness.

Due 3d

high

CM move

Use this as the immediate supplier or contract action to move before the next sourcing gate.

Email Cisco to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.

Due 7d

high

CM move

Use this as the immediate supplier or contract action to move before the next sourcing gate.

Email Microsoft to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around If you love your boss imagine, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.

Due 10d

high

CM move

Use this as the immediate supplier or contract action to move before the next sourcing gate.

Supplier radar

Microsoft

high

Observed supplier signal

RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No.

Commercial implication

This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because the signal changes the near-term supplier conversation, especially around price discipline, optionality, and execution readiness.

Next step: Re-rank the supplier conversation with Microsoft around Smooth criminals talking their way into and confirm what commercial flexibility still exists before market leverage deteriorates.

Cisco

high

Observed supplier signal

Commercial implication

Next step: Email Cisco to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.

Microsoft

high

Observed supplier signal

With a digital twin, even your company's CEO - the one who spends all his time on the corporate jet - could make an appearance at your powwow about the break room coffee machine.

Commercial implication

Next step: Email Microsoft to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around If you love your boss imagine, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.

Negotiation levers

Keep dual-sourcing and standby options live

When to use: Use when Smooth criminals talking their way into increases uncertainty but the evidence is still early-stage.

Expected outcome: Maintain commercial optionality until supplier behavior is confirmed in quotes or execution plans.

Commercial mechanism to carry into the next supplier conversation

Use Price caps/collars

When to use: Use when Cisco cites Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to to justify immediate repricing or wider surcharge language.

Expected outcome: Limit upside cost exposure while preserving awardability for time-sensitive work and keeping the supplier commercially engaged.

Commercial mechanism to carry into the next supplier conversation

Use Exit/portability clauses

When to use: Use when Microsoft cites If you love your boss imagine to justify immediate repricing or wider surcharge language.

Expected outcome: Limit upside cost exposure while preserving awardability for time-sensitive work and keeping the supplier commercially engaged.

Commercial mechanism to carry into the next supplier conversation

Talking points

IT, Telecom & Cyber conditions are now tactical: the latest signals justify immediate outreach to Microsoft and a clause-by-clause contract refresh.

Use today's signal mix to challenge license renewals, confirm vendor support coverage, and preserve fallback options before leverage deteriorates.

Supplier radar

Supplier	Signal	Implication	Next step	Confidence
Microsoft	RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No.	This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because the signal changes the near-term supplier conversation, especially around price discipline, optionality, and execution readiness.	Re-rank the supplier conversation with Microsoft around Smooth criminals talking their way into and confirm what commercial flexibility still exists before market leverage deteriorates.	high
Cisco	Team Talos published its year in review on Monday, describing 2025 as a year of pace and scale that put sustained pressure on security teams around the world, in part thanks to attackers' use of artificial intelligence.	This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, price caps/collars, and negotiation guardrails with 2025, 40, 2024 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect bundling platform offers.	Email Cisco to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.	high
Microsoft	With a digital twin, even your company's CEO - the one who spends all his time on the corporate jet - could make an appearance at your powwow about the break room coffee machine.	This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, exit/portability clauses, and negotiation guardrails with 2022, 2024, 2025 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect security advisory cadence.	Email Microsoft to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around If you love your boss imagine, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.	high

Negotiation levers

Keep dual-sourcing and standby options live — Use when Smooth criminals talking their way into increases uncertainty but the evidence is still early-stage. — Maintain commercial optionality until supplier behavior is confirmed in quotes or execution plans.
high confidence
Use Price caps/collars — Use when Cisco cites Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to to justify immediate repricing or wider surcharge language. — Limit upside cost exposure while preserving awardability for time-sensitive work and keeping the supplier commercially engaged.
high confidence
Use Exit/portability clauses — Use when Microsoft cites If you love your boss imagine to justify immediate repricing or wider surcharge language. — Limit upside cost exposure while preserving awardability for time-sensitive work and keeping the supplier commercially engaged.
high confidence

What to do / What to watch

What to do now

Re-rank the supplier conversation with Microsoft around Smooth criminals talking their way into and confirm what commercial flexibility still exists before market leverage deteriorates.
Why: This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because the signal changes the near-term supplier conversation, especially around price discipline, optionality, and execution readiness.
Owner: Category
Expected outcome: Complete this within 3 days to reduce buyer surprise and tighten near-term sourcing control.
[1]
Email Cisco to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.
Why: This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, price caps/collars, and negotiation guardrails with 2025, 40, 2024 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect bundling platform offers.
Owner: Category
Expected outcome: Complete this within 7 days to reduce buyer surprise and tighten near-term sourcing control.
[2]
Email Microsoft to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around If you love your boss imagine, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.
Why: This matters for IT, Telecom & Cyber because fresh price movement and input-cost detail should reset bid assumptions, exit/portability clauses, and negotiation guardrails with 2022, 2024, 2025 as the clearest commercial anchors; expect security advisory cadence.
Owner: Category
Expected outcome: Complete this within 10 days to reduce buyer surprise and tighten near-term sourcing control.
[3]

Next few weeks

Re-rank the supplier conversation with Microsoft around Smooth criminals talking their way into and confirm what commercial flexibility still exists before market leverage deteriorates.
Why: Move now because This should improve negotiating posture and reduce surprise exposure against the commercial leverage now visible in the brief.
Owner: Category
Expected outcome: This should improve negotiating posture and reduce surprise exposure against the commercial leverage now visible in the brief.
[1]
Email Cisco to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.
Why: Move now because This should improve negotiating posture and reduce surprise exposure against the market direction now visible in the brief.
Owner: Contracts
Expected outcome: This should improve negotiating posture and reduce surprise exposure against the market direction now visible in the brief.
[2]
Email Microsoft to reconfirm license renewals, keep quote validity short around If you love your boss imagine, and push for breach response slas instead of open-ended surcharge language.
Why: Move now because This should improve negotiating posture and reduce surprise exposure against the market direction now visible in the brief.
Owner: Category
Expected outcome: This should improve negotiating posture and reduce surprise exposure against the market direction now visible in the brief.
[3]
Prepare keep dual-sourcing and standby options live for the next negotiation cycle.
Why: Deploy it because Use when Smooth criminals talking their way into increases uncertainty but the evidence is still early-stage.
Owner: Contracts
Expected outcome: Maintain commercial optionality until supplier behavior is confirmed in quotes or execution plans.
[1]

Longer view

Use the current signal mix to tighten quarter-ahead sourcing scenarios and supplier optionality plans.
Why: Prepare now because repeated cross-source signals are pointing to a more fragile commercial environment than a headline-only read suggests.
Owner: Category
Expected outcome: A cleaner quarter-ahead demand, budget, and fallback-supplier plan.
[1]

What to watch

Watch whether Smooth criminals talking their way into develops into a confirmed sourcing constraint rather than an isolated headline
Watch whether Cisco starts using Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to as a repricing reference in quotes, escalator asks, or budget resets
Watch whether Microsoft starts using If you love your boss imagine as a repricing reference in quotes, escalator asks, or budget resets
Smooth criminals talking their way into creates market direction.: RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cybercriminals to gain initial access to their victims' IT estate – and the No
Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to creates cost pressure.: Team Talos published its year in review on Monday, describing 2025 as a year of pace and scale that put sustained pressure on security teams around the world, in part thanks to attackers' use of artificial intelligence
If you love your boss imagine creates cost pressure.: With a digital twin, even your company's CEO - the one who spends all his time on the corporate jet - could make an appearance at your powwow about the break room coffee machine
IT, Telecom & Cyber conditions are now tactical: the latest signals justify immediate outreach to Microsoft and a clause-by-clause contract refresh
Use today's signal mix to challenge license renewals, confirm vendor support coverage, and preserve fallback options before leverage deteriorates

Market pulse

Index	Latest	Change	As of
Palo Alto (PANW)	320	+0.00 (+0.00%)	Mar 24, 2026, 10:04 AM
CrowdStrike (CRWD)	285	+0.00 (+0.00%)	Mar 24, 2026, 10:04 AM
Zscaler (ZS)	195	+0.00 (+0.00%)	Mar 24, 2026, 10:04 AM
Fortinet (FTNT)	72	+0.00 (+0.00%)	Mar 24, 2026, 10:04 AM

Palo Alto: Palo Alto should be used as a negotiation boundary for IT, Telecom & Cyber pricing, supplier challenge sessions, and contingency budgeting this cycle
CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike should be used as a negotiation boundary for IT, Telecom & Cyber pricing, supplier challenge sessions, and contingency budgeting this cycle
Zscaler: Zscaler should be used as a negotiation boundary for IT, Telecom & Cyber pricing, supplier challenge sessions, and contingency budgeting this cycle
Fortinet: Fortinet should be used as a negotiation boundary for IT, Telecom & Cyber pricing, supplier challenge sessions, and contingency budgeting this cycle

Sources

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[1] Smooth criminals talking their way into cloud environments, Google says

go.theregister.com · Mar 23, 2026

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AI reading

Buyer takeaway

For IT, Telecom & Cyber, this is mainly an availability and execution signal; sequencing, fallback coverage, and supplier responsiveness may matter more than list price

Cost / money

Tighter availability often shows up later as expediting, standby, or substitution cost. The immediate job is to see where delays could become avoidable spend

Supplier / commercial

Capacity pressure usually strengthens supplier leverage. Check who can still commit on timing, what backup coverage exists, and whether current contract language protects against slippage

Safety / operations

Where supplier availability tightens, schedule pressure can spill into safety or quality risk if teams start accepting late substitutions or compressed mobilization windows

What to watch

Watch lead times, crew or vessel allocation, and whether suppliers are quietly narrowing commitment windows before the next sourcing gate

Key facts

RSAC 2026 Voice phishing surged last year to become the second most common method used by cyb
Groups like ShinyHunters and Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters increasingly used this and other types
"It's the interactive ones, the voice based ones, that are really creating a new challenge,"
The report found attackers used voice-based phishing as the initial infection vector in 11 pe

Open original source

[2] Lightning-fast exploits make it essential to patch fast, ask questions later

go.theregister.com · Mar 23, 2026

Expand

AI reading

Buyer takeaway

For IT, Telecom & Cyber, treat this as a cost-boundary signal rather than just a headline; buyer assumptions may need refreshing before the next quote or award decision

Cost / money

Use this to refresh should-cost views and challenge any fast repricing. Keep the read-through directional unless the source itself provides hard commercial numbers

Supplier / commercial

Suppliers with fresh cost justification may push harder on reopeners, indexation, shorter quote validity, or pass-through language. Buyers should separate real drivers from negotiation posture

Safety / operations

The operational risk is indirect: tight budgets or repricing battles often reappear later as reduced slack, substitutions, or execution compromises that buyers then have to manage

What to watch

Watch for shorter quote validity, reopeners, pass-through requests, or attempts to reset pricing on the back of weak evidence

Key facts

Team Talos published its year in review on Monday, describing 2025 as a year of pace and scal
Talos was shocked by how quickly criminals have been moving to exploit newly discovered vulne
Talos also noticed that attackers were settling on identity control points as primary targets
As for how attackers are actually gaining access, phishing is still where it's at: 40 percent

Open original source

[3] If you love your boss, imagine how much more you'll love their AI twin

go.theregister.com · Mar 23, 2026

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AI reading

Buyer takeaway

For IT, Telecom & Cyber, this is a staffing-shape signal: remote operating models can shift work offsite and change which suppliers, systems, and service levels matter most

Cost / money

The cost angle is directional, not quantified: moving work offsite can cut travel, rotation, and accommodation exposure, but only if the remote setup stays reliable

Supplier / commercial

Expect scope to move toward software support, communications uptime, cyber obligations, and clearer downtime liability instead of only offshore headcount or hardware supply

Safety / operations

Fewer people offshore can reduce exposure and emergency-response load, but the operating model becomes more dependent on connectivity resilience, remote support readiness, and cyber hygiene

What to watch

Watch bandwidth resilience, latency tolerance, cyber obligations, and who carries downtime cost if the remote link drops

Key facts

With a digital twin, even your company's CEO - the one who spends all his time on the corpora
Computer scientists have started to explore the possibility of AI bots that resemble actual c
They also note, "Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (NVIDIA, 2022) and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman
" After interviewing 23 managers and workers about speculative scenarios where manager clone

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[4] Palo Alto

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[5] CrowdStrike

finance.yahoo.com · n.d.

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[6] Zscaler

finance.yahoo.com · n.d.

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[7] Fortinet

finance.yahoo.com · n.d.

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